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Michael Widener is an Associate Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. He has expertise in public health and urban studies, with a specific focus on how transportation networks and infrastructure influence access to health services and healthy opportunities. His research also investigates the role of transit mobility constraints in accessing healthy food retailers and looks into emergency medical service mode choices for critical care transfers. Additionally, he studies the impact of transportation infrastructure on food distribution networks, particularly in the Canadian north, and how local urban environments affect the health of older adults. Widener is a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) and actively collaborates with prominent research groups such as the Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium and serves as co-chair for the Transportation Research Board's Health Transportation subcommittee.
Dalla Lana School of Public Health • Toronto, Canada
Faculty member specializing in Transportation Health.
Department of Sociology