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Lindsay Mclaren

ResearcherCommunity Health SciencesUniversity of Calgary

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Lindsay Mclaren

Researcher

Community Health Sciences

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (7 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2021.

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Research

Social Inequities In Health Population Health Dental Public Health Health Equity Neoliberal Capitalism Political Economy Of Health Well-Being Economy Population Health Interventions

Latest papers

Well-being approaches in public health … what's new?
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026 · first author
Income inequality and life expectancy in Canada: New evidence from province-level panel regression, 1996-2019.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025 · senior author
A vision for the role of governments in supporting the public's health: Learning from the past and expanding our imaginations for the future.
Healthcare management forum · 2025 · first author

All 79 publications

Latest funding

Building critical capacity and momentum towards an alternative, equity-centred political economy: Imperatives for integrating structural determinants of health in Canada.
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$116,160
An economy for everyone: mobilization and implementation of a well-being economy in Alberta
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$24,825
Applying Research about the Social/Medical Spending Ratio to Federal and Provincial Budget Allocations Between Ministries
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$684,675

All 20 grants and awards

79 publications.

Well-being approaches in public health … what's new?

McLaren L

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01191-0 PMID: 41954883

Income inequality and life expectancy in Canada: New evidence from province-level panel regression, 1996-2019.

Sepulveda ER, McLaren L

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01024-6 PMID: 40399604

A vision for the role of governments in supporting the public's health: Learning from the past and expanding our imaginations for the future.

McLaren L

Healthcare management forum2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/08404704251362375 PMID: 40988511

What do we mean by structural determinants of health, why is it important, and are public health communities ready to engage?

McLaren L, McGibbon E

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01122-5 PMID: 41233624

Aligning Public Health With a Well-Being Economy: Opportunities and Challenges in Addressing Root Causes of Health Inequities Comment on "Can a Well-Being Economy Save Us?".

McLaren L

International journal of health policy and management2025First author

DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.8877 PMID: 40767230

Economic policy and public health: Insights from the history of the Canadian Journal of Public Health.

McLaren L, Mykhalovskiy E

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-024-00940-3 PMID: 39436542

Chasing cancer: does the social-to-medical spending ratio relate to cancer incidence and mortality in Canadian provinces? A retrospective cohort study.

MacLellan C, Kershaw P, Kneebone RD, McLaren L, Reiman T, Urquhart R, Dutton DJ

BMJ public health2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2023-000858 PMID: 40018099

A cautionary tale: university institutes of public health must "walk the talk".

Haines-Saah R, McLaren L

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2023Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00815-z PMID: 37644254

Canada needs a funding institute focused on environments, health, and societal well-being research.

Buse CG, Aker A, McLaren L, HubkaRao T, Sweeney E, van der Jagt RHC, Members of the National Working Group on Environments, Health Research

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2023

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00802-4 PMID: 37410366

Policy diffusion theory, evidence-informed public health, and public health political science: a scoping review.

Fundytus K, Santamaria-Plaza C, McLaren L

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2023Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00752-x PMID: 36944893

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Lindsay Mclaren

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Well-being approaches in public health &#x2026; what's new?

Income inequality and life expectancy in Canada: New evidence from province-level panel regression, 1996-2019.

A vision for the role of governments in supporting the public's health: Learning from the past and expanding our imaginations for the future.

What do we mean by structural determinants of health, why is it important, and are public health communities ready to engage?

Aligning Public Health With a Well-Being Economy: Opportunities and Challenges in Addressing Root Causes of Health Inequities Comment on "Can a Well-Being Economy Save Us?".

Economic policy and public health: Insights from the history of the Canadian Journal of Public Health.

Chasing cancer: does the social-to-medical spending ratio relate to cancer incidence and mortality in Canadian provinces? A retrospective cohort study.

A cautionary tale: university institutes of public health must "walk the talk".

Canada needs a funding institute focused on environments, health, and societal well-being research.

Policy diffusion theory, evidence-informed public health, and public health political science: a scoping review.

An economy for everyone: mobilization and implementation of a well-being economy in Alberta

Resolving Intractable Policy Conflicts: Applying Track Two Diplomacy to Community Water Fluoridation in Calgary

Frequent collaborators

David Hammond

Lynn Mcintyre

Jenny Godley

Deborah Mcneil

Janet Smylie

Rafael Figueiredo

Steven Patterson

Janet Smylie

Sonica Singhal

Deborah Mcneil

Luke Shwart

Candace Nykiforuk

Scott Leatherdale

David Buckeridge

Yan Kestens

Guy Faulkner

Damien Contandriopoulos

David Buckeridge

Guanmin Chen

Yan Kestens

Jonathan McGavock

JoAnne Arcand

Eric Mykhalovskiy

Eric Bohm

Heather Manson

Melanie Rock

Laura Anderson

Well-being approaches in public health … what's new?