2017 News
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January 13, 2017
January 13, 2017
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).
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January 12, 2017
January 12, 2017
Master of Public Health students with guest speaker Stephen Smith, Director, Social/ Emotional Health & Resiliency, Population & Public Health Division, BC Ministry of Health.
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February 20, 2017
February 20, 2017
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.
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February 15, 2017
February 15, 2017
SFU Health Sciences held a webinar to introduce its Master in Public Health (MPH) program and to answer questions from potential students.
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February 02, 2017
February 02, 2017
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.
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March 31, 2017
March 31, 2017
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.
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March 09, 2017
March 09, 2017
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.
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March 06, 2017
March 06, 2017
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.
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March 13, 2017
March 13, 2017
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.
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June 28, 2017
June 28, 2017
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.
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June 21, 2017
June 21, 2017
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.
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June 12, 2017
June 12, 2017
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.
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June 05, 2017
June 05, 2017
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.
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June 05, 2017
June 05, 2017
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.
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July 13, 2017
July 13, 2017
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.
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July 06, 2017
July 06, 2017
Health sciences lecturer Tun Myint's unique approach to encourage completion of online course evaluations led to a notably high response rate.
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July 05, 2017
July 05, 2017
2017 Trudeau Scholar Milad Parpouchi elected to pursue his PhD at SFU Health Sciences despite receiving a generous entrance scholarship from another university.
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September 27, 2017
September 27, 2017
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.
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September 22, 2017
September 22, 2017
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.
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September 13, 2017
September 13, 2017
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.
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October 19, 2017
October 19, 2017
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.
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October 05, 2017
October 05, 2017
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.
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October 05, 2017
October 05, 2017
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).
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October 02, 2017
October 02, 2017
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.
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October 02, 2017
October 02, 2017
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.
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November 30, 2017
November 30, 2017
A follow-up report by CAREX (CARcinogen EXposure) Canada reveals radon testing varies greatly across public schools in Canada.
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November 29, 2017
November 29, 2017
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.
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November 20, 2017
November 20, 2017
A study by health sciences PhD student Milad Parpouchi found low adherence to methadone treatment among homeless people with mental illness and opioid addiction.
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December 01, 2017
December 01, 2017
Researchers are closer to developing an HIV vaccine by unlocking a key molecule responsible for developing antibodies.
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