Dr. Jason Gilliland is Director of the Urban Development Program and a Professor in the Departments of Geography & Environment, Paediatrics, Health Studies, and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University, Canada. He is also a Scientist with the Children’s Health Research Institute and Lawson Health Research Institute, two of Canada’s leading hospital-based research institutes. He is also Director of the Human Environments Analysis Laboratory (HEAL), an award-winning, multidisciplinary research and training centre which develops and connects highly skilled researchers to create, disseminate, and mobilize knowledge for making healthy, thriving communities.