Pam Colby

Pam trained at McGill University and the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. As a Registered Dietitian, Pam has worked for the London hospitals for over 35 years. Positions included Practice Leader and Research Dietitian in Endocrinology, Cardiology and Surgery. Seconded to the Department of Medicine for a decade, Pam was the Coordinator of the land-mark NIH funded trail in type 1 diabetes, the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT). Pam has been a Certified Diabetes Educator for over 20 years, working closely with clients, specializing in working with diabetic athletes. Pam was also the volunteer Nutritional Consultant to ONERUN ultra distance runner, Theresa Carriere. As Research Dietitian Educator at Brescia University College she is a lecturer on the topic of diabetes and Research Dietitian Educator of PREPARE, a clinical trial in prediabetes. Having recently retired from the Diabetes Education Centre of SJHC she has rejoined the diabetes research world, now coordinating a trail of a new ultra-rapid insulin in type 1 diabetes. An avid cyclist and past rower, a coxswain and an official Judge with Rowing Canada, Pam has always been an active person. When rowing left her with a back injury, Pam discovered the healing benefits of yoga! Frequent attendance at classes led to her becoming a certified fitness instructor and yoga teacher. Inspired by Beth's Shaw's Yoga Fit approach, she is now YogaFit 200 and RYT certified. Currently teaching YogaFit, Yoga Fit Sweat & BodyFlow, at GoodLife Fitness Clubs, Pam is still on the Yoga Fit path.