2022 News

Professor Prabhakaran Dorairaj is helping people clarify diet and lifestyle choices that optimize heart health. He will be presenting the Varshney Visiting Scholar Public Lecture on at 7 pm on May 30 at SFU Harbour Centre.

Bachelor of Sciences graduand Charity Mudhikwa hit the ground running when she came to Canada in 2018 for university, dedicating her undergraduate degree helping SFU students and the community at large.

Assistant Professor Graeme Koelwyn was awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Public Health 'Omics in Exercise and Disease

An active leader in the student community, BA graduand Simran Purewal has been awarded the 2022 Dean's Convocation Medal.

An exemplary researcher in the health sciences community, PhD graduand Amanda Butler has been awarded the 2022 Graduate Dean's Convocation Medal.

June is Pride Month, and FHS is profiling those doing work for 2S/LGBTQ health. Martha Gumprich (they/them) is a research assistant with the REAFFIRM Collaborative examining experiences and mental health of non-binary youth in team sports in Canada.

June is Pride Month, and FHS is profiling those doing work for 2S/LGBTQ health. Whitney Qualls (she/her) is a PhD candidate researching the psychosocial experiences of queer cancer patients.

An international study surveying more than 100,000 individuals in 21 countries found that people who sat for six to eight hours a day had a 12-13 per cent increased risk for early death and heart disease, while those who sat for more than eight hours daily increased that to a sobering 20 per cent.

A new study finds that having a portable air cleaner in the home can reduce the negative impacts of air pollution on brain development in children.

Faculty of Health Sciences professor emeritus and climate change activist Dr. Tim Takaro was sentenced after pleading guilty to violating a court injunction that prevents obstruction of / interference with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.