Research
Established in September 2004, the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University was formed to promote interdisciplinary health research that fosters scientific discovery on the multiple factors that shape health experiences over the life course. To this end, FHS has adopted a population and public health perspective as a framework for its diverse research programs. This perspective provides a basis for facilitating interdisciplinary engagement and problem-solving of health issues that span molecular and cellular processes, field-based investigation, intervention and evaluation, as well as policy processes that promote the health of communities.
As of 2013, FHS faculty (tenure-track and limited term appointments) are engaged in research in the following areas:
- Mark Brockman virology, T-cell immunology, pathogenesis, HIV vaccines & immune-based therapies
- Zabrina Brumme molecular epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, immunology, genetics
- Benedikt Fischer psychoactive substance use, addiction, epidemiology, marginalized populations
- Robert Hogg HIV/AIDS, antiretroviral therapy, marginalized populations, population health
- Michel Joffres epidemiology, primary prevention, population health, hypertension & cardiovascular disease
- Scott Lear cardiovascular disease prevention, population health, ethnic disparities, e-health
- Cari Miller socio-behavioral research, HIV/AIDS, vulnerable youth, interdisciplinary HIV research
- Anne-Marie Nicol
- Masahiro Niikura virology, Marek’s disease virus (MDV), recombineering, vaccine research
- Bohdan Nosyk
- John O'Neil global health, medical anthropology, Aboriginal health systems, HIV/AIDS & participatory research
- Ralph Pantophlet molecular biology, infectious diseases immunology, antiviral antibody responses, HIV/AIDS
- Jamie Scott molecular immunology, biochemistry, antibody responses, HIV-1 vaccine development
- Will Small ethno-spatial epidemiological methods, illicit drug use, HIV prevention
- Malcolm Steinberg occupational health, epidemiology, program management, HIV/AIDS, public health consulting
- Tim Takaro occupational & environmental health, toxicology, asthma, community-based interventions
- David Whitehurst health economics, spinal cord injury, musculoskeletal conditions, clinical economic evaluation
- Nicole Berry global health, gender & reproductive health, maternal/child health, participatory methods
- Mark Brockman virology, T-cell immunology, pathogenesis, HIV vaccines & immune-based therapies
- Kitty Corbett medical anthropology, health communication & promotion, participatory research methods
- Susan Erikson anthropology, ethnographic research, global health politics, information technologies
- Charles Goldsmith biostatistics, experimental design, clinical epidemiology, arthritis & musculoskeletal diseases
- Craig Janes global health, medical anthropology, health care reform, rural/vulnerable populations
- Angela Kaida global health, epidemiology, HIV & sexual/reproductive health, antiretroviral therapy
- Kelley Lee globalization, public health, tobacco-related diseases, global health governance
- Cari Miller socio-behavioral research, HIV/AIDS, vulnerable youth, interdisciplinary HIV research
- John O'Neil global health, medical anthropology, Aboriginal health systems, HIV/AIDS & participatory research
- Jeremy Snyder public health ethics, medical tourism, vulnerable populations, health worker migration
- Tim Takaro occupational & environmental health, toxicology, asthma, community-based interventions
- Rochelle Tucker social psychology, adolescent mental health, social determinants of health, research methods
- Benedikt Fischer psychoactive substance use, addiction, epidemiology, marginalized populations
- Elliot Goldner mental health & addiction, epidemiology, population health, evidence-based interventions
- Frank Lee pharmacology, pathogenesis & Parkinson’s disease, molecular neurobiology, schizophrenia
- Marina Morrow critical health policy, mental health & social inequity, gender & health, globalization
- Will Small ethno-spatial epidemiological methods, illicit drug use, HIV prevention
- Julian Somers clinical psychology, substance use & mental health, primary healthcare reform, homelessness
- Charlotte Waddell children’s mental health, nutrition, health policy & determinants of health, child protection
- Denise Zabkiewicz social epidemiology, health economics, structural environment, employment & mental health
- Ryan Allen environmental health, air pollution, exposure assessment & analysis, epidemiology
- Timothy Beischlag pharmacology, molecular toxicology, carcinogenesis, poly-chlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
- Craig Janes global health, medical anthropology, health care reform, rural/vulnerable populations
- Bruce Lanphear early childhood health, environmental neurotoxins, lead poisoning, epidemiology of asthma
- Pablo Nepomnaschy human biology, anthropology, human ecology & health, stress & reproductive health
- Anne-Marie Nicol
- Gratien Prefontaine molecular biology, biochemistry, epigenetics, DNA methylation
- Tim Takaro occupational & environmental health, toxicology, asthma, community-based interventions
- Scott Venners epidemiology, biostatistics, biomonitoring, endocrine disruptors & reproduction
- Ryan Allen environmental health, air pollution, exposure assessment & analysis, epidemiology
- Nicole Berry global health, gender & reproductive health, maternal/child health, participatory methods
- Zabrina Brumme molecular epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, immunology, genetics
- Nicole Catherine
- Benedikt Fischer psychoactive substance use, addiction, epidemiology, marginalized populations
- Robert Hogg HIV/AIDS, antiretroviral therapy, marginalized populations, population health
- Rodney Hunt social determinants of health, theorizing health inequities, the social and behavioral contexts of health and disease, human sexuality, gender
- Scott Lear cardiovascular disease prevention, population health, ethnic disparities, e-health
- Lawrence McCandless biostatistics, epidemiology, meta-analysis, Bayesian statistics
- John O'Neil global health, medical anthropology, Aboriginal health systems, HIV/AIDS & participatory research
- Julian Somers clinical psychology, substance use & mental health, primary healthcare reform, homelessness
- Tim Takaro occupational & environmental health, toxicology, asthma, community-based interventions
- Rochelle Tucker social psychology, adolescent mental health, social determinants of health, research methods
- Charlotte Waddell children’s mental health, nutrition, health policy & determinants of health, child protection
- David Whitehurst health economics, spinal cord injury, musculoskeletal conditions, clinical economic evaluation
- Meghan Winters epidemiology, GIS applications, built environment & health, transportation & city design
- John Calvert public policy, economics, occupational health & safety, international trade law & health
- Susan Erikson anthropology, ethnographic research, global health politics, information technologies
- Benedikt Fischer psychoactive substance use, addiction, epidemiology, marginalized populations
- Elliot Goldner mental health & addiction, epidemiology, population health, evidence-based interventions
- Laurie Goldsmith comparative health care, qualitative methods, health care delivery & policy, rural health
- Craig Janes global health, medical anthropology, health care reform, rural/vulnerable populations
- Scott Lear cardiovascular disease prevention, population health, ethnic disparities, e-health
- Kelley Lee globalization, public health, tobacco-related diseases, global health governance
- Marina Morrow critical health policy, mental health & social inequity, gender & health, globalization
- Bohdan Nosyk
- Jeremy Snyder public health ethics, medical tourism, vulnerable populations, health worker migration
- Julian Somers clinical psychology, substance use & mental health, primary healthcare reform, homelessness
- Charlotte Waddell children’s mental health, nutrition, health policy & determinants of health, child protection
- David Whitehurst health economics, spinal cord injury, musculoskeletal conditions, clinical economic evaluation
- Denise Zabkiewicz social epidemiology, health economics, structural environment, employment & mental health
- Nicole Berry global health, gender & reproductive health, maternal/child health, participatory methods
- Susan Erikson anthropology, ethnographic research, global health politics, information technologies
- Benedikt Fischer psychoactive substance use, addiction, epidemiology, marginalized populations
- Laurie Goldsmith comparative health care, qualitative methods, health care delivery & policy, rural health
- Craig Janes global health, medical anthropology, health care reform, rural/vulnerable populations
- Marina Morrow critical health policy, mental health & social inequity, gender & health, globalization
- John O'Neil global health, medical anthropology, Aboriginal health systems, HIV/AIDS & participatory research
- Jeremy Snyder public health ethics, medical tourism, vulnerable populations, health worker migration
- Malcolm Steinberg occupational health, epidemiology, program management, HIV/AIDS, public health consulting
- Denise Zabkiewicz social epidemiology, health economics, structural environment, employment & mental health