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AIA Research Academy - Research Methods for Practitioners: Learning from a Systematic Review with Marco Valussi, BSc. (Hons) Herbal Medicine

When
July 20, 2026
1:00 PM
Location
Zoom

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AIA Research Academy

Research Methods for Practitioners: Learning from a Systematic Review

with Marco Valussi, BSc. (Hons) Herbal Medicine

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What: AIA Research Academy Live Webinar

Topic: Why Research Matters: Science, Bias and Critical Thinking

When: July 20, 2026

Time: 1:00 PM MT (Click here for your local time)

If you are not a member of the AIA and attending as a guest, please make sure to sign up to become an AIA Research Academy Member on the homepage and create a profile so that you can access the assessment. It is free to become an AIA Research Academy Member.

Learner Outcomes:

Be able to discuss what science is, and why it relies on specific concepts and methods.

Be able to discriminate between poor or fraudulent research and pseudoscience.

Be able to elaborate on the different risks involved pseudoscience.

This presentation will present arguments to support the idea that before conducting scientific research we should have a broader understanding of what science is and why we should, as individuals and as members of the aromatherapy community, engage with it. Without this broader understanding, we risk using scientific tools mechanically, which limits both their effectiveness and our ability to interpret results, and to examine critically our own actions and beliefs.

Marco Valussi is a qualified, UK-trained, clinical herbalist (BSc. (Hons.)) and aromatherapist (ITHMA). He has been working in this field for 30 years, and over the years has moved from clinical work to consultancy, independent research and teaching. He teaches clinical herbalism and aromatherapy at various University Masters, has published two university textbooks on essential oils’ science and Materia Medica, an introductory text for beginners and more than 20 scientific papers (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9108-848X). He also works as a consultant for the essential and distillation industry, and for NGOs operating in the field of traditional medicine.

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