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PRESENT POSITION

Research Associate. Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto.

EDUCATION

AWARDS AND RESEARCH GRANTS

Second Prize, Peter New Award for Scholarly Excellence, Division of Community Health, University of Toronto, 1988 for "The Impact of Professional Status on Relations between Health Care Providers and Consumers."

Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 1989-1990.

"Characteristics of Canadians Who Have Stopped or Reduced Alcohol Consumption." 1991. Health and Welfare Canada, $10,000.

"Individual and Social Influences on Decision-Making: How People Seek Help." (with Professor Merrijoy Kelner), 1994-1997. Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, $137,000.

International Symposium on " Why People Use Alternative and Complementary Therapies: Social Science Perspective," (with Professor Merrijoy Kelner), 1998, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, $10,000.

International Symposium on " Why People Use Alternative and Complementary Therapies: Social Science Perspective," (with Professor Merrijoy Kelner), 1998, Health Canada, $24, 680.

"Complementary and Alternative Practitioners and the Professionalization Process." (with Professor Merrijoy Kelner), 2000-2003. Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, $100,000.

"Professionalism Revisited: The Tension Between Biomedicine and CAM." (With Professor Merrijoy Kelner), 2004-2007. Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, $123,705.

CAREER

Dance and Fitness
Modern Dance Instructor, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto, 1982-1985

Modern Dancer, Toronto, 1970-1986

Dance Instructor, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, 1978-1979

Research

Research Assistant, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Wassanaar, 1978-1979

Graduate Student, Thesis Preparation and Execution, Department of Behavioural Science, University of Toronto, 1987-1991.

Research Assistant, Centre for Studies of Aging, University of Toronto, 1993-1994

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Kelner, M.J. and Wellman, B., Pescosolido, B. And M. Saks. 2000. Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Challenge and Change. Amsterdam: Gordon and Breach/hap.

Book Chapters

Boon, H., Welsh, S., Kelner, M.J. and B. Wellman. 2004. "Complementary/Alternative Practitioners and the Professionalisation Process: A Canadian Comparative Case Study." Pp. 121-139 in The Mainstreaming of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Studies in Social Context: edited by P. Tovey, G. Easthope, and J. Adams. London: Routledge.

"Partners in Illness: Who Helps When You Are Sick?" (2000). In Complementary and Alternative Medicine Challenge and Change edited by Merrijoy Kelner, Beverly Wellman, Bernice Pescosolido and Mike Saks. Reading, United Kingdom: Gordon and Breach/hap.

"Lay Referral Networks: Using Conventional Medicine and Alternative Therapies for Low Back Pain." (1995). Pp. 213-238 in Research in the Sociology of Health Care, Volume 12 edited by Jennie J. Kronenfield. Greenwich: JAI Press.

Articles in Scholarly Journals

Kelner, M.J., Wellman, B., Boon, H., and S. Welsh. 2004. “The Role of the State in the Social Inclusion of Complementary and Alternative Medical Occupations.” Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 12(2-3):79-89.

Kelner, M.J., Wellman, B., Boon, H., and S. Welsh. 2004. "Responses of Established Healthcare to the Professionalization of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Ontario." Social Science & Medicine, 59: 915-930.

Welsh, S., Kelner, M.J., Wellman, B. and H. Boon. 2004. "Moving Forward? Complementary andAlternative Practitioners Seeking Self-Regulation." Sociology of Health & Illness, 26(2):216-241.

Kelner, M.J. Boon, H., Wellman, B., and Welsh, S. 2003. "Complementary and Alternative Groups Contemplate the Need for Effectiveness, Safety, and Cost-Effectiveness Research." Complementary Therapies in Medicine 10(4): 235-239.

Kelner, M.J. and Wellman B. 2003. "Complementary and Alternative Medicine: How do We Know it Works?" and "The Authors Respond."Healthcare Papers , 3(5):10-28, 72-77.

Kelner, M.J., Wellman, B., Boon, H. and S. Welsh. 2002. "CAM Practitioners Seeking Legitimacy," Focus on Complementary and Alternative Medicine 7(1):97 (Abstract).

Gilmour, J., Kelner, M.J. and B. Wellman. 2002. "Opening the Door to Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Self Regulation in Ontario," Law and Policy (Special Issue on International Perspectives on Health Policy) 24(2): 149-174.

Wellman, B., Kelner, M..J., Boon, H. and S. Welsh. 2001. "Complementary and Alternative Medicine Leaders Address the Professionalization Process." Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine 7, S36.

Wellman, B., Kelner, M.J. and B. Wigdor. 2001. "Older Adult's Use of Medical and Alternative Care." Journal of Applied Gerontology 20(1):3-23.

Kelner, M.J. and B. Wellman. 2000. "The Therapeutic Relationships of Older Adults: Comparing Medical and Alternative Patients." Health and Canadian Society/Sante et Societe Canadienne 6(1):87-109.

Kelner, M.J. and Wellman, B. 1997. "Health Care and Consumer Choice: Medical and Alternative Therapies." Social Science and Medicine 45(2):203-212.

Kelner, M.J. and Wellman, B. 1997. "Who Seeks Alternative Health Care? A Profile of the Users of Five Modes of Treatment. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 3(2):127-140.

Wellman, B. and B. Wellman. 1992. "Domestic Affairs and Network Relations." Journal of Personal and Social Relationships 9:385-409.

RESEARCH REPORTS

Wellman, B. 1992. "Characteristics of Canadians Who Have Stopped or Reduced Alcohol Consumption." Report to Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa, Canada (182 Pp.).

Wellman, B., Caragata, L., Gulia, M. and B. Wellman. 1993. "Evaluating Community in Social Housing: Social Networks, Social Support and Local Community Involvement." Paper No 3: Indicators of Quality of Life, Health and Well-Being in Social Housing. Ottawa Central Mortgage and Housing Corp., Ottawa, Canada.

Kelner, M.J. and B. Wellman. 1998. "Why People Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Social Science Perspectives." Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

"Domestic Affairs and Network Relations." Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association, San Francisco, 1989.

"Pathways of Finding Care for Back Pain: The Use of Referral Networks." Annual Meeting, Canadian Sociology & Anthropology Association, Victoria, B.C., 1990.

"Pathways to Back Care: Use and Referral." Annual Meeting, Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Tampa, Fla., 1991.

"Pathways to Back Care." European Social Network Conference, Paris, 1991.

"Domestic Affairs and Network Relations." (with Barry Wellman). Sunbelt Social Network Conference, San Diego, February, 1992.

"Lay Referral Networks: Using Conventional Medicine and Alternative Therapies for Low Back Pain." Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, 1994.

"Complementary Medicine in Western Societies." World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, July, 1994.

"La utilization de redes sociales en la busqueda de especialistas de salud: un caso comparativo de Canada." Seminario Redes Sociales en America Latina, Lima, Peru, 1996.

"Who Seeks Alternative Health Care?: A Profile of the Users of Five Modes of Treatment." Presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Meetings, June 2-5, Brock University, St. Catherines, 1996.

"How People Seek Help: Individual and Social Influences in Decision-Making for Medical and Alternative Health Care." 8th International Conference on Personal Relationships, Banff, Canada, 1996.

"Health Care Choices of Older Adults." 49th Annual Gerontological Society of America Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1996.

"Who Do You Turn To When You Have a Health Problem?" Sunbelt Social Network Conference, San Diego, February, 1997.

"Comparing the Health Care Choices of Older and Younger Adults: Medical and Alternative Therapies." Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada, August, 1997.

"Who Do Patients Turn To When They Have Health Problems? The Networks of Physicians' and Alternative Therapists' Patients." International Symposium on Why People Use Alternative and Complementary Therapies: Social Science Perspectives, University of Toronto, April, 1998.

"Health Care Experiences of Medical and Alternative Patients." 14th World Congress of Sociology, Montreal, Canada, July, 1998.

"Studying How Alternative Medicine is Used." Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August, 1998.

"Complementary and Alternative Leaders Address the Professionalization Process."Annual Meeting, International Scientific Complementary, Alternative and Integrative Medicine Research Conference, San Francisco, California, May 17-19 2001. Wellman, B., Boon, H., Kelner, M.J., and S. Welsh. Poster presentation.

"Complementary and Alternative Leaders Address the Professionalization Process." Complementary Medicine 20001: From Evidence to Integration, University of Toronto, June 15-16, 2001. Wellman, B., Boon, H. Helner, M.J. and S. Welsh. Poster presentation.

"CAM Practitioners Seeking Legitimacy." 8th Annual Symposium on Complementary Care. Exeter, United Kingdom, December 8-10, 2001. Kelner, M.J., Wellman, B., Boon, H. and S. Welsh.

"Complementary/Alternative Practitioners and the Professionalization Process: A Canadian Comparative Case Study." Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois, August 16-19, 2002. Boon, H., Welsh, S., Kelner, M.J. and B. Wellman.

"Older Canadians' Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine" Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, 2002. Wellman, B., Fuller-Thomson, E. and Kelner, M.J.

"Does Networking Help You Get Ahead Professionally? A Comparison of Healthcare Occupations." International Seminar on Business in Network, Tampere, Finland, June 10, 2003. Wellman B., Lunansky, L. and Kelner, M.J.

"Social Networks, Social Capital and Health Information." An International Conference on Computer Networks and Social Networks, University of Haifa, Israel, August 25-27, 2003. With Lunansky, L. and Kelner, M.J.

"Networking Towards Social Inclusion:Complementary and Alternative Medicine Occupations on the Road to Professionalization." European Sociological Association Symposium, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, April 15-17, 2004. With Lunansky, L. and Kelner, M.J.

"Social Networks and Professionalization: The Case of Five Complementary and Alternative Medicine Occupations." Annual Meeting of the International Social Network Conference (Sunbelt XXIV), Portoroz, Slovenia, May 12-16, 2004.

LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS

Wellman, Beverly. "Older Adults' Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Canada"Current Research Topics on Aging and the Life Course, Institute for Human Development, Life Course, and Aging, University of Toronto, March 24, 2003.

Boon, H., Welsh, S., Kelner, M.J. and B. Wellman. "Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners Seeking Professional Legitimacy." Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, March 7, 2002.

Wellman, Beverly. "Complementary and Alternative Medicine on the Road to Professionalism." Social Structure in a Changing World:Presentations in Honour of Barry Wellman. University of Toronto, April 16, 2001.

Wellman, Beverly. "Health Networks in Time of Need: Describing and Comparing Family Physician Patients with Complementary and Alternative Medicine Patients." Department of Sociology, Sociology 242Y, The Sociology of Health and Medicine, Guest lecturer, February 28, 2001.

Kelner, M.J. and B. Wellman. "Efficacy, Safety and Cost-Effectiveness: Views of CAM Leaders." Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging Seminar, February 12, 2001, University of Toronto, Canada.

Kelner, M.J. and B. Wellman. "The Ethics of Alternative Medicine." Seminar for the Office of Research Services & Faculty of Medicine Research Office, University of Toronto, February 3, 2000.

Wellman, Barry and Beverly Wellman. "Men and Women in Networks." Center for Working Families, University of California, Berkeley, March, 1999.

Kelner, M.J. and B. Wellman. "Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Who, Why and How?." Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging Seminar, University of Toronto, November, 1998.

Kelner, M.J. and B. Wellman. "Health Care Choices of Older Adults." Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging Seminar Series, University of Toronto, 1997.

Wellman, B. "Health Care Choices of Older Adults." Senior Alumni Group, Scarborough College, Toronto, Canada. October 30, 1997.

Wellman, Barry and Beverly Wellman. "Social Network Week-Long Workshop." (Co-Leader) First All-Swiss Summer School for Social Science Doctoral Students, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997.

Wellman, B. "Research Seminar on Health Care Research: Users of Alternative Therapies." Pontificia Universidad Catolica Del Peru, Lima, Peru, 1996.

Wellman, B. "Lay Referral Networks: Using Conventional Medicine and Alternative Therapies for Low Back Pain." University of Montreal, Montreal, 1995.

Wellman, B. "Movement Analysis to Facilitate Connections." Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Clearwater, Fla, 1987

Wellman, B. "Using Body Language to Make Connections." Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, 1986

Wellman, B. "Networking, Moving, Connecting, Support." Wellness Conference, Toronto, 1986

MEDIA

Kelner, M.J. and B. Wellman. 1996. "Special Report on Complementary and Alternative Medicine." CTV 11 pm News Broadcast.

Kelner, M.J. and B. Wellman. "Ethical Problems in Clinical Practice: The Role of Alternative/Complementary Medicine in Health Care." Telemedicine Canada, September 24, 1997, Toronto, Canada.

Wellman, B. Six radio interviews (Whitehorse, Calgary, Prince George, Kelowna, Vancouver and Victoria) on complementary and alternative medicine in conjunction with the booklaunch of "Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Challenge and Change." CBC Radio Syndication, December 20, 2000, Toronto, Canada.

Wellman, B. "More Canadians turn to alternative medicine." globeandmail.com. Posted at 5:47 pm, Thursday, December 13, 2001.

Wellman, B. News Talk. 570 Radio, Kitchener, Ontario in conjunction with the Statistics Canada Health Reports. Friday, December 14, 2001.

UNPUBLISHED THESIS

"Pathways to Back Care: Use and Referral." 1991. The University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Sociological Assoc., including Medical section.

International Sociological Assoc., including Medical section.

Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association.

Canadian Association for Medical Anthropology.

International Society for Social Network Analysis

Gerontologcal Society of America

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Editorial

Co-Book Review Editor, Social Networks, 2003 -

Appointments

Board Member of the Artists’ Health Centre Foundation, 2005-

Roundtable participant

Roundtable Participant, Health Law and Ethics in Relation to the Use of Complementary and Alternative Health Care and Natural Health Products: An Invitational Roundtable, Toronto, December 1-2, 2001.

Conference co-organizer
Co-organizer, International Symposium on Why People Use Alternative and Complementary Therapies: Social Science Perspectives, April 16-18, 1998, Toronto, Canada.

Co-organizer, Tillyfest, Int'l conf in honour of Charles Tilly, Univ of Toronto, Oct, 1995.

Session organizer
Session organizer, Personal Attributes, Personal Networks and Health Care Management, Sunbelt Social Network Conference, San Diego, 1997.

Consulting
Gary Catlin, Canadian Centre for Health Information, Statistics Canada on the National Population Health Survey, Ottawa, 1993.

K.C. Tang, Dept. of Social Work and Social Policy on the Utilization of Traditional Chinese Medicine Survey in Australia, University of Sydney, Australia, 1994.

Cathy Smith, Graduate Student, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, "Health Survey Research on Midwifery," University of Toronto, 1995.

Alastair Cunningham, Medical Biophysics, on the use of NUD.IST software to analyse qualitative data, University of Toronto, 1995.

Barry Wellman, Dept. of Sociology on "Networks in the Global Village" an edited book, University of Toronto, 1990-1998.

Manuel Castells, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Developing a questionnaire about the use of the Internet, "Projecte Internet Catalunya," Barcelona, Spain, November 10-18, 2001.