Lindsay McLaren

Biography

Lindsay McLaren, BA(hons), MA, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences and the O’Brien Institute for Public Health at the University of Calgary where her research and teaching focus on healthy public policy and social determinants of health. She is also a Research Associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - National Office where she recently (2020-21) spent a one year sabbatical. 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 Co-Editor for the international peer-reviewed journal, Critical Public Health.