Lea Berrang Ford, originally from Victoria (British Columbia) on Canada's west coast, earned a BSc in Environmental Geography from the University of Guelph (Canada), an MSc in Environmental Change and Management from Oxford University (UK), and a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Guelph (Canada). Dr. Berrang Ford's doctoral work investigated spatial and temporal trends in sleeping sickness remergence, land cover change, and civil conflict in Uganda. Prior to joining McGill, Lea worked with the Public Health Agency of Canada in Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, as a Senior Epidemiologist and Medical Geographer.

Lea integrates her expertise in geography and epidemiology by specializing in spatial health analysis, vector-borne zoonotic disease mapping, and environmental health research. Lea's research includes the application of spatial analysis, epidemiologic analysis, and ecosystem health approaches.

Interested potential graduate students are welcome to visit Lea's website:
www.leaberrangford.ca/, and

Lea may be contacted at Lea.BerrangFord@McGill.ca.

Lea Berrang Ford
January 2011. Dr. Lea Berrang Ford, Assistant Professor (Health Geography), Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Lea's research interests center around the impact of environmental change and management on public health and infectious disease. Lea was the doctoral winner of the 2007 Jacques May thesis prize in medical geography, and recently served a two-year term as a member of the board of directors, HMGSG.