Luminary: Janet Quinn

Luminary: Janet Quinn

Janet Quinn is a recognized leader in the field of mind-body medicine and a specialist in Therapeutic Touch. She is associate professor and senior scholar at the Center for Human Caring at the University of Colorado School of Nursing. A holistic nurse, she specializes in therapeutic touch and has written and taught extensively on its use in health care.

Quinn earned her Ph.D. in nursing research and theory development at New York University, and is a registered nurse in the State of Colorado and an Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. In the past decade, she has presented more than 200 keynote speeches, workshops, and retreats. In 1990, she was chosen as Holistic Nurse of the Year by the Holistic Nurses Association. In 1995, she received the Professional Associates’ Healer of the Year award and was elected to the Hunter College Alumni Hall of Fame.

Quinn wrote and was featured in a series of teaching videotapes that the National League for Nursing produced on Therapeutic Touch and is author of I Am A Woman Finding My Voice: Celebrating the Extraordinary Blessings of Being a Woman.

Described as a dynamic, passionate and engaging speaker, Quinn is dedicated to creating a healing health care system, namely, one which values caring and healing of the whole person as much as the curing of diseases, and where all people have access to the full range of healing and curing modalities. At the heart of her work is a deep spiritual commitment to grow in love and service to others.