Current Positions

Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences
Research Scientist, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
Investigator, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
Manitoba Lead, Canadian Student Tobacco Alcohol and Drug Survey
Co-Lead, Population Health Pillar, DEVOTION

Education

PhD - Maternal and Child Health Policy, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
MPH - Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Focus

Dr. Nickel uses linked administrative data as well as survey and qualitative data to understand how the structural and social determinants shape maternal-child health and health inequities.

Research Interests

- Systemic racism & DOHAD
- Maternal-child health & the Justice system
- DOHAD and Child Family Services