Michele completed his MS in Rural Sociology at Auburn in 2007; his thesis analyzed the socio-economic, cultural and geographic barriers that Hispanic residents face to access primary care services in rural Georgia. He completed his PhD in Geography at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2016. He wrote his dissertation on the lifestyle behavioral changes that recent immigrants may experience after settling in Canada. Michele is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at Concordia University, where he is studying the relationship between the built environment, diet, physical activity, and health outcomes.
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