Samantha Meyer

S.B. Meyer is a Professor in the School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada. Meyer’s research investigates the social and structural factors that shape population health, and the health of vulnerable populations specifically. The concept of trust in government and health policy is central to her work and she has contributed to our understanding of how a lack of public of trust in health officials and government shapes health behaviours and can exacerbate health inequities for marginalized Canadians. Most recently, she has led the development of measures of trust in government and healthcare that will be used in forthcoming interventions to (re)build trust in the interest of population health. As a mixed methods researcher, she also utilizes data from social media (Reddit, Facebook, online news comment pages) to understand social phenomena driving health behaviours.