D r. Carlson trained as a Clinical Health Psychologist at McGill University in Montreal, researching the area of Psychoneuroendocrinology. She worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in Calgary, sponsored by a Terry Fox Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the National Cancer Institute of Canada/Canadian Cancer Society and subsequently received a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator award from 2002-2007. Dr. Carlson received the Kawano New Investigator Award from the International Psycho-Oncology Society in 2006, the William E. Rawls Prize in cancer control from the National Cancer Institute of Canada/Canadian Cancer Society in 2007 and the Early Career Award from the Canadian Psychological Association Health Section in 2008. Dr. Linda Carlson is the holder of the Enbridge Research Chair in Psychosocial Oncology, an Associate Professor in the Department of Oncology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary, and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. She also holds an Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Health Scholar Award. Dr. Carlson works out of the Department of Psychosocial Resources of the Tom Baker Cancer Centre as a Clinical Psychologist and as the Director of Research.
The research area of Psychosocial Oncology that Dr. Carlson specializes in includes the study of a spectrum of psychological and social issues related to the cancer experience ranging from pre-diagnosis, to active treatment, and to survivorship issues. Dr. Carlson’s research program is focused on three broadly defined areas within Psychosocial Oncology: screening for cancer-related distress, integrative oncology interventions (including complementary medicine approaches), and survivorship. The three research streams have the potential to address a broad range of problems often encountered by cancer patients including: high rates of distress found throughout the disease spectrum, scientific investigation of popular mind-body interventions, and the comprehensive list of concerns common to cancer survivors. Through her extensive research projects, Dr. Carlson hopes to facilitate cancer survivors’ progression through the cancer continuum.
Dr. Carlson’s mandate as Enbridge Research Chair in Psychosocial Oncology is to:
- Conduct high-quality nationally funded multidisciplinary research in Psychosocial Oncology as detailed in the three main research streams
- Target research areas that currently are understudied by virtue of their complexity and/or multidisciplinary nature, but that have potential to affect a large population
- Attract top-level students and postdoctoral fellows to the program
Dr. Carlson is a prolific scholar and writer and has been invited to present her work at many national and international conferences. Notably, she presented with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Mind and Life XVI, Investigating the Mind-Body Connection: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation held in April 2008 at the Mayo Clinic. She has published close to 100 journal articles and book chapters, and currently holds over $6 Million dollars in grant funding. Dr. Carlson released the book The Art and Science of Mindfulness: Integrating mindfulness into psychology and the helping professions in 2009 with co-author Shauna L. Shapiro.
Dr. Carlson, Ph.D., C.Psych., is the Enbridge Research Chair in Psychosocial Oncology, a Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Health Scholar, Associate Professor Department of Oncology, Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary. Dr. Carlson is also Director of Research, Clinical Psychologist at the Department of Psychosocial Resources, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Alberta Health Services-Cancer Care
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