Implementing Healthy Urban Policy in Guelph, Ontario: Lessons from Copenhagen

Author(s): Rothman
Mavis Johnson Traffic Safety Award

Dr. Linda Rothman – Biography

Linda Rothman BScOT, PhD (Research Lead) is an Associate Professor at the School of Occupational and Public Health at Toronto Metropolitan University, an Adjunct Scientist in Child Health Evaluative Sciences at the Hospital for Sick Children, and an Associate Professor (status only) at Dalla Lana, School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Her area of expertise is in vulnerable road user injuries in urban environments as a public health issue and has been working in this field for over 20 years. Linda is an investigator on a new Healthy Cities CapaCITY/É Implementation Science Team grant involving researchers working together with 10 municipalities across Canada and Melbourne, Australia. Other recent research projects include studying the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on road traffic volumes and collisions and evaluating new road safety infrastructure in 4 Canadian cities with a social equity lens. Linda works with a variety of knowledge users and has presented her work in many international, national, and local venues.