Biographical Profile
Interest Background
International Activity
Professional Preparation
Positions & Appointments
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
Websites
Bell, Nathaniel
Associate Professor
Dr. Bell's research program intersects the fields of GIScience, social epidemiology, and injury epidemiology. His current research focuses on the measurement of functional outcomes and quality of life after major trauma, exploring frameworks for classifying outcomes of trauma care and the design and application of GIS-based tools for health services studies relevant to injury.
Biographical Profile
- College
- College of Social Work
- Department
- Families in Society, Institute
- Tenure Status
- Tenured
International Activity
- International Activities
- Yes
- Type of Activity
- Research, Teaching
- Countries
- Canada
- Description
- My research in Canada intersected four main areas: access to trauma care among rural and urban areas, social determinants of health outcomes, health disparities, and developing GIS-based methodologies for epidemiological investigations.
- Institution/Entity
- University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, as well as regional health authorities and hospitals
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Health Disparities, Social Sciences, Health Sciences
- Extended Residence in Foreign Country
- Yes (Canada)
- Speaks Non-English Language
- No
Interest Background
- Do you include students in your research?
- Graduates
- Interest Keywords
- functional outcomes, quality of life, social determinants of health, injury, health services, geographic information systems
- Institutional Focus Areas
- Health Disparities, Social Sciences, Health Sciences
- Personal Focus Areas
- trauma systems, geographic information science, social epidemiology
Professional Preparation(Education & Training)
| Dates | Institution | Location | Degree | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/2010 - 09/2013 | University of British Columbia | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Postdoctoral Fellowship | Trauma Outcomes |
| 01/2007 - 12/2009 | Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | Doctor of Philosophy | Medical Geography |
| 09/2004 - 12/2006 | Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | Master of Arts | Medical Geography |
Positions & Appointments
| Dates | Description | Institution/Entity |
|---|---|---|
| 08/2013 | Assistant Professor | College of Nursing, University of South Carolina |
Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships
| Dates | Type | Description | Foundation/Entity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Award | Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS) | MITACS + Vancouver General Hospital |
| 2008 | Award | Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS) | MITACS + Vancouver General Hospital |
| 2008 | Award | Senior Research Trainee Award | Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research |
| 2011 | Fellowship | CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship | Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) |
| 2008 | Honor | New Scholar Award, The Canadian Geographer | Association of Canadian Geographers |
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