Speaker

Lauren Fischer

She/Her/Hers
Assistant Professor
University of North Texas
Denton, Texas
USA

Lauren Ames Fischer, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of urban planning and associate director of the Advanced Environmental Research Institute at the University of North Texas. Her research investigates how local land use and transport policies affect environmental sustainability, health and spatial equity in American cities. Since 2020, Dr. Fischer has been leading a community-based, interdisciplinary project with the city of Lewisville, Texas to integrate spatial equity and health into the city’s Healthy Infrastructure Park Plan, and to enhance park accessibility in underserved neighborhoods.

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