Our Team

Dr. Samantha Biglieri, MCIP, RPP (she/her)

Director - HAP Lab + Assistant Professor

Samantha Biglieri is an Assistant Professor in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Toronto Metropolitan University and Director of the Health, Access + Planning Lab. As a Registered Professional Planner, her research uses critical approaches at the intersection of planning and health/wellbeing, making connections with practice to build inclusive and accessible communities. She researches the intersections of built form, health/ wellbeing, socio-spatial relationalities, care, accessibility and disability, older adults, and people living with dementia.

  • Salma Abdalla

    Research Assistant

  • Justine Bochenek

    Research Coordinator

  • Venus Cheung

    Research Assistant

  • Christina Chiefari

    M.Pl. Student

  • Raisa Chowdhury

    Research Assistant

  • Omar Hirji

    Research Assistant

  • Brian Ogryzlo

    Research Assistant

  • Ramya Ragavan

    M.Pl. Student

  • Rachel Weldrick

    Research Fellow

  • Jeffery Wong

    Research Assistant

Affiliated Researchers