She has a doctorate in Nutrition and her research interests include community food security, food environments and food access, food system sustainability, health promotion, and community-based and participatory research. Dr. Engler-Stringer is Principal Investigator on several studies including two studies funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research called Smart Cities, Healthy Kids: Food Environment and Good Food, Healthy Families. The first has characterized the food environment in Saskatoon and the second is examining the impacts of the opening of a full-service cooperative grocery store (the Good Food Junction) in a former food desert. She is also an avid cook and takes great satisfaction from growing some of her own food.