Lindsay McLaren

Lindsay McLaren

PhD
Pronouns: she/her

Positions

Professor

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences

Research Associate

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

Senior Editor

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Contact information

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 210-9424

Background

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy Public Health, University of Montreal, 2002

Biography

Lindsay McLaren PhD is a Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary where her research and teaching focus on social determinants and political economy of health. She is also a Research Associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - National Office and a member of the Parkland Institute Advisory Board. Lindsay held a CIHR/PHAC/AIHS Applied Public Health Chair award (2014-19), and received the 2019 CIHR-IPPH Trailblazer Award (mid-career category), which is a career achievement award that recognizes exceptional contributions in population and public health research. Lindsay is past-president (2014-18) of the Alberta Public Health Association, and currently serves as Senior Editor for the Canadian Journal of Public Health and Editor in Chief for the international peer-reviewed journal, Journal of Critical Public Health