Aileen Burford-Mason, PhD, Immunologist, Cell Biologist and Orthomolecular Nutritionist, Holistic Health Research Foundation of Canada
Dr. Aileen Burford-Mason is an independent research analyst, healthcare writer, lecturer and educator, with a special interest in the biological basis of complementary medical practices, and the scientific evidence for their use.
Aileen graduated from University College, Dublin, and later received a Ph.D. in immunology in the UK. Formerly Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Aileen was Director of a Cancer Research Laboratory at the Toronto General Hospital. Her many research papers published in leading medical and scientific journals cover such diverse medical and scientific areas as immunology, pathology, gastroenterology, cancer, AIDS,
microbiology, and nutrition.
Aileen has a private practice as a nutrition consultant, and regularly gives talks to the public and to medical and allied health professionals. She teaches a popular continuing medical education course at The University of Toronto on the evidence-based use of diet and nutritional supplements in clinical practice. Aileen is a founding director of the Holistic Health Research Foundation of Canada, where she currently serves as Board President.