DIRECTOR
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Dr. Jason Gilliland
Director
Dr. Gilliland is an award-winning teacher and researcher who is known internationally for his research on urban planning and public health issues. In 2012 he was awarded the title of “Faculty Scholar” at Western for “sustained excellence in all scholarly activities”. In 2009 he was recognized with a prestigious award from the Canadian Association of Geographers for significant research achievement by an early career scholar for his contribution to research on “children in the city”, and in 2012 he was honored with the ESRI Canada Award for Excellence in GIS for “innovation in the field of Geographic Information Systems” for his child health atlas. He is a multiple winner of Western University Students’ Council Teaching Excellence Award.
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Shawna Lewkowitz
Community Coordinator
Dr. Louise McEachern
Research Scientist
Dr. Anastasia Soukhov
Post-Doctoral Associate
Kathy Tang
GIS Analyst
Dr. Alexander 'AJ' Wray
Assistant Professor Public Health (University of Tennessee Knoxville) Adjunct Faculty, Geography (Western)
Dr. Peiqi Zhang
Post-Doctoral Associate
Dr. Shiran Zhong
Post-Doctoral Associate
FACULTY ASSOCIATES
Dr. Kelly Anderson
Associate Professor
Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Western)
Dr. Godwin Arku
Associate Professor
Geography (Western)
Dr. Stephanie Coen
Associate Professor
Geography (University of Nottingham)
Adjunct Faculty, Geography (Western)
Dr. Sean Doherty
Professor
Geography & Environmental Studies (Laurier)
Dr. Christina Ergler
Lecturer
Geography (University of Otago)
John Fleming, RPP, MCIP
Senior Research Associate
Adjunct Faculty, Geography (Western)
Dr. Egide Kalisa
Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Western)
Dr. Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala
Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Western)
Dr. Don Lafreniere
Associate Professor
Geography & GIS (Michigan Tech)
Dr. Jin Lee
Assistant Professor
Geography (Western)
Dr. Janet Loebach
Assistant Professor
Design and Environmental Analysis (Cornell University)
Dr. Jed Long
Associate Professor
Geography (Western)
Dr. Gina Martin
Assistant Professor
Athabasca University
Dr. Leia Minaker
Assistant Professor
Planning (Waterloo)
Dr. Colleen O’Connor
Associate Professor
Food & Nutritional Sciences (Brescia)
Dr. Daniel Rainham
Associate Professor
Health and Human Performance (Dalhousie University)
Dr. Richard Sadler
Associate Professor
Department of Public Health, College of Family Medicine (Michigan State)
Dr. Jamie Seabrook
Associate Professor
Food & Nutritional Sciences (Brescia)
Dr. Bonnie Simpson
Assistant Professor
Management & Organizational Studies (Western)
Dr. Saverio Stranges
Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Western University)
Dr. Trish Tucker
Associate Professor
Occupational Therapy (Western)
Dr. Paul van der Werf
Senior Research Associate
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Geography (Western)
GRADUATE STUDENT TRAINEES
Mackenzie Betteridge
PhD Student
Andrew "Angus" Cruikshank
Master's Student
Josh Grignon
PhD Student
Neil Kovacs
Master's Student
Shawna Lewkowitz
PhD Student
Rayne Pratt
Master's Student
Luis Patricio
PhD Student
Catherine Reining
PhD Student
Tasha Roswell
Master's student
Nicolas Woods
PhD Student
Megan Udit
Master's Student