Lindsay is the Nutrition Knowledge Mobilization Dietitian within the Nursing and Allied Health Research and Knowledge Translation Department. Lindsay has worked in oncology for more than 15 years, having worked in a regional oncology role for Northern Health prior to moving into the Clinical Coordinator, Nutrition role at the BC Cancer Centre for the North when it opened in 2012.
Lindsay is motivated to support BC Cancer clinicians and patients make sense of the often conflicting messages around nutrition and cancer in an effort improve outcomes from cancer treatment and reduce distress in the cancer journey. She has an interest in rural and remote cancer care, having completed her master’s thesis on the topic of lifestyle information needs of rural breast cancer survivors. She is also interested in the impact of weight stigma in access to and participation in cancer prevention, treatment, screening and survivorship care.