Prof. Dr. Cory Harris is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Ottawa. His research combines laboratory-, field-, and community-based approaches to study the roles of plants in human and ecological health. His research explores the ethnobotany, chemistry, and bioactivity of plants, with a current emphasis on species used for food and medicine. Together with Inuit and First Nations communities as well as the private and public sectors, his team studies the chemistry and potential health benefits (and risks) of wild plant foods and medicines, as well as regulatory and ethical considerations about the safe and evidence-based use of alternative medicines by consumers and healthcare providers.