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Kiffer Card

Assistant Professor, Blanche and Charlie Beckerman Scholar for Public Health Innovation Health Research BC Scholar

Kiffer Card

Assistant Professor, Blanche and Charlie Beckerman Scholar for Public Health Innovation, Health Research BC Scholar

Areas of interest

Social Ecology of Health; Public Health Innovation; Health Systems; Knowledge Mobilization; Health Equity; Social Wellbeing and Mental Health; Syndemics and Public Health Crises

Education

  • San'yas: Indigenous Cultural Safety Training, Provincial Health Services Authority, 2020
  • Certificate in Policy Development and Implementation, Saint Mary's University, 2018 – 2019
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 2015 – 2018
  • Bachelors of Science in Public Health, Faculty of Life Sciences, Brigham Young University, 2010 – 2015

Biography

Dr. Kiffer G. Card is an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. He received his training as a behavioural epidemiologist, social ecologist, and health services researcher from Brigham Young University (B.Sc.), Simon Fraser University (Ph.D.), and the University of Victoria (Post-doctoral Training). Dr. Card is the recipient of multiple highly prestigious awards, including The 2025 Blanche and Charlie Beckerman Public Health Innovation Scholar Award; The 2021 Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Award, the 2020 CIHR-IHSPR Rising Star Award, The 2018 CTN Postdoctoral Award, The 2018 MSFHR Award, and The 2018 CIHR Health Systems Impact Fellowship. Over the past six years, Dr. Card’s work has been featured in more than 200 publications and over 100 presentations. Dr. Card's research program provides training to future scholars and raises awareness of key social reforms and policies that aim to help Canadian leaders build happier and healthier communities.

Research Interests

Dr. Card’s research focused on the ecological, political, and social determinants of health — with an emphasis on how these socio-ecological forces relate to mental health, stigmatized behaviour, and health inequalities and how we can spur public health innovation to create meaningful change in the lives of individuals and communities. Dr. Card approaches his work by leveraging community-based mixed methods study designs — with an emphasis on theoretically informed quantitative analyses.

Teaching Interests

Dr. Card teaches courses focused on applied public health research, evaluation, and knowledge mobilization; governance; social health; health psychology; and the social determinants of health and health inequity.

Publications and activities

View Dr. Card's publications here.

Courses

This instructor is currently not teaching any courses.