Wren M Burton, DC, MPH is a graduate of the University of New England where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science. She then pursued her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic West Campus. During this time, Dr. Burton completed a clerkship through the Palo Alto Veteran’s Administration Health System.
In 2024, Dr. Burton was the first chiropractor to complete the NCMIC Foundation, Inc. supported Clinician-Researcher Fellowship at the Osher Center for Integrative Health at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. As part of the program, she received a Master’s degree in Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Dr. Burton has an interest in healthy aging and caring for spinal disorders in the aging adult. Her treatment approaches include chronic pain counseling, gentle manual therapies and exercise / posture training to optimize spinal health. She has a keen interest in gait health and the reciprocal effects of spinal disorders on balance and mobility.
Dr. Burton is also researching models of group care to deliver treatment more effectively in a community-supported environment. She is an invited speaker at many professional conferences and chiropractic institutions and has a growing portfolio of publications in peer-reviewed journals.