2024 News

SFU Faculty of Health Sciences professor Kelley Lee (left) and Laval University professor Ève Dubé (right) are co-leading Bridge Research Consortium (BRC), a national collaboration of social sciences and humanities scholars. BRC is part of a larger, BC-led project that is researching new technologies that harness the immune system, to prevent and fight diseases.

Michael Smith Health Research BC announced FHS Assistant Professor Lyana Patrick as one of their 2024 Michael Smith Scholar Award recipients.

FHS assistant professor Travis Salway led a study which found that sexual minorities experience a greater burden of mental health and substance use conditions, despite policy and legislative advances.

FHS associate professor William Hsiao and SFU Knowledge Mobilization director (and FHS alumnus) Lupin Battersby will each be co-leading a national genomics hub, thanks to funding from Genome Canada and matching funding from project partners.

Eight FHS undergraduate students are recipients of the 2024 FHS Undergraduate Awards.

FHS student Chloe Goodison joined the Entrepreneurship Co-op program to expand the reach of her non-profit society, NaloxHome, into different communities throughout BC.

FHS students Maggie Duncan, Tara Erb, Aayush Sharma and Judy Wu received key funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) that supports their graduate research projects

A new research group based at SFU has received a major funding grant totalling $14.6 million to help support public confidence in and access to vaccines, in preparation for future pandemics.

SFU faculty - including FHS members Senior Lecturer Mark Lechner, Professor Nicole Berry, and Director of Undergraduate Programs and Senior Lecturer Nienke Van Houten - discuss their experiences with Healing From Racism Journey, a program that supports self-research, growth and the development of anti-racist teaching practices

“This journey has taught me that we all take unique paths to grow and find our true selves,” says Faculty of Health Sciences graduand Sarah Chae reflecting on her undergraduate experience.