Research centres & laboratories

Research centres

• The Centre for Collaborative Action on Indigenous Health Governance
  Director: Krista Stelkia
   

• The Children’s Health Policy Centre (CHPC) aims to improve children’s social and emotional health and reduce health disparities starting in childhood.
  Director: Charlotte Waddell
  
  
• The SFU Interdisciplinary Research Centre for HIV (SIRCH) is committed to effectively disseminating novel and community-engaged health and biomedical research, while aiming to address social injustices with the intention of reducing health inequities and treating HIV/AIDS.
  Director: Mark Brockman

Laboratories and Research Groups

• Bridge Research Consortium
  Director: Kelley Lee and Ève Dubé (Université Laval)
  The Bridge Research Consortium supports public trust and equitable access to new vaccines as part of Canada's readiness for future pandemic events.
  
  
• Capturing Health and Resilience Trajectories (CHART) Lab 
  Principal Investigator: Hasina Samji
  
  
• Centre for Infectious Disease Genomics and One Health 
  Lab Director: William Hsiao
  Personnel/Lab Manager: Pratima Shrivastava and Mike Trimble
  Lab Number/Building Address: Level 11 (3rd floor), Rm 11750, Blusson Hall
  
  
• Cities, Health and Active Transportation Research (CHATR) Lab 
  Lead: Meghan Winters
  
  
• Epigenetics Laboratory (Prefontaine Lab)
  Director: Gratien Prefontaine
  Lab tel: 778-782-8746
  Building address: Level 10 (2nd floor) Lab, Rm 10750, Blusson Hall
  
  
• EpiGenOmics of Developmental Trajectories (EGODT)
  Director: Nadine Provençal
  Lab tel: 778-782-8746
  Building address: Level 10 (2nd floor), Rm 10750, Blusson Hall
  
  
• Flow Cytometry Laboratory
  The Flow Cytometry Laboratory at Simon Fraser University is located on the ground floor (9000 level) in Blusson Hall, Room 9610. The Flow Cytometry Lab is open to all researchers, including those from other academic institutions, industry, and hospitals, through an established user fee structure.
  
  
• Global Health Equity Research Alliance
  Director: John O'Neil
  The Global Health Equity Research Alliance is an interdisciplinary research group associated with the Faculty of Health Sciences of Simon Fraser University, aiming to respond to global health challenges and contribute to public policies needed to promote health equity and improve health conditions and access to services.
  
  
• HIV/AIDS Molecular Epidemiology  Laboraratory (Brumme Lab)
  Director: Zabrina Brumme
  Personnel: Dr. Yurou Sang, Lab Manager
  Lab tel:  778-782-8889 (TASC2); 778-782-9387 (BLU)
  Building address: TASC2 (Technology and Applied Sciences Building 2), Rm 8130 
  Level 11 (3rd floor) Lab, Rm 11750, Blusson Hall
  Level 9 (1st floor) Lab, Rm 9865, Blusson Hall
  
  
• Infectious Diseases Immunology Laboratory (Pantophlet Lab)
  Director: Ralph Pantophlet
  Lab tel: 778-782-8743
  Building address: Level 11 (3rd floor) Lab, Rm 11750, Blusson Hall
  
  
• Infectious Diseases Virology Laboratory (Niikura Lab)
  Director: Masahiro Niikura
  Lab tel: 778-782-8743
  Building address: Level 11 (3rd floor) Lab, Rm 11750, Blusson Hall
  
  
• Maternal and Child Health Laboratory (Nepomnaschy Lab)
  Director: Pablo Nepomnaschy
  Personnel: Dr. Katrina Salvante, Co-Director, Lab Manager
  Building address: Level 9 (1st floor) Lab, Rm 9610, Blusson Hall
  
  
• Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory (Beischlag Lab)
  Director: Tim Beischlag
  Lab tel: 778-782-8752
  Building address: Level 10 (2nd floor) Lab North, Rm 10750, Blusson Hall
  
  
• Molecular Neurobiology  Laboraratory (Lee Lab)
  Director: Frank Lee
  Personnel: Beryl Luk, Lab Manager
  Lab tel: 778-782-8752
  Building address: Level 10 (2nd floor) Lab, Rm 10750, Blusson Hall

• Precision Exercise Research Lab (Koelwyn Lab)
  Director: Graeme Koelwyn
  Lab tel: 604-806-8346
  Building address: Centre for Heart Lung Innovation - St. Paul’s Hospital
  Room 166, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC  V6Z 1Y6

• The REAFFIRM Collaborative
  Director: TJ Salway
  
  
• The Research for Ecosocial and Equitable Transformation (RESET) Lab
  Principal Investigator: Maya Gislason
  
  
• Teaching Lab
  Senior Lab Lecturer: Mark Lechner, University Lecturer
  Personnel: Lingling Zhang, Teaching Lab Technician
  Lab tel: 778-782-8747
  Building address: Teaching Lab, Level 1, Rm 9650, Blusson Hall
  
  
• Viral Pathogenesis and Immunity Lab (Brockman Lab)
  Director: Mark Brockman
  Personnel: Dr. Yurou Sang, Lab Manager
  Lab tel: 778-782-8889 (TASC2); 778-782-9387 (BLU)
  Building address: TASC2 (Technology and Applied Sciences Building 2), Rm 8130
  Level 11 (3rd floor) Lab, Rm 11750, Blusson Hall
  Level 9 (1st floor) Lab, Rm 9865, Blusson Hall
  

Research Affiliates

• The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) is a non-partisan, evidence-based policy advocacy organization that collaborates with more than 60 organizations and thousands of individuals across Canada to end the harms of drug prohibition. Active throughout Canada and internationally, CDPC has been affiliated with FHS since 2012, contributing knowledge to research challenge areas concerning mental health and substance use and policy and systems research.
  Director: DJ Larkin