Mei Lan Fang

Research Associate, Simon Fraser University

Ambulatory adults, Low income senior housing, Vancouver housing crisis, Public health, End of life care, Social and health inequities, Ethnicity and migration

Media

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Biography

Mei Lan Fang is a research associate at the STAR Institute. She leads a Vancouver Foundation funded community-based research project, Place-Making with Seniors, working closely with local stakeholders to capture place-based needs of older adults transitioning into affordable senior housing. Fang is also a PhD Candidate at Heriot-Watt University (Scotland) where she investigates how individual experiences and histories shape place transitions and impact unique fluctuations in social isolation and connectedness in older adults.

Expertise

  • Ambulatory adults
  • Low income senior housing
  • Vancouver housing crisis
  • Public health
  • End of life care
  • Social and health inequities
  • Ethnicity and migration