Lu Wang
Associate Professor
Faculty of Arts
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Toronto, Ontario
luwang@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 552689
Expert In
Accessibility to health care services for older immigrants
Aging
Aging policy and planning
City building
Community and mental health
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) prevention and transmission
COVID-19 effects on Toronto area Chinese communities
Economic geography
Ethnic grocery retailing and ethnic economy
Geography of health and health care
Grocery retailing and access to healthy food
Health and well-being
Health services and policies
Immigration and settlement
Neighbourhood predictors of crime occurrences
Social and economic dimensions of urban experience
Spatial analysis of crime
TMU Advisory Committee to Combat Anti-Asian Racism
Urban innovation
Bio/Research
My research focuses on the social and economic dimensions of urban experience. My research interests include health geography, health and GIS, immigrant health, transnationalism, retail and urban geography. My methodological interests include GIS and spatial analysis, statistical modeling and mix...
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Bio/Research
My research focuses on the social and economic dimensions of urban experience. My research interests include health geography, health and GIS, immigrant health, transnationalism, retail and urban geography. My methodological interests include GIS and spatial analysis, statistical modeling and mixed-method approach combining quantitative and qualitative methods. My research utilizes large secondary datasets such as CCHS (The Canadian Community Health Survey) and geo-referenced Census data and special-tabulated Census data, as well as primary data collected through survey and focus groups. Some of my on-going research projects are funded by SSHRC Standard Research Grant and CERIS, the Ontario Metropolis Centre. These projects examine the health experiences of immigrant populations in Ontario, and spatial and ethnic variances in health status, and spatial and linguistic mismatch between health-care provision and demand.
I am currently working on the spatial and social patterning of COVID-19 prevention and transmission in Canada, investigating the impacts of risk perception and preventative behaviour on individual activity space.
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I am currently working on the spatial and social patterning of COVID-19 prevention and transmission in Canada, investigating the impacts of risk perception and preventative behaviour on individual activity space.
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