I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria in Victoria, BC, Canada. My research examines the social and ecological determinants of health among marginalized and Indigenous populations in Canada and globally. In particular, I am interested in the nutritional and health implications of poverty, community food security, migration, and climate change. I work closely with collaborators to conduct community engaged mixed methods research emphasizing co-production of knowledge for evidence-based decision making.
I completed my PhD in Population Medicine and International Development at the University of Guelph and a CIHR post-doctoral fellowship with the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine at Université Laval. I have worked or currently work in India, Uganda, Peru, Guatemala, the Philippines, Nunavut, and Nunavik (northern Québec).
I’m an avid outdoors enthusiast and enjoy rock climbing, mountain biking, cross country skiing, ski touring, and running.
Current Students and Trainees
Dr. Pauley Tedoff
Pauley is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Victoria
Dr. Federico Andrade-Rivas
Federico is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Victoria
Dr. Duncan Warltier
Duncan is a post-doctoral fellow at Université Laval, co-supervised by Dr. Matthew Little and Dr. Tiff-Annie Kenny.
Krista Joseph
Krista is a PhD student in the Social Dimensions of Health program at the University of Victoria.
Bryan Woodward
Bryan is a MA student in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Victoria.
Dorothy Beale
Dorothy is a MA student in the Social Dimensions of Health program at the University of Victoria
Josephine Gaupholm
Josephine is a PhD student in the Department of Population Medicine at the University of Guelph. having completed her undergraduate degree in Biomedical Science at the University of Guelph and Master’s degree in International Health at the University of Leeds. Her doctoral research isfocused on exploring the role of the food environment on dietary choices in the Philippines. Her research interests include global health, food security, nutrition, and health promotion.
Meghan Brockington
Meghan Brockington is a PhD candidate in the collaborative Population Medicine and International Development program at the University of Guelph.
Meera Bhulabhai
Meera graduated from Ryerson with a BASc in Public Health. During her undergrad she developed a passion for epidemiology and chose to pursue a MSc in Population Health and the University of Guelph. Her research interests includes global health, maternal health and Indigenous health.
Past Students
Chloe Zivot
Chloe graduated from the PhD program in Public Health and International Development at the University of Guelph. Her doctoral research examined the social, environmental, and gender determinants of health of refugee women during resettlement in Calgary, AB.
Nicole Winters
Nicole completed her undergraduate studies in Life Sciences at Queen's University and is now studying her Master of Public Health at the University of Guelph. She has experience working in environmental health and health promotion at a local public health unit, as well as vaccine research for the federal government. Nicole is interested in various areas of public health including infectious disease, vaccination, climate change and health, and health equity.
Cole Heasley
Cole has an undergraduate degree in Biomedical Toxicology. His research interests involve epidemiology and health interventions around the intersections of nutrition and toxicology, environmental health and climate change, poverty, and endemic diseases. Cole's research project focused on a nutritional intervention with food insecure patients in Guelph. Some of his hobbies include student government, cooking, and trivia.