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Mitzi A. Forbes, Ph.D., RN, CHTP, CCAP Mitzi Forbes, Ph.D., RN is a faculty member at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. She received her AD degree in nursing (RN) from Eastern Arizona College in 1978, followed by a BS in nursing from Brigham Young University in 1984, and a Ph.D. with a major in nursing and a minor in psychology from the University of Arizona in 1998. Her clinical focus has been among chronically ill elders, in the community and at the end-of-life. Dr. Forbes began studying Healing Touch in 1992, and began the RJ Buckle program in clinical aromatherapy in 2003. She is a certified practitioner of both. Her early research focused on spirituality in health care, especially among the elderly and at the end-of–life. Now she combines her interest in spiritual care with an interest in researching complementary therapies, knowing that there needs to be a strong evidence base established for complementary therapies before they are widely accepted in mainstream health care. She has published several research studies on Healing Touch and aromatherapy, and continues to do research to establish the base. She also acts as a consultant and collaborator to nurses who wish to conduct research and publish studies in complementary therapies. She has a chapter on Complementary and Alternative Therapies published in a nursing textbook.  She has been a reviewer for the Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Applied Nursing Research, and Social Science and Medicine. Dr. Forbes is happy to travel nationally and internationally to teach. Contact Dr. Forbes at drmomnkids@prodigy.net.