Research Interests:
My current research focuses on bridging the gap between Geographic Information Systems and heath geography. I developed this interest while working with the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, studying the spatial distribution of cardiology inpatients to the province's northernmost tertiary care centre. In this project, GIS proved to be a very useful tool in portraying the spatial variation of patients between health regions. I hope to continue exploring the possibilities of health-related GIS applications with Simon Fraser University, through multidisciplinary work with the Faculty of Health Sciences and the School of Criminology. I've spent the summer working on expanding the land use file within a cadastral database of Greater Vancouver, and will be compiling this information with health, census and crime data to find indicators of criminal activity.

Education:
B.A. (Honours), University of Saskatchewan, May 2005.