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Lauren Grant

Lauren Grant Oct 2025

Assistant Professor

Ontario Veterinary College, Department of Population Medicine

laugrant@uoguelph.ca

MSc, PhD

Profile

Lauren Grant is an Assistant Professor of Environmental and Public Health. She holds the Marion and Herb Hallatt Beau Valley Professorship in Human-Animal Bond.

Research Interests

My collaborative research program is focused on two areas: 1) prevention and control of enteric illnesses and companion animal zoonoses and 2) pet ownership as a social determinant of health. My lab uses population health data and analytics to inform interventions that can improve population health and reduce health inequities.

For general inquiries, prospective trainees are welcome to contact me via email. Trainees from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Interested trainees should check back often as new positions will be posted here as funding is secured. Graduate students interested in completing POPM*6600 Public Health Research, undergraduate students seeking a fourth-year thesis supervisor, and students seeking volunteer research experience are welcome to contact me at any time.

Current Trainees

Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Dr. Paniz Haghighi
  • Dr. Sara Packull-McCormick

Doctoral Students

  • Brenda Zai
  • Carys Vyn
  • Cole Heasley
  • John Mallare
  • Kajena Ravindran
  • Laurence Daigle
  • Samantha Hobson

Master's Students

  • Victoria Olding
  • Fady Fahmy
  • Herikumari Jagdishbhai Parmar

Former Trainees

Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Dr. Heather Davies

Doctoral Students

  • Vayshali Patel

Thesis-based Master's Students

  • Erica Johncox
  • Grant Hogan
  • Hisba Shereefdeen

Coursework Master's Students

  • Hana Mucevic
  • Meaghan Chittick
  • Yan Yin Phoebe Yen
  • Kaia Nielson

I also have supervised numerous Master of Public Health and undergraduate students

Teaching

My teaching responsibilities include:

  • POPM 4040: Epidemiology of Food-borne Diseases
  • POPM 6600: Public Health Research

Selected Publications

You can find a current list of publications on Google Scholar and PubMed.

* Please note that my maiden name is Wallar.

Social Media

Please connect with me on LinkedIn @epiprofmom)