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Megan Winkler is an Assistant Professor at the Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences at Emory University. Her research focuses on two key areas: retail food environments and employment conditions as socio-structural determinants of health equity. She holds a PhD in Nursing from Duke University and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.
Dr. Winkler’s work on retail food environments examines systemic barriers to healthy food access, including corporate tactics and policy interventions. She employs systems science and simulation to explore solutions for equitable food systems. Her research on employment conditions investigates how precarious work (e.g., low wages, unstable hours) impacts health, using causal inference methods to guide legislative policy.
Her publications span topics like food insecurity, minimum wage policies, and stakeholder engagement in food retail interventions. Notable work includes studies on beverage industry strategies affecting retail environments and the development of tools to assess dollar store readiness for WIC participation.
Her educational background includes a BSN from Indiana University and MSN degrees from the University of Virginia. She has taught courses such as BSHES 560R and BSHES 590, emphasizing public health practice and policy.
No scientific awards are explicitly listed, but her research has been featured in media discussions about food systems and health equity.
