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Alexa Ferdinands
Assistant Professor, Health & Nutrition
Contact information
E-mail: aferdinands@athabascau.ca
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Alexa Ferdinands
AF
Alexa Ferdinands
Assistant Professor, Health & Nutrition
Contact information
Email: aferdinands@athabascau.ca
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I am a public health nutrition researcher and dietitian. I am broadly interested in promoting equitable food environments, which exist when our physical, communication, economic, social, and political environments provide everyone with reliable, barrier-free access to the high-quality foods that they need and want. I particularly enjoy working with youth and using community-based and qualitative research approaches to study public health issues.
Research interests
- Food environments
- Weight stigma
- Food insecurity
- Rural health
- Qualitative methods
- Community-based research approaches
Educational credentials
- Bachelor of Science in Food, Nutrition, and Health, University of British Columbia
- PhD in Health Promotion and Socio-behavioural Sciences, University of Alberta
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Alberta
Professional affiliations
- Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta
- College of Dietitians of Alberta