Episode 113 - Health Research in Manitoba, Canada with A/Prof Nathan Nickel

All the way from Manitoba, Canada, Associate Professor Nathan Nickel joins us for this episode, recorded a few weeks ago during a visit to Perth, Western Australia. Nathan chats about his journey from church pastor in California, all the way through his time in the deep south, to where he is now as the Director of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy at the University of Manitoba in Canada. Nathan talks about some of the research happening at his centre, the similarities between Western Australia and Manitoba with respect to both the vast geographic spread, and also the focus on the health of Indigenous populations. We also touch on methamphetamine as a drug of concern in both places, and the use of linked administrative data to conduct health research. You can read more about Nathan here: https://umanitoba.ca/medicine/faculty-staff/nathan-nickel And about the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy here: https://umanitoba.ca/manitoba-centre-for-health-policy/ As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com Instagram or Blueksy @healthmeanswhat FaceBook @MeaningofHealth