Dr. Janet Loebach from Cornell University shares her work, research, and graduate experience with the HEAL. Janet completed her PhD in Geography with Dr. Jason Gilliland at the HEAL in 2013. Janet joined the HEAL as a Project Manager in 2007, where she focused on children’s perception and use of their everyday environments, and the […]

Emily Van Kesteren from the Middlesex London Health Unit shares her graduate experience, and research with the HEAL. Emily completed her MA in Geography with Dr. Jason Gilliland at the HEAL in 2012. During her studies with the HEAL, Emily identified the influence of parents’ and children’s perceptions of their built and social environments on children’s mode of travel to and from school. Given the HEAL’s focus on community health and multiple collaborative projects with local public health […]

Kate Schieman, a Project Manager at Western Student Experience, shares insights from her graduate experience with the HEAL. Beginning as a volunteer in 2015, Schieman went on to complete her MSc on the STEAM project with Dr. Jason Gilliland at the HEAL in 2018, before continuing as a Project Coordinator on the SmartAPPetite project. During her […]