Lindi Close is a Planetary Health Research Nurse with the Nursing and Allied Health Research and Knowledge Translation Department. Her experience in healthcare includes Neonatal Intensive Care, bed management, and discharge planning for infants and families with complex needs. Most recently Lindi has worked as a Senior Practice Leader with the BC Women’s Hospital Neonatal Program. Lindi completed her master’s degree at UBC in Health Leadership and Policy with a focus on sustainability in healthcare and has worked with Nourish Leadership to promote Planetary Health Menus and decolonizing hospital food systems. She is passionate about exploring the interconnectedness of human and planetary health to nursing practice. Lindi’s goal is to improve patient outcomes and decrease the environmental impacts of health care delivery at BC Cancer through advocating and teaching nurses about planetary health principles.  

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