Lindsey Smith, University of Waterloo

Research

Latest funding

Mobilizing healthy cities knowledge to create equitable policy solutions and action opportunities to improve mobility and transportation for healthy living in Malton Mississauga
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$25,000
City Sprints for Climate Justice: Increasing youth engagement in climate-sensitive urban design research and action
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$125,000
High-rise living and health: exploring associations between high-rise living, neighbourhood environments, and physical and mental health outcomes of Canadians
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000

Mobilizing healthy cities knowledge to create equitable policy solutions and action opportunities to improve mobility and transportation for healthy living in Malton Mississauga

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grants - Institute/Initiative Community Support

Principal investigators: Fazli, Ghazal S; Lipscombe, Lorraine

Keywords: Co-Design; Community Engagement; Health Equity; Healthy City; Local Policy Action; Mobility; Structural Determinants; Transportation; Upstream Interventions; Urban Health

$25,000

City Sprints for Climate Justice: Increasing youth engagement in climate-sensitive urban design research and action

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: CBR in Climate Change Priority Area - Climate Justice

Principal investigators: Minaker, Leia; Lo, Ryan

Keywords: Climate Impacts; Climate Sensitive Urban Design; Co-Design; Health Equity; Healthy Cities; Knowledge Mobilization; Youth Health

$125,000

High-rise living and health: exploring associations between high-rise living, neighbourhood environments, and physical and mental health outcomes of Canadians

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Op Gr: HCRI - Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts - General Pool

Principal investigators: Minaker, Leia

Keywords: Built Environment; Data Linking; Healthy Cities; Healthy Equity; High-Rises; Housing; Planning; Population Health; Social Determinants Of Health; Urbanization

$100,000

Healthy Youth in High-Rises

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Catalyst Grant: Healthy Youth

Principal investigators: Minaker, Leia; Lo, Ryan; Smith, Lindsey G

Keywords: Adolescents; Mental Health; Urban Design

$100,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Adolescents Dear Professor Smith, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on adolescents connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Healthy Youth in High-Rises" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]