Candace Nykiforuk, PhD, CE
School of Public Health
School of Public Health
Pronouns: she, her
Personal Website: http://www.placeresearchlab.com
Contact
Vice Dean
School of Public Health
- candace.nykiforuk@ualberta.ca
- Address
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3-291 Dianne and Irving Kipnes Health Research Academy
11405 87 Ave NWEdmonton ABT6G 1C9
Scientific Director, Centre for Healthy Communities
School of Public Health
- candace.nykiforuk@ualberta.ca
- Address
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3-035 Dianne and Irving Kipnes Health Research Academy
11405 87 Ave NWEdmonton ABT6G 1C9
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Community Environment Healthy Public Policy Chronic Disease Prevention Healthy Communities Engaged Scholarship Knowledge Translation Evaluation
About
I work as a professor in the School of Public Health and hold a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Community Environments and Public Policy for Well-being. I also serve as the Scientific Director for the Centre for Healthy Communities in the School of Public Health.
Research
I am an applied public health researcher with strong interests in the role of community (built and social) environments and public policies in health and wellbeing, health promotion, and health equity. I am the Principal Investigator of the Policy, Location and Access in Community Environments (PLACE) Research Lab. For more information on the research that myself and my teams, please visit www.placeresearchlab.com or https://www.ualberta.ca/en/public-health/research/centres/centre-for-healthy-communities/index.html