{"id":171,"date":"2018-06-05T11:15:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T15:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/determinants\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2025-08-05T09:24:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:24:35","slug":"about-the-pi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/determinants\/about-the-lab\/about-the-pi\/","title":{"rendered":"About the PI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n About the PI\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Paul Peters, PhD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The essence of my research is on the study of small places and small spaces in a context of widespread social and structural inequalities. Despite decades of universal healthcare, there still remains pronounced inequalities in the social determinants of health and health outcomes. These inequalities are manifest between social groups across a range of factors, such as income, education, or ethnicity. At the same time, these inequalities are spatially evident, with differences between provinces, regions, communities, and neighbourhoods. Perhaps counterintuitively, the patterns and processes of these inequalities at the local level can be measured using large data sources, sometimes termed \u201cbig data.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The substantive areas of my research<\/a> are varied, but they are connected by the use of linked administrative and survey data, application of health and social statistics, and the development of geographic methods in health. I prefer research projects that are collaborative in nature and engage with diverse international colleagues across disciplines and domains. My active research projects include: access to rural health services; environmental exposures and neurodevelopmental disorders; and, mortality inequalities using a multiple-cause of death approach. Within each of these projects, there is an aspect of methods and development. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summary of Professional Work<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I am an Associate Professor<\/a> in the Department of Health Sciences<\/a>, Carleton University and cross-appointed in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies<\/a>. I am a steering committee member and active user of the Carleton Research Data Centre<\/a>, part of the Canadian Research Data Centre Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n

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