NM Academy
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Contributor Biography
Educator, Canadian naturopathic leader, researcher, senior editor, and one of the quietly substantial people who helped carry the profession and this project forward.
Professional Formation
Don Warren, ND is a 1984 graduate of the National College of Naturopathic Medicine who later retired from naturopathic practice in Ottawa in 2017.
His life moved comfortably between clinical work, professional service, education, and research.
Research and the Academy
Don served as Canadian principal investigator for the Rwanda Selenium Supplementation Clinical Trial in AIDS research in Kigali, Rwanda.
He is also a Senior Editor for the Foundations of Naturopathic Medicine Project, placing him directly inside the Academy’s central work.
Recognition and Later Life
In 2017, Don received the Dr. Rogers Prize’s Groundbreaker Award for Excellence in Complementary and Alternative Medicine from the Lotte and John Hecht Memorial Foundation.
After retiring, he and his wife Barbara moved from their 100-acre organic farm near Ottawa to a wooded two-acre property closer to family.
Why Don Matters Here
Don combined intelligence, steadiness, and humanity with serious professional responsibility.
That kind of person often becomes quiet structural support for a field, and for projects as demanding as this one.
A Canadian Thread
Don’s presence also reminds the Academy that this work was never only American. The codification effort belongs to a larger community with important Canadian leadership woven through it.