Dr. Mikiko Terashima

Mikiko serves as an Associate Professor at the Dalhousie School of Planning and holds a cross-appointment with the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology. Her research focuses on methods to assess various social and built environmental factors that lead to systematic inequalities in health and well-being among diverse groups across different locations.

One of her current research areas involves studying spatial accessibility to essential services for maintaining health and well-being, such as food outlets and primary health services. Another of Mikiko's interests is the built environment's role in enabling or restricting space usage by individuals with varying types and levels of abilities, particularly those with sensory impairments and older adults.