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International experience spark's new career interests
Health sciences student Nicola Toffelmire graduates on Oct. 5 not only with a Master of Public Health, but with the title of Canada’s Youth Delegate to the World Health Assembly (WHA) and a completed internship with the World Health Organization (WHO). learn more →
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Master of Public Health alumnus helps address Vancouver overdose crisis
SFU health sciences alumnus Zakary Zawaduk is immersed in developing policies that address Vancouver’s overdose crisis, one of B.C.’s highest-profile health epidemics. (Photo credit: SimonQ) learn more →
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Study reveals exploitative and inequitable practices of dental tourism in Mexico
A recent study led by SFU health sciences PhD candidate Krystyna Adams suggests that dental tourism industry practices in Los Algodones, Mexico—a medical border town—reinforce structural injustices and exploitation. learn more →
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Health sciences students travel to South Africa for second annual field school on HIV and youth
20 health sciences students travelled to Durban, South Africa where they spent two weeks with leading HIV researchers, clinicians and advocates at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine. learn more →
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Study finds any activity—from workouts to housework—is good for the heart
An international team of scientists, led by SFU health sciences professor Scott Lear, has found that physical activity of any kind—from gym workouts to housecleaning —can help prevent heart disease and even death. learn more →
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SFU welcomes Tania Bubela as new Dean of Health Sciences
Tania Bubela, a health law and policy researcher with an extensive health biotechnology and legal background, is Simon Fraser University’s new dean of health sciences. learn more →
News
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Master of Public Health alumnus helps address Vancouver overdose crisis October 05, 2017
SFU health sciences alumnus Zakary Zawaduk is immersed in developing policies that address... -
International experience spark's new career interests October 05, 2017
Health sciences student Nicola Toffelmire graduates on Oct. 5 not only with a Master of Public... -
Study reveals exploitative and inequitable practices of dental tourism in Mexico October 02, 2017
A recent study led by SFU health sciences PhD candidate Krystyna Adams suggests that dental tourism...
Upcoming Events
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Date
October 25, 2017 at 8:00AM to 1:30PM
SFU's First Annual Women's Health Research Symposium: Examining Diversity across Disciplines, Decades and Distances · SFU & the Women’s Health Research Institute
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November 02, 2017 at 12:00 pm to 1:15 pm
FHS Seminar Series - The Burden of Disease Model: Limitations and Uses in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Health Systems Planning · Dr. Daniel Vigo, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU