Taylor McLinden, PhD, is an epidemiologist and Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Western University. He is based in the Niagara Region (Ontario, Canada) and has previously held positions at the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, London Health Sciences Centre, ICES, and Health Data Research Network Canada. Taylor completed a PhD (Epidemiology) at McGill University, an MSc (Epidemiology) at the University of Guelph, and an Honours BSc (Biomedical Sciences) at Brock University.