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Dr. Rachel Engler-Stringer is a Professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Medicine. Her research focuses on school food programs, nutritional inequities, and community-based research. She holds a PhD in Nutrition and a BSc in Biomedical Sciences.
- Education:
- PhD (Nutrition)
- BSc (Biomedical Sciences)
Her work addresses food security, health promotion, and policy development through initiatives like the Good Food for Learning program. She co-leads the School Food Working Group of the Canadian Association for Food Studies and co-edits the Canadian Food Studies Journal. Key research areas include program scalability, policy frameworks, and cultural adaptations of food programs globally.
Recent grants include projects on universal school food program design, evidence-based guidelines, and pandemic impacts on food access. She has been recognized with prestigious awards including the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal and Canadian Food Hero designation.
- Grants & Leadership:
- Co-lead on national school food policy initiatives
- Board member of the Community-University Institute for Social Research
- Researcher at the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit
