PhD Candidate, Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal I am a PhD candidate in industrial engineering and a member of CIRAIG, the International Reference Center for Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainable Transition. My research focuses on the impacts of land use, life cycle assessment, and the planetary boundaries. Prior to returning to school for a PhD, I worked as an ecodesign and life cycle assessment specialist in industry.
Research Scientist at the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use & St. Paul's Hospital Chair in Substance Use Research and Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University I am the St. Paul's Hospital Chair in Substance Use Research and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University and a research scientist at the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use in Vancouver, Canada. Trained in epidemiology, mixed-methods and community-based research approaches, I conduct research to inform public health-oriented approaches to laws, policies and programs and thereby reduce drug-related harm among people who use drugs.
Senior Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Portsmouth I am a Senior Lecturer and Associate Head in the School of Civil Engineering and Surveying. I am also a Chartered Civil Engineer having previously spent over 10 years in industry as an engineer and project manager for major consultants and contractors including Capita Symonds, Balfour Beatty and John Laing Ltd. My current research interests are in construction materials and in construction engineering and management.
Professor of Human Geography, Loughborough University Academic career Professor of Human Geography, Loughborough University, 2012 onwards Reader in Urban Geography, Loughborough University, 2010-2012 Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Copenhagen, 1997-2010 Visiting Research Fellow, LLILAS, University of Texas at Austin, 2020 Visiting Scholar, CLAS, University of Cambridge and bye-fellow Newnham College, 2019 Visiting Professor, Department of Geography, Umeå University, Sweden, 2018 Visiting Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, 2015 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge and Sidney Sussex College, 2007-2008 Editorial responsibilities Editor of International Development Planning Review, 2011-2018 (Editorial Board Member 2008-2011) Associate Editor of Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 2010-2013 (Editorial Board Member 2008-2010) Member of Editorial Board of EchoGeo, 2021 onwards Editorial Board Member of Geoforum, 2019 onwards Editorial Board Member of Ghana Journal of Geography, 2014 onwards International Advisory Board Member of Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 2011-2020
Instructor of Epidemiology, UMass Chan Medical School Kurt Hager is an Instructor in the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. Hager’s interests lay at the intersection of structural determinants of health, food insecurity, and government nutrition and health insurance programs. His current research focuses on the effectiveness of nutritional interventions and policies on chronic disease in the U.S, including evaluations of produce prescriptions and medically tailored meals integrated into clinical care. At UMass Chan Medical School, Dr. Hager is evaluating the effectiveness the Flexible Services Program, which addresses food and housing insecurity under Massachusetts’s Medicaid Section 1115 Waiver. Dr. Hager has training in nutritional epidemiology and quantitative research methods and his recent studies have included policy modeling and economic evaluations, quasi-experimental evaluations, and legal and policy analyses. Dr. Hager’s involvement in policy initiatives underscores his commitment to translating science into evidence-based policy. These include former projects at the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation at Harvard Law School, as an author on the Aspen Institute’s Food is Medicine Research Action Plan, and as a writer with the Task Force on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. He is currently serving as a steering committee member of the National Produce Prescription Collaborative.
Assistant Professor, Public Health, Muhlenberg College Kathleen Bachynski is an assistant professor of public health at Muhlenberg College and author of “No Game for Boys to Play: The History of Youth Football and the Origins of a Public Health Crisis” (University of North Carolina Press, 2019). She is a volunteer member of the professional advisory board of Pink Concussions, a nonprofit organization that advocates for more research on concussions among girls and women.
