Meghan Winters

SFU epidemiologist receives Trailblazer Award for active transportation research

Written by: Emma Jean, Staff Writer SFU health sciences associate professor Dr. Meghan Winters was awarded the Trailblazer Award by The Canadian Institute of Health Research. It recognizes her career-long work in researching public health, mobility, and transportation.  The award, for Population and Public Health Research, specifically acknowledges her achievements within the field of active transportation, done by bicycle and foot, and her role in researching how cities can plan infrastructure to make these options accessible for all people.  In Dr. Winters’ research, the impact of different active transportation policies on the populations that use them is analyzed. “With any…

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