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SFU epidemiologist’s research informs B.C. health policy on COVID-19
SFU professor Caroline Colijn’s research and modelling methods have been helping to inform B.C.’s health policy on COVID-19 since the pandemic’s start. While those efforts continue, new funding will also take her research further to measure how B.C.’s health policy changes are faring.
SFU Change Makers: Andrew Sixsmith on using technology to support seniors amid COVID-19
SFU Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Professor Andrew Sixsmith joins Joy Johnson in a discussion about the role of technology in supporting the health, independence and well being of isolated seniors living under the current COVID-19 restrictions.
SFU lab helps patient manage rare disease through programmed exercise
Researchers from SFU lab designed personalized exercise programming that has effectively helped patient's recovery with mitochondrial disease.
Indigenous collaboration and leadership key to managing sea otter population recovery
A new study highlights the need to engage Indigenous communities in managing sea otter population recovery to improve coexistence between humans and this challenging predator.
AGE-WELL’s $21.9 million funding extension supports technology-driven aging research
Today’s funding announcement of a $21.9 million, three-year extension of AGE-WELL NCE Inc., comes at a critical time, according to AGE-WELL Co-Scientific Director Andrew Sixsmith, a professor in Simon Fraser University’s Department of Gerontology.
SFU Change Makers: Woo Soo Kim on using 3D printers to help meet the high demand for medical equipment
SFU Faculty of Applied Sciences Professor Woo Soo Kim joins Johnson in a discussion about how his research lab is helping to meet the high demand for health care supplies and equipment during COVID-19 using 3D printing technologies.
SFU Change Makers: Peter Unrau on RNA imaging and Covid-19 testing
Professor Peter Unrau joins Johnson in a discussion about an RNA imaging technology being used within coronavirus testing kits.
FDA approves SFU professor's invention to help wean COVID-19 patients from ventilators
Simon Fraser University professor Andy Hoffer hopes the SFU spinoff company he founded, Lungpacer Medical Inc., will help save the lives of COVID-19 patients using mechanical ventilators—and get them off more quickly, so that more ventilators can be available for all critically ill patients.
National health and aging study to include COVID-19 insights
Simon Fraser University researchers are contributing to a new study, drawing on data from a national health and aging research initiative, to provide new insights into the impacts of COVID-19 on aging populations. The collaborative research project involves 11 universities across 10 provinces and is co-led by SFU gerontology professor Andrew Wister, working with a team from SFU’s Gerontology Research Centre.
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