TEAM

Dr. Tarra Penney is a population health scientist focused on the prevention of disease at the global level. She is an assistant professor of Global Food Systems and Policy Research, an investigator with the Global Strategy Lab and a member of the Dahdaleh institute for Global Health Research at York University. Working with national and international organizations, her research utilizes systems thinking and multiple methods to generate observational and evaluative evidence to understand the context and tackle some of our biggest global challenges including food insecurity, emergence of zoonoses, anti-microbial resistance and the related consequences of climate change.

Dr. Kirsten Lee is a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Global Food System & Policy Research in the School of Global Health at York University and member of the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. She is funded by a CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence Award and completed a CIHR Health System Impact Fellowship with the Public Health Agency of Canada. Her research uses systems thinking to inform policies that aim to promote healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems. She is exploring participatory co-design methods to create impactful evidence narratives across the project and inform policy and governance solutions for pandemic prevention.

Dr. Chloe Clifford Astbury is a Research Associate with Global Food System & Policy Research in the School of Global Health at York University, investigator with the Global Strategy Lab and member of the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. Chloe is interested in the transition to a healthier, fairer and more sustainable food system through integrated food system policy across food production and agriculture, processing, trade and public health. Her current work focuses on the application of systems thinking to food system policy for the prevention of both communicable and non-communicable diseases.

Ryan Stillwagon (he/they) is a dedicated researcher at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research and York University’s School of Global Health. Completing their PhD in Sociology at the University of British Columbia, Ryan explores national predictors and urban realities of queer food insecurity through mixed methods analysis. Their research employs food as a lens to examine social inequalities and promotes community empowerment and food sovereignty as pathways to food security and healthier communities.