Dr. Badri G. Rickhi
Director and Founding Member

A physician with specialty training in psychiatry, Dr. Rickhi is the Research Chair at CINIM. He is a Clinical Associate Professor with the University of Calgary in the Faculty of Medicine and the vice-president of the Canadian Medical Acupuncture Society. He has trained in various levels of ayurvedic medicine (developed in India), traditional Chinese medicine, Tibetan medicine, German biological medicine, acupuncture, ryodaraku (Japanese medicine) and homeopathy. Dr. Rickhi has studied Spirituality and Eastern philosophy. He has been an appointed advisor to Health Canada on complementary therapies and a past collaborator with the World Health Organization.

Dr. Francis H.Y. Green
Director

Dr. Green is a professor in the department of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Calgary. He was the former head of their respiratory research group. Dr. Green was previously the head of the pathology section at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health in the United States. His expertise is in occupational and environmental lung diseases, asthma and high-resolution, real-time microscopy. He is currently evaluating several alternative/complementary treatments for asthma.

Philip C. Swift
Founding Member

Philip is the Co-Chairman of ARC Financial Corporation. He is one of CINIM’s three founding directors and its first Chairman. While he no longer sits on the board of directors, Philip remains an active member. His advice and acute business acumen have been invaluable.

CINIM Staff

CINIM employs qualified and internationally educated professionals who are leaders in the field of complementary and alternative health research, thus embracing its values of maintaining excellence. They are loyal to the cause of demonstrating the positive effects of an integrative health care approach on both the population and the cost of the health care system.

Dr. Badri G. Rickhi
Director and Founding Member

A physician with specialty training in psychiatry, Dr. Rickhi is the Research Chair at CINIM. He is a Clinical Associate Professor with the University of Calgary in the Faculty of Medicine and the vice-president of the Canadian Medical Acupuncture Society. He has trained in various levels of ayurvedic medicine (developed in India), traditional Chinese medicine, Tibetan medicine, German biological medicine, acupuncture, ryodaraku (Japanese medicine) and homeopathy. Dr. Rickhi has studied Spirituality and Eastern philosophy. He has been an appointed advisor to Health Canada on complementary therapies and a past collaborator with the World Health Organization.

Patricia Steele
Executive Director

Patricia brings to CINIM a wealth of experience from public and private sector industries in the areas of biomedical research, hospital administration, human resource leadership, employee development and organizational effectiveness. She holds a B.Sc. from McGill University, graduate level studies in Educational Technology from Concordia University and is currently completing an MBA at the University of Calgary. Her strengths are in developing strategies, mobilizing resources and implementation. Her skills, catalyzed by her passion to contribute to improving health care delivery, will help CINIM realize its vision of being the centre of excellence for integrative medicine.

Sabine Moritz
B.Sc., M.Sc., Research Director

Sabine holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Biology from the University of Aachen in Germany, as well as an M.Sc. in Research and Evaluations Methods for Health Care Professionals from NESCOT, London, England. After completing the first part of a PhD program in Epidemiology at the University of Calgary, Sabine studied acupuncture at the Alberta College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She has over 15 years experience as a medical researcher, particularly in the area of clinical trials.

Andrea Neitzer
M.Sc., Clinical Trial Coordinator

Andrea holds an M.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Bonn, Germany, and completed her thesis at the SEAMEO-Regional Center of Community Nutrition at the University of Indonesia, Jakarta. Andrea has conducted medical research in multiple therapeutic areas for over seven years and specializes in the project and site management of clinical trials. Andrea is excited about supporting CINIM’s vision of being the centre of excellence for natural and integrative medicine.

Tracy Xu
B.A., Study Coordinator / Data Analyst

Tracy holds a Bachelors Degree in Medical English and a Minor in Health Administration from the Xi’an Medical University in China. She is currently completing her Masters Degree in Epidemiology at the University of Calgary. Tracy has experience in both quantitative and qualitative health research with the University of Calgary and the Calgary Health Region.

CINIM Associates

Dr. Hude Quan
Ph.D., Associate

Dr. Quan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Community Health Sciences and the Centre for Health and Policy Studies at the University of Calgary. He is also a Population Health Investigator with the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and a New Investigator with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Quan has received extensive training in medicine, public health, epidemiology and health services research; together these form a strong foundation for conducting methodological and applied studies in population health, and in health services utilization and outcomes.

Patricia Paccagnan
R.N., B.N.

Patti graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelors of Nursing degree. She began her nursing career working in general medicine, geriatrics and then in psychiatry. In 1993, Patti began working in the field of alternative medicine using a variety of alternative approaches. Patti is excited to now be involved in researching natural and integrative therapies and will continue to use her knowledge of conventional and alternative medicine.

Marianne Mundy
RN, CAE

Marianne graduated from the Foothills Hospital School of Nursing. The majority of her career has been in pediatrics. She has worked at the Alberta Children’s Hospital for over 20 years in general pediatrics, the emergency department, telephone advice and as a nurse clinician. For the past 8 years Marianne has been a certified asthma educator in the asthma clinic. After years of working with families with asthmatic children she finds it exciting to be part of a study that explores alternative methods to help keep childhood asthma in control.

Mingfu Liu
PhD.

Mingfu Liu received both his B.Sc. and M. Sc. in China. He obtained his PhD in Statistics from the University of Alberta and a Computer Science Diploma from the University of Calgary. Mingfu has been a senior statistical consultant for over twenty years and he provides statistical advice and analysis services to CINIM. He is also a Senior Research Analyst with the Calgary Health Region and an Adjunct Professor at the Northwest Agricultural University in China.

Mary Theresa Kelly
MA

Mary holds a Master of Arts in Communication Studies from the University of Calgary. Mary is a scientific writer, qualitative research advisor and analyst for CINIM. Mary also holds a position with a Complementary Alternative Medicine research team at the University of British Columbia School of Nursing. She keeps an active hand in creative writing projects and recently had a story published in the literary magazine “Event”. Mary has had a life-long interest and involvement in alternative and complementary-healing.