2017 News

SFU Health Sciences invites all applicants to our Master of Public Health (MPH) program to an informational webinar on Tuesday, January 24 from 2:00pm to 3:30pm (PST).

Master of Public Health students with guest speaker Stephen Smith, Director, Social/ Emotional Health & Resiliency, Population & Public Health Division, BC Ministry of Health.

A new study by SFU health sciences PhD candidate Allison Carter reveals that the more time young Canadian women spends using the Internet, the more likely they are dissatisfied with their bodies.

SFU Health Sciences held a webinar to introduce its Master in Public Health (MPH) program and to answer questions from potential students.

Health sciences professor Jeremy Snyder explores the ethical issues surrounding medical crowdfunding, including issues of fraud and misinformation, fairness, perpetuating systemic injustice, efficient use of the funds raised, privacy, and shifting the valuation of health care.

SFU health sciences professor Kanna Hayashi, an internationally recognized substance-use epidemiologist and a human-rights advocate for people who use drugs, is the inaugural St. Paul’s Hospital Chair in Substance Use Research.

SFU health sciences students enrolled in a course on community and health service take to the streets in Surrey as volunteers for Metro Vancouver's Homeless Count.

Biostatistician Lawrence McCandless and children’s environmental health expert Bruce Lanphear are working together to examine the impact of widespread exposure to environmental contaminants during pregnancy on preterm births.

According to SFU health sciences professor Kelley Lee, the number of tobacco smokers worldwide is likely to rise further with Asian tobacco companies poised to enter the global market.

Health sciences researchers Stefanie Rezansoff and Julian Somers have published a series of studies examining the relationship between antipsychotic medication adherence and repeat criminal activity, as well as effective interventions for those who are homeless.

SFU Health Sciences teamed up with the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), and the Tzu Chi Foundation to introduce traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to First Nations communities in B.C.

Mark Lechner, a senior lecturer in Health Sciences, created a course that examines a single topic—blood—from multiple perspectives to give students a glimpse of the diverse yet interrelated ways in which it can be framed and understood.

Ground-breaking PhD research from health sciences graduate Dr. Sophie Patterson, a physician, found women living with HIV are more likely to face a legal obligation to disclose their HIV status compared to men.

Zahra Rajan tested the waters as a history major, and subsequently as an education major before finding herself at home in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Health sciences professor Angela Kaida wants to help shape health policies and programs to support HIV-affected women to safely achieve their reproductive desires and enjoy healthy and satisfying sex lives.

Health sciences lecturer Tun Myint's unique approach to encourage completion of online course evaluations led to a notably high response rate.

2017 Trudeau Scholar Milad Parpouchi elected to pursue his PhD at SFU Health Sciences despite receiving a generous entrance scholarship from another university.

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.

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.

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.

Health sciences professor Bruce Lanphear is a Commissioner and author of The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health that has released a report detailing the adverse effects of pollution on global health.

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.

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).

The Elder-Youth Dialogue, hosted by the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health (IAPH) at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) was held during March 12-15, 2017, on the unceded and traditional territories of the Algonquin Peoples.

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.

A follow-up report by CAREX (CARcinogen EXposure) Canada reveals radon testing varies greatly across public schools in Canada.

A new paper by health sciences PhD candidate Allison Carter analyzing research on women living with HIV finds women's sexual wellbeing and rights are overlooked.

A study by health sciences PhD student Milad Parpouchi found low adherence to methadone treatment among homeless people with mental illness and opioid addiction.

Researchers are closer to developing an HIV vaccine by unlocking a key molecule responsible for developing antibodies.