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Dr. Lara L. Nixon

MD CCFP(COE) CCFP
Pronouns: she/her

Positions

Associate Professor

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Contact information

Email

Web presence

Equity in Aging and Homelessness: a program of participatory health research

"Home Wasn't Built in a Day" a community-driven short film on the importance of recreation and leisure in harm reduction housing (2022)

"Increasing Social Connection in Supportive Housing" an intervention study (The Gerontologist, March 2025)

"Implementing Housing-Based Harm Reduction with Older People" a participatory research process evaluation (Critical Social Work, Nov 2024)

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 210-9228

Location

Academic office: Health SciencesG012L

Background

Educational Background

Bachelor of Education Biology, University of British Columbia, 1992

Bachelor of Science Zoology, University of British Columbia, 1990

Doctor of Medicine University of British Columbia, 1999

Teaching Scholars in Medicine University of Calgary, 2008

Awards

  • Asscoiate Dean's Letter of Excellence, 2016
  • award, 2016
  • award, 2015
  • award, University of Calgary. 2014
  • award, 2013
  • award, 2012
  • commendation, 2012
  • award, 2011
  • award, 2009