Lisa Taylor-Swanson

Dr. Lisa J. Taylor-Swanson (Ph.D., MAcOM, LAc) is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT, USA. She received her Ph.D. in nursing science from the University of Washington and a Master’s degree in acupuncture and & oriental medicine from Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine (SIEAM). She is a Licensed Acupuncturist with specialty training in Chinese herbal medicine (CHM), and previously owned and operated a large private practice for over 17 years before joining the faculty at Utah. With her colleagues at SIEAM, Dr. Taylor-Swanson has investigated the pragmatic use of CHM for COVID-19-related symptoms and has applied the concepts of complex adaptive systems theory to the design and execution of this research study.