Jason Gilliland is Director of the Urban Development Program and Professor of Geography, Paediatrics, Health Studies and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University. He is a Scientist with the Children's Health Research Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute. His primary research examines environmental influences on children’s health (nutrition, physical activity, sleep, etc).

He is Director of the Human Environments Analysis Lab, which specializes in community-based research and identifying interventions to public policy and neighbourhood design to improve the quality of life of vulnerable populations. This work is currently supported by Children’s Health Foundation, Lawson Foundation, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Weston Foundation, Ontario Ministry of Environment, SSHRC and CIHR.

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