Samantha Meyer

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Associate Professor Meyer completed her undergraduate honours degree at McMaster University (Anthropology) before moving abroad to Adelaide, Australia to complete her graduate work in Public Health. Upon completion of her PhD in 2011, Meyer held a faculty appointment within the School of Medicine at Flinders University, South Australia. Meyer remains active in her research in Australia, holding an adjunct position at Flinders University. At present, Meyer is an Associate Professor in Public Health and Health Systems at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Her research interests include access to and uptake of preventative services in Canada; access to and social determinants of bariatric surgery; equity in access to healthcare services; food regulation and policy; and trust in food. Her current major research focus is the critical issue of trust in healthcare and its implications for preventative service utilization. Specifically, she is interested in the role of trust in Canadians’ use of immunization and cancer screening programs. As a member of the Canadian Immunization Research Network (Social Sciences and Humanities Network) Meyer’s work also more broadly investigates barriers to vaccine uptake (vaccine hesitancy).