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Meghan Winters

ResearcherSimon Fraser University

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Meghan Winters

Researcher

Health Sciences

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
31 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 8 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 14 research grants (14 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Population Health Intervention Research Active Transportation Population Health Policy Equity Healthy Cities Built Environment Implementation Science

Latest papers

Insights into vulnerable road user injury trends in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian city trends 2012-2022.
Journal of safety research · 2026
Temporal shifts in area-level access to cycling infrastructure for equity-deserving groups in three Canadian cities: A descriptive epidemiologic study.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026
Exposure to built and social environments and momentary well-being: A geographic ecological momentary assessment study in Montreal.
Environment international · 2026

All 77 publications

Latest funding

Equity-driven responses to enhance how older adults prepare for and protect their health from extreme heat and wildfire smoke
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$1,059
Equity-driven responses to enhance how older adults prepare for and protect their health from extreme heat and wildfire smoke
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$108,500
Sparking Interjurisdictional Action: Building Synergies To Accelerate Active Transportation Uptake Across Metro Vancouver
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$68,065

All 22 grants and awards

77 publications.

Insights into vulnerable road user injury trends in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian city trends 2012-2022.

Rothman L, Howard A, Winters M, Saunders N, Macpherson A, Hagel BE, Macarthur C, HubkaRao T, Pike I, Zubair S, Cloutier MS, Harris MA, Chevrier T, Zanotto M, Fuselli P, Batomen B

Journal of safety research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2026.04.017 PMID: 42744516

Temporal shifts in area-level access to cycling infrastructure for equity-deserving groups in three Canadian cities: A descriptive epidemiologic study.

Mamiya H, Thierry B, Stephens ZP, Bell S, Diab E, Kestens Y, Winters M, Fuller D

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01209-7 PMID: 42098458

Exposure to built and social environments and momentary well-being: A geographic ecological momentary assessment study in Montreal.

Khezri S, Thierry B, Fuller D, Winters M, Kanning M, Geneidy AE, Kestens Y

Environment international2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2026.110159 PMID: 41759282

Pedaling towards safer streets: evaluating the impact of cycling infrastructure on road safety.

Batomen B, Wen R, Lyeo J, Ranganathan C, Sadrmanesh O, Howard A, Hagel B, Winters M, Zanotto M, Macarthur C, Harris MA, Rothman L

Accident; analysis and prevention2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2025.108308 PMID: 41232206

Evaluating regional variation in neighbourhood socioeconomic inequalities in motor vehicle injury collisions.

Branion-Calles M, Momenyan S, Erdelyi S, Chan H, Manaugh K, Winters M, Harris MA, Brubacher JR

Health & place2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103586 PMID: 41389661

Risky driving behaviors at school drop-off across Canadian municipalities: Findings from the Child Active Transportation Safety and the Environment (CHASE) study.

Pitt TM, Macpherson A, Fridman L, Hagel BE, Winters M, Cloutier MS, HubkaRao T, Fuselli P, Howard A, Rothman L

Traffic injury prevention2026

DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2025.2478153 PMID: 40205785

Mapping change in cycling infrastructure across Canada: What, where, and for whom?

Winters M, Ferster C, Laberee K

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

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01139-w PMID: 41381811

Evaluating the implementation of active transportation infrastructure during the pandemic: a RE-AIM study.

Monfaredi Z, Mitra R, Crooks VA, Manaugh K, Hess PM, Winters M

BMC public health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-25432-y PMID: 41420170

Bicycling injuries in children and the role of the built environment: a case-crossover study.

Aucoin J, Zanotto M, HubkaRao T, Doan Q, Beno S, Stang A, Howard AW, McCormack GR, Nettel-Aguirre A, Winters M, Hagel BE

Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention2025

DOI: 10.1136/ip-2025-045770 PMID: 41285518

Evaluating the protective effect of public open space on social connectedness: evidence from a natural experiment cohort study in three Canadian cities.

Sones M, Fuller D, Kestens Y, Thierry B, Winters M

Health & place2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2025.103541 PMID: 40986969

Equity-driven responses to enhance how older adults prepare for and protect their health from extreme heat and wildfire smoke

SupervisorCIHR2025Summer Program in Aging

Principal investigators: Ottoni, Callista

Keywords: Aging; Climate Adaptation; Climate Change; Health Equity; Health Systems; Qualitative Methods

$1,059

Equity-driven responses to enhance how older adults prepare for and protect their health from extreme heat and wildfire smoke

SupervisorCIHR2025Health System Impact Fellowships - PostDoc Western Canada 2-year

Principal investigators: Ottoni, Callista

Keywords: Climate Change; Community-Engaged Research; Emergency Preparedness; Health Equity; Health Services And Systems; Integrated Knowledge Mobilization; Older Adults; Population And Public Health; Qualitative Methods

$108,500

Sparking Interjurisdictional Action: Building Synergies To Accelerate Active Transportation Uptake Across Metro Vancouver

Nominated PICIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Winters, Meghan

Keywords: Active Transportation; Health Equity; Policy; Population Health; Public Space

$68,065

Fostering Age-Friendly, Socially Connected Multi-Unit Buildings

Nominated PICIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Winters, Meghan

Keywords: Age-Friendly Design; Multi-Unit Housing; Older Adults; Policy; Promising Practices; Social Connection; Social Isolation; Upstream Programming

$49,850

Shared Electric Micromobility As A Transportation Solution in Canadian Suburban Communities (SEM-Can)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Mitra, Raktim

Keywords: Transportation; Micromobility; E-scooters; E-bikes; Suburban communities; Transportation equity

$57,050

Leveraging the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging to Support Healthy Aging Programming in the Community-Based Seniors' Services Sector

SupervisorCIHR2022Health System Impact Fellowships - Doctoral Western Canada 1-year

Principal investigators: Hosford, Katherine A

Keywords: Applied Research; Canadian Longitudinal Study On Aging; Community-Engaged Research; Healthy Aging; Social Determinants Of Health; Transportation

$20,000

INTERACT Knowledge Hub: Partnering to unlock the equity potential of sustainable transportation interventions

Nominated PICIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Winters, Meghan

Keywords: Accessibility; Equity; Healthy Cities; Implementation; Policy; Transportation

$20,000

Building CapaCITY/É for Sustainable Transportation

Nominated PICIHR2022Team Grant: HCIS - Population and public health

Principal investigators: Winters, Meghan; Afzal, Shabnem; Badeau, Nancy; Churchill, Tony; Coleman, Jesse; Fridman, Liraz; Laberee, Karen; MacIsaac, David; Malzer, Jen; Schulz, Chris; Semple, Ian; Simor, David; Spandonide, Bruno; Walker, Kate; Webb, Sarah; Cloutier, Marie-Soleil; Fuller, Daniel L; Harris, M. Anne; Howard, Andrew W; Kestens, Yan; Kirk, Sara F; Macpherson, Alison; Moore, Sarah A; Rothman, Linda; Shareck, Martine; Tomasone, Jennifer R

Keywords: Built Environment; Equity; Implementation Science; Population Health Intervention Research; Sustainable Transportation

$3,000,000

Active Transportation Planning and Travel Behaviour Change in Post-COVID-19 Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mitra, Raktim

Keywords: pandemic; transportation policy; active transportation planning; street allocation; travel behaviour; cycling; socio-spatial equity

$150,954

REsearch and ACtion for Healthy Cities (REACH-Cities)

Nominated PICIHR2021Applied Public Health Chair - Research Area 3 - Sex, Gender and Healthy Cities

Principal investigators: Winters, Meghan

Keywords: Equity; Gender; Healthy Cities; Population Health Intervention Research

$1,150,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Meghan Winters

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Insights into vulnerable road user injury trends in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian city trends 2012-2022.

Temporal shifts in area-level access to cycling infrastructure for equity-deserving groups in three Canadian cities: A descriptive epidemiologic study.

Exposure to built and social environments and momentary well-being: A geographic ecological momentary assessment study in Montreal.

Pedaling towards safer streets: evaluating the impact of cycling infrastructure on road safety.

Evaluating regional variation in neighbourhood socioeconomic inequalities in motor vehicle injury collisions.

Risky driving behaviors at school drop-off across Canadian municipalities: Findings from the Child Active Transportation Safety and the Environment (CHASE) study.

Mapping change in cycling infrastructure across Canada: What, where, and for whom?

Evaluating the implementation of active transportation infrastructure during the pandemic: a RE-AIM study.

Bicycling injuries in children and the role of the built environment: a case-crossover study.

Evaluating the protective effect of public open space on social connectedness: evidence from a natural experiment cohort study in three Canadian cities.

Shared Electric Micromobility As A Transportation Solution in Canadian Suburban Communities (SEM-Can)

Active Transportation Planning and Travel Behaviour Change in Post-COVID-19 Canada

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Yan Kestens

Yan Kestens

Linda Rothman

Linda Rothman

Joanie Sims-Gould

Heather Mckay

Pamela Fuselli

Andrew Howard

Andrew Howard

Christine Voss

Karen Laberee

Marie-Soleil Cloutier

Michael Brauer

Alison Macpherson

Nazeem Muhajarine

Guy Faulkner

Brice Batomen

Ian Pike

Brent Hagel

Lise Gauvin

Robert Geneau

Philippe Apparicio

Habib Chaudhury

Dany Doiron

Patti-Jean Naylor

Rahim Moineddin

Quynh Doan

Geetanjali Datta

Bruce Lanphear

Lise Gauvin

Hector Antonio Paez

Dionne Gesink

Maureen Ashe

Geetanjali Datta

Patricia Collins

Nancy Ross

Sara Kirk