Karen Pilkington - University of Westminster, UK

Website:	http://www.westminster.ac.uk/schools/science
Contact(s):	Dr Karen Pilkington k.pilkington@wmin.ac.uk

Department of Herbal Medicine and Nutritional Therapy, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, UK.

Research in the School of Life Sciences encompasses a wide range of disciplines from pure to applied science, integrating areas from structural biology, molecular genetics, applied microbiology and biotechnology through to human performance, Chinese medicine, public health nutrition and well-being. Dr Pilkington has been responsible for leading several large scale projects related to evidence and information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). These include the CAMEOL project (www.rccm.org.uk/cameol), the development of a National Library for Health CAM specialist library now integrated into NHS Evidence (www.library.nhs.uk/cam) and various international information-related projects.