About Me

I am a health systems researcher working at the intersection of digital health, health services and policy research. I lead interdisciplinary initiatives using mixed methods and citizen science approaches, with a strong focus on historically disenfranchised and vulnerable populations, including racialized communities and children and youth.

My research program applies a health equity lens to issues such as climate change and health, active living, nutrition, chronic disease prevention, and health policy, with an emphasis on translating evidence into meaningful action. My team partners with communities, healthcare practitioners, and policymakers to co-conceptualize and evaluate innovative program and policy solutions to complex health challenges. We have collaborated extensively across academic, clinical, governmental, and non-profit sectors, including partnerships with universities across Canada, the Hospital for Sick Children, the Public Health Agency of Canada, provincial ministries of health, and global collaborators.

Current Positions

  • Assistant Professor, School of Occupational and. Public Health, Toronto Metropolitan University

  • Director, CHANGE Research Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University

  • Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, Toronto Metropolitan University

  • Adjunct Professor, Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute (Pune, India)

  • India Physical Activity Report Card Leader, Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance

  • Research and Evaluation Consultant

Education

  • PhD in Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo

  • MSc in Health Studies, University of Waterloo

  • BSc Honours in Nutritional Science and Sociology, University of Toronto

Fellowships

  • Ontario/Baden-Württemberg Faculty Mobility Fellow (2025)

  • CIHR Banting Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2022)

  • CIHR Health System Impact Fellow (2019-2020)

Publications

A full list of my publications can be found on Google Scholar.