Erica Timko Olson
Planetary health; forest therapy; nature virtual reality; psychosocial oncology
Background & Expertise
Erica Timko Olson, PhD, RN, is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities School of Nursing. She is an integrative nurse faculty fellow, an A. Marilyn Sime research fellow with the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing, an Institute on the Environment affiliate and has been a professor for more than 25 years. Her area of research is focused on planetary health, integrative nursing and wellbeing with a particular interest in the role of nature and forest therapy on the psychological and social wellbeing of pediatric, adolescent and young adult cancer survivors.
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