Have you met Meghan, research coordinator with the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute? Spend the next two minutes getting to know her a little better.
Where is your favorite place on campus?
This is a biased answer, but the new ALES Atrium. My fiancée designed it, and I got a sneak peak of it at the construction phase.
Tablet or paper?
I don’t use paper if I don’t have to… other than reading a book. That’s the only thing: I like a physical book.
Name one thing you’ve brought to work from home.
Food and tea. I have a whole drawer full of snacks and teas, and things to keep me functional during the day.
What is the one thing you can’t live without?
Good food — it’s more than just sustenance. It’s necessary to have good food.
If you won airfare to anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Thailand. It’s been on my list for a while. And I love Thai food, so it just makes sense (there’s a theme to my life).
You can invite anyone — alive or dead, real or fictional — to dinner. Who would it be?
…my whole theme is food related. It would be a celebrity chef who could cook me dinner, as well as have conversation. Somebody like Jamie Oliver or Gordon Ramsey — just not Bobby Flay.
If you could switch jobs with someone else on campus for a week, what would you do?
In the summer, I’d switch with someone on the grounds crew. I’d like to actually get outside and enjoy the weather.
What does “uplifting the whole people” mean to you?
I work in research, so for me it’s about improving knowledge to help people. Specifically I’m in health research, so it’s about helping patients and their families through the healthcare system, providing medications and treatments, and making sure medications are appropriate.
If you could solve any problem in the world, what would it be?
World hunger sounds super clichéd… so rather than hunger, I’d say good nutrition — because there are issues with over-eating, too.
What 3 words best describe your U of A experience?
Learning, improvement, and enjoyment.
About Meghan Linsdell
Meghan is a research coordinator with the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute. She currently facilitates the KidsCAN Trials national network, and acts as the study coordinator for HICCUP, an initiative to engage families with children in research studies.