Linda Rothman

Linda Rothman is an Associate Professor in the School of Occupational and Public Health at Toronto Metropolitan University, affiliated with the Faculty of Community Services. Her expertise focuses on unintentional injury prevention, particularly child pedestrian and cycling safety, road traffic injuries, and the built environment's impact on health equity. She holds a BScOT (Occupational Therapy), MHSc (Community Health/Epidemiology), and PhD from the University of Toronto.

Education:

• BScOT, University of Toronto
• MHSc, University of Toronto
• PhD, University of Toronto (Institute for Medical Sciences)

Research Interests:

• Active transportation safety in urban environments
• Healthy Cities frameworks for injury prevention
• Addressing health inequities through built environment interventions
• Epidemiology of road traffic injuries

Her research involves collaborations with academic, government, and community partners to advance injury prevention strategies. She is currently unavailable to supervise MSc students in 2025-2026.