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- 2023 News
- SFU professor part of all-woman crew rowing across Atlantic for ocean conservation
- SFU researchers sound out Canadian military’s plan to combat ocean noise pollution
- Mining industry competing with salmon for rivers created by disappearing glaciers: SFU study finds
- Trio of new Chairs at SFU to build on Canada’s global research, innovation reputation
- Strategic partnerships give quantum technologies a boost
- Learning More About How Flu Strains Evolved May Help Guide Future Vaccine Development
- SFU Science Announces Recipients of 2023 Excellence in Teaching Awards
- Hockey head impact research highlights need to improve injury prevention
- SFU Science recognizes 2023 Outreach Awards recipients
- Esther Lam Dances Her Way to a Degree in Actuarial Science
- SFU MPM & PhD graduate explores an unknown ‘spiderverse’
- SFU Physics grad sets his sights on the stars
- Simon Fraser University researchers involved in major international antimatter breakthrough
- Fainting from needles may be alleviated by reducing pain – study
- SFU scientist captures the beauty of chemistry
- SFU Starry Nights expands the out-of-this-world experience virtually
- SFU aerospace physiology team to test health of UAE astronaut
- SFU Science researchers receive over $7 million in new NSERC funding
- After over 50 years at SFU Chemistry Paul Saunders is still having fun
- Over $2.6 million in new funding from CIHR for health research at SFU Faculty of Science
- Congratulations to the 2023 recipients of the Faculty of Science Research Awards
- SFU Faculty of Science Celebrates Excellence in Science Outreach
- MBB researcher studying against the grain strategy to improve cancer treatment
- Common denominator for math grad in finding next challenge: co-op experience
- Convocation medalist thrives as data scientist at top biotech firm
- Highschool student partners with SFU music specialist to research the developing teenage brain
- Biological sciences grad uses volunteer involvement to jumpstart a career in education
- Childhood experiences spark BPK grad’s passion for physiology and anatomy research
- Asian Heritage Month: Gary Shum
- Drug Discovered by SFU Researchers Shows Potential Life-Saving Results in Treating Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Asian Heritage Month: Amy Lee
- Asian Heritage Month: Himchan Jeong
- SFU university lecturer, associate dean, Sarah D. Johnson awarded 3M National Teaching Fellowship
- Juvenile salmon migration timing responds unpredictably to climate change
- David Lee wins 2022 SFU Staff Achievement award for numerous contributions to the Department of Physics
- SFU professor unearths the ancient fossil plant history of Burnaby Mountain
- SFU research aids fight against treatment-resistant superbugs
- 'Giant' ant fossil raises questions about ancient Arctic migrations
- CIHR awards SFU Science researchers $2M in new funding
- SFU Chemistry student wins international award with innovative take on plastics for renewable energy
- Sleuthing SFU scientists sniff out fake art
- SFU marine biologist rowing across the Atlantic to raise funds for ocean conservation
- Researchers counter healthy aging issues, isolation in cities with $6.8 million funding
- Natalia Bussard joins SFU Work Integrated Learning (WIL) as the Program Manager, Science and Environment Co-op
- Statistics and Actuarial Science researcher studying the effects of climate change on pension funds
- How salmon feed flowers & flourishing ecosystems: study
- Shark and ray populations rebounding in Northwestern Atlantic: SFU study
- Two-thirds of sharks and ray in coral reefs facing extinction: SFU study
- New Sci-Space creates room to connect for science students at Burnaby Campus
- SFU physicist Stephanie Simmons to help lead Canada's new quantum strategy
- Physics student helps inspire girls in Pakistan with opportunities in STEM
- 2022 News
- 2022 Faculty of Science Teaching & Learning Grants Recipients
- SFU mathematician finding new insights on evolution through the lens of infectious disease
- New tool developed to monitor health of marine ecosystems and extinction risk of species
- Scientists reconstruct gravity to better understand the universe
- $2 million gift helps seed new ideas at SFU Science
- Welcome Angela Brooks Wilson, Dean of SFU Science
- Genomic data can improve pandemic modelling, SFU researchers say
- SFU Science Announces Recipients of 2022 Excellence in Teaching Awards
- BPK grad Donya Divsalar brings an interdisciplinary perspective to aerospace research
- SFU researcher receives Michael Smith Health Research Award for work harnessing machine learning to advance genetic sequencing
- A mid-degree refocus helped new alumnus Melissa Nguyen set her sights on a career in optometry
- Big picture thinking helps Maya Piddocke earn 2021 Staff Achievement Award for Work Performance
- CIHR contributes over $2.5 million in new funding for health research at SFU Faculty of Science
- A new dean for the Faculty of Science—Angela Brooks-Wilson
- Isabelle Côté and John Bechhoefer honoured as 2022 Distinguished SFU Professors
- SFU researchers developing new methods for controlling deadly honeybee parasites
- SFU researchers find the missing photonic link to enable an all-silicon quantum internet
- SFU researchers develop new chemical biological tools to monitor Parkinson’s disease
- SFU physicists continue to advance ATLAS project, 10 years after Higgs boson discovery
- SFU alumni levelling the playing field with new Sports Analytics Award for Indigenous Students in Science
- SFU Science researchers receive $4.8 million in new NSERC funding
- Proactive approaches needed to enable ecosystems to adapt to climate change
- SFU biochemist weaves western science with Indigenous ways of knowing
- Cory Macklin’s hard work leads to a Governor General’s Silver Medal
- Stephanie Simmons renamed Canada Research Chair in Silicon Quantum Technologies
- Data Science student discovers his passion for health at a business case competition
- SFU researchers exploit the body’s innate drive for safety to improve motor memory
- Asian Heritage Month: Kero Lau
- Lost or extinct? Study finds the existence of 562 animal species remains uncertain
- Asian Heritage Month: Becky Lin
- Study finds the brain searches for the best way to move the body
- Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology creating a caring community, on campus and online
- Asian Heritage Month: Joanna Woo
- Bridging the gap between disciplines to better understand chemical reactions
- Student satellite project prepares for liftoff
- SFU to advance agritech, wearables sectors with $11.8M in federal research funding
- Department of Biological Sciences faculty member and previous Chair, Dr. Isabelle Côté Awarded as a Healthy Campus Community Champion
- Popular BPK lecturer receives SFU Excellence in Teaching Award
- SFU researchers help develop world’s first autonomous agriculture planning software
- SFU Science researchers among new and renewed Canada Research Chairs
- Prominent neuroscientist to advance brain research through new SFU institute
- Study finds that river flows linked to the ups and downs of imperiled Chinook salmon population
- SFU Science Announces Recipients of 2020/2021 Excellence in Teaching Awards
- Q&A: HOW SFU IS TAKING BRAIN RESEARCH IN PROMISING NEW DIRECTIONS
- 2021 News
- Faculty of Science Canada Research Chairs announcement
- Excellence in Science Public Engagement and Outreach Award winners announced
- Larger households contribute to COVID-19 transmission in Fraser Health Region
- Study finds Sawfish face extinction unless overfishing is curbed
- Astronaut "moves" to help prevent falls among older adults confined to bed rest
- Paleontologists discover major new insect group after solving 150-year-old mystery
- COVID-19 experts share 2020 SFU Media Newsmaker Award
- Chemistry professor awarded the 2021 John C. Polanyi Award for research excellence
- Where do we look when we walk?
- BPK prof honored with SFU Excellence in Teaching Award
- SFU lab one step closer to understanding how life started on Earth
- Research collaboration achieves world’s first laser-cooling of antimatter
- Fossil discovery deepens snakefly mystery
- Rain, rain go away! SFU Chemists develop new waterproofing solution.
- Asian Heritage Month; a profile of Hogan Yu
- IT team wins Staff Achievement Award for keeping us all connected
- Asian Heritage Month; a profile of Liangliang Wang
- New COVID-19 rapid test kit receives scientific seal of approval
- Asian Heritage Month: a profile of Ly Vu
- Asian Heritage Month: a profile of Weiran Sun
- Biology major completes degree while battling long-haul COVID
- SFU physicist Stephanie Simmons receives YWCA Women of Distinction Award
- SFU paleontologist honours Indigenous culture through collaboration
- Math alum creates award to support SFU students with mental health challenges
- SFU alum and scientist Kyle Bobiwash speaks on the importance of diversity of perspectives and worldviews in research.
- First Indigenous and Black Graduate scholarship established for SFU biology graduate students
- Global study shows major seagrass losses around the world
- Regular rapid testing detects COVID-19 soon enough to stop transmission in schools
- SFU Staff Achievement Award winner keeps Faculty of Science running smoothly through pandemic
- Faculty of Science profs receive Distinguished SFU Professorships
- SFU physics student uses machine learning technique to speed up image analysis
- Innovative coating for blood vessels reduces rejection of transplanted organs
- CFI invests more than $1.6 million in 10 SFU research projects
- Ground-breaking work from SFU identifies new source for earthquakes and tsunamis in the Greater Tokyo Region
- Faculty of Science researchers awarded Canada’s highest academic honour
- Science student graduates after an eight-year hiatus and a change of heart
- Microplastics in belugas worked their way up the food chain, SFU researchers find
- Salmon decline impacted by “squeeze” of combined river and sea stressors
- Melting glaciers could produce 1,000s of kilometres of new Pacific salmon habitat by 2100
- Biology professor relocates to Nunavut for new role at Polar Knowledge Canada
- 2020 News
- STUDY SUGGESTS SEA LICE ON SALMON IS UNDER-REPORTED AT B.C. SALMON FARMS
- ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA HONOURS FACULTY OF SCIENCE RESEARCHERS
- SFU STUDY NETS NEW DATA ON HEAD IMPACTS EXPERIENCED BY HOCKEY PLAYERS
- FAST AND LOOSE: NANOMACHINES WITH FLOPPY CONNECTIONS GO FASTER
- SFU CHEMIST’S NEW PROCESS FAST-TRACKS DRUG TREATMENTS FOR VIRAL INFECTIONS AND CANCER
- HOT WATER CAN SOMETIMES COOL FASTER THAN WARM WATER – SFU RESEARCH CONFIRMS
- EDNA TECHNOLOGY MORE EFFECTIVE IN MONITORING SALMON RUNS: SFU RESEARCH
- LOVE OF SPORTS, MATH LANDS SFU ALUMNUS JOB WITH SEATTLE’S NHL FRANCHISE
- STAFF KEEP RESEARCH ALIVE DURING PANDEMIC
- A WHISKER'S MORE PROTECTION FOR CLEAN-SHAVEN MASK WEARERS
- RESEARCHERS WORKING TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SENIORS IN LONG-TERM CARE
- NEW STUDY FINDS CORAL ISLANDS MAY NOT “DROWN” AMID CLIMATE CHANGE
- NEW FOSSIL DISCOVERY SHOWS 50 MILLION-YEAR-OLD CANADA-AUSTRALIA CONNECTION
- BPK GRAD AIMS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AMID CHALLENGES OF LAB WORK ON COVID-19 PROJECT
- HOW CANNABIDIOL MAY BE HELPFUL IN TREATING DIABETES-RELATED ARRHYTHMIAS
- SFU LAB HELPS PATIENT MANAGE RARE DISEASE THROUGH PROGRAMMED EXERCISE
- SFU SURREY SCIENCE LABS HOST COVID-19 HAND SANITIZER PRODUCTION
- SFU EPIDEMIOLOGIST’S RESEARCH INFORMS B.C. HEALTH POLICY ON COVID-19
- SFU PROFESSOR’S INVENTION APPROVED BY FDA TO HELP WEAN COVID-19 PATIENTS FROM VENTILATORS
- SFU STAFF AND FACULTY DONATE MASKS, GLOVES, ADDITIONAL COVID-19 SUPPLIES TO LOCAL HOSPITALS
- CORONAVIRUS TESTING KITS WILL BE DEVELOPED USING SFU-INVENTED RNA IMAGING TECHNOLOGY
- NEW "SMALL NUMBER" K-12 MATH LEARNING MATERIALS AVAILABLE
- SFU RESEARCH TEAM HELPS TEST POTENTIAL SUPERBUG-KILLING COMPOUND
- SFU CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE
- STUDY REVEALS HIDDEN RISKS OF ESTUARY DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG SALMON
- SFU RESEARCHER SCORES MAJOR FUNDING FOR ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA RESEARCH
- SFU EARTH SCIENTIST JOHN CLAGUE NAMED TO ORDER OF CANADA
- FACULTY OF SCIENCE RECEIVES OVER $1M IN RESEARCH FUNDING FROM CANADA FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION
- ABUNDANCE OF SALMON KEY TO FEEDING 'UNDERDOG' STREAM FISHES: SFU RESEARCH
- YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD BESTOWED ON PHYSICS PROF.
- SFU PHYSICS PROFESSOR RECOGNIZED AS “TOP 40 UNDER 40” IN CANADA
- SFU RESEARCH FINDS CLUES TO UNDERSTANDING CBD AND ITS MEDICINAL EFFECTS
- SFU alumnus inspired by her organization’s 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
- 2019 News
- SFU RESEARCH POINTS TO UNPRECEDENTED AND WORRYING RISE IN SEA LEVELS
- SFU GLOBAL COLLABORATION CREATES WORLD’S FIRST OPEN-SOURCE DATABASE OF NATURAL MICROBIAL PRODUCTS
- VIRTUAL CADAVERS BRING LEARNING TO LIFE AT SFU
- SFU RESEARCHERS DISCOVER POTENTIAL WAY TO MANAGE INSECTS WITHOUT CHEMICALS
- FIRST FOSSIL DRAGONFLIES FROM B.C. IDENTIFIED AND NAMED
- INTERNATIONAL STUDY FINDS NEW GENETIC FEATURES IN RARE BURKITT LYMPHOMA CANCER
- TRIO OF SFU SCIENCE PROFESSORS HONORED
- NEW EVIDENCE SHOWS HUMAN PRESENCE IN HAIDA GWAII 2,200 YEARS EARLIER THAN PREVIOUS ESTIMATES
- SFU CHEMISTRY PROF NAMED TO ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
- POPULAR BUT DANGEROUS LAB DEMO NOW SAFER THANKS TO SFU CHEMISTS
- SFU PHYSICS WELCOMES NEW ASTROPHYSICIST
- WATCH YOUR SPEED—WHALE ZONE AHEAD!
- DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS & ACTUARIAL SCIENCE WELCOMES DONALD ESTEP
- COMPLIANT FLOORING NOT THE ANSWER TO PREVENTING FALL-RELATED INJURIES
- SFU WELCOMES NEW SHRUM CHAIR IN BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF DISEASE
- PEST BUSTING SFU PROF NAMED FELLOW OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
- INTERNATIONAL STUDENT BUILDS HIS OWN ADVENTURE AT SFU
- THE DIRT ON SUSTAINABLE SHEEP FARMING
- TINY FISH A BIG LURE FOR LIFE ON CORAL REEFS
- BIG ENERGY SAVINGS FOR TINY MACHINES
- BIOLOGY CLASS ANALYZES DOG DNA FOR BODY SIZE, SNOUT LENGTH AND COAT LENGTH
- SFU STUDIES CAUSES BEHIND SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN INFANTS
- ANAL SECRETIONS OF APHIDS PROVIDE SUSTENANCE FOR MOSQUITOES
- CITIZEN SCIENTISTS' RARE FOSSIL BIRDS SHED NEW LIGHT ON AVIAN HISTORY
- STATISTICS STUDENTS IMPRESS THE NFL WITH THEIR MOVES
- 3D IMAGES IN PDFS IS A GAMECHANGER FOR CHEMISTRY EDUCATION
- DAVID SHIFFMAN NAMED PRESIDENT'S SOCIAL MEDIA NEWSMAKER OF THE YEAR
- EARTH SCIENCES TECHNICIAN DIGS DEEP TO DEVELOP ENGAGEMENT
- EARLY-CAREER LECTURER KEVIN LAM DRIVEN BY LIFE-LONG PASSION FOR TEACHING
- CHEMISTRY TEAM "FIXES" CANCER-SUPPRESSING P53 PROTEIN
- SFU RESEARCHERS FIND NEW CLUES TO CONTROLLING HIV
- STUDY PREDICTS WARMER, DRIER MOUNTAINS POSE A DOUBLE WHAMMY FOR COLD-ADAPTED AMPHIBIANS
- “MICROSCOPIC” IMPROVEMENTS YIELD BIG GAINS IN SFU’S RESEARCH CAPABILITIES
- 2018 News
- SFU PROF’S WORLDWIDE INFLUENCE ON SHARKS AND RAYS RESEARCH LEADS TO ACCOLADE AND A NEW CONSERVATION PROGRAM
- SFU TEAM LEADS $12-MILLION EFFORT TO EXPAND SYSTEM OF WORLDWIDE HEALTH RESEARCH DATABASES
- SFU FACULTY MEMBERS SET SIGHTS ON HOLLYWOOD NORTH
- NEWLY HIRED STATS PROF BRINGS EXPERTISE IN BIG DATA AND MACHINE LEARNING
- MUSCLES KNOW BEST
- NANOMACHINES HAVE ALL THE MOVES
- PHD CANDIDATE IN MARINE BIOLOGY WINS MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE
- ENGAGED STUDENT DOES IT ALL
- GENETIC MUTATION PROVIDES POTENTIAL CLUE TO NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
- BUILDING MOLECULAR MOTORS – ONE STEP AT A TIME
- NEW STUDY ON EFFECTS OF CANNABIS ON PAIN AND SEIZURE CONTROLNEW STUDY ON EFFECTS OF CANNABIS ON PAIN AND SEIZURE CONTROL
- FACULTY OF SCIENCE WELCOMES NEW DEAN!
- SCIENCE INQUIRY VIDEOS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LAUNCHED
- SFU MATHEMATICIAN RECEIVES ROYAL SOCIETY AWARD
- JOHN REYNOLDS NAMED CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE IN CANADA
- SFU STUDY BUSTS MYTH ABOUT FACIAL HAIR ON PILOTS
- NOT SO FAST: FROM SHREWS TO ELEPHANTS, ANIMAL REFLEXES SURPRISINGLY SLOW
- SFU TEAM RECEIVES FUNDING TO EXPAND SYSTEM OF WORLDWIDE HEALTH RESEARCH DATABASES
- MEET THE LATEST WINNERS OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS.
- MEET NEW MATH PROF & CANADA 150 RESEARCH CHAIR, CAROLINE COLIJN
- SCIENTIFIC TEAM SCOOPS MAJOR AWARDS FOR WORK CONFIRMING THE STANDARD MODEL OF COSMOLOGY
- HOW SALMON "OUST THE LOUSE"
- ABORIGINAL SUMMER CAMP ALUMNI JOIN SFU AS UNDERGRADS
- OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARD FOR STEVEN HOLDCROFT
- SCIENTISTS ON TWITTER: PREACHING TO THE CHOIR OR SINGING FROM THE ROOFTOPS?
- SFU KICKS OFF SPORTS ANALYTICS CONFERENCE
- NEW METHOD FOR DETECTING DOPING IN CYCLISTS PROPOSED
- SFU’S LONGEST SERVING SENATE FACULTY MEMBER STEPS DOWN
- PRIME GROWING AREAS FOR B.C. OYSTERS CONTAIN ALARMINGLY HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF PLASTIC MICROBEADS
- TALK ABOUT SCIENCE!
- 2017 News
- FLIRTING ON THE FLY: HUMANS CAN LEARN A THING OR TWO FROM BLOW FLIES ABOUT ATTRACTION ON DATING APPS
- SFU RESEARCHERS SHINE LIGHT ON ANTIMATTER
- SARAH JOHNSON WINS FACULTY OF SCIENCE EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AWARD
- SCIENCE TECHNICAL CENTER WINS SFU TEAM ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- SFU's Trottier Observatory wins national award for landscape design
- SFU PROF SCORES POSITION WITH NBA
- STUDY FINDS GREATER RISK OF EXTINCTION AMONG HIGH DIVERSITY AMPHIBIAN GROUPS
- 2017 CONVOCATION STAR - DANIELLE JEONG
- 2017 CONVOCATION STAR - ANDY ZENG
- 2017 CONVOCATION STAR - JOHN THOMPSON
- PERFECT PAIRINGS: COUPLE MEETS AT SCIENCE FROSH & HEAD TO MED SCHOOL TOGETHER
- EXTREME SCIENCE IN VOLCANOLOGY
- NEW CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR BOOSTS FUNDING FOR ENERGY-CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY
- CHEMISTRY BUILDING EARNS GOLD, LEED AWARD
- NEW CLASSROOMS + SOCIAL AREA = [MATH WEST]
- NEW STUDY SHOWS BANNING SHARK FIN IN THE U.S. WON’T HELP SAVE SHARKS
- NEW RESEARCH LINKS HEART ATTACKS TO GENETIC MUTATION
- CONSERVATION ACTUALLY WORKS
- NATIONAL GOLD MEDAL HONORS GERHARD GRIES' INSECT EXPERTISE
- REVVING YOUR NANOSCALE ENGINE
- "ROCK STAR" GEOSCIENTIST RECEIVES LEGGET MEDAL
- PUBLIC HEALTH MATHEMATICIAN JOINS SFU AS CANADA 150 RESEARCH CHAIR
- VOLCANIC SIMULATION TEACHES EARTH SCIENCES STUDENTS CRISIS MANAGEMENT SKILLS
- MARS' SURFACE WATER: WE FINALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
- 2016 News
- HANDS-ON LEARNING ON THE MOUNTAIN
- SEA STARS SHED LIGHT ON HUMAN REPRODUCTION
- EXERCISE MAY PUT SOME HEART PATIENTS AT RISK
- ZIKA VIRUS AND THE RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES
- STAFF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE
- DIGGING FOR ANTIBIOTICS
- FROM STUDENT TO CEO
- FACULTY OF SCIENCE SWEEPS EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS
- STATS STUDENT SAYS THANKS TO HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHER
- SWEET AWARD FOR STATISTICS PROF
- ECONOMICS DRIVE THE EXTINCTION OF LARGE MARINE ANIMALS
- SFU RESEARCHERS STUDY DNA TO FIND GENETIC MUTATION BEHIND RARE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER
- EMPU DIRECTOR RECEIVES "HIGH-FLYING" AWARD
- SFU'S POPULAR ACADEMIC SUMMER CAMP FOR ABORIGINAL STUDENTS A HIT WITH ALUMNI
- SEA STAR DEATH TRIGGERS ECOLOGICAL DOMINO EFFECT
- DUGAN O'NEIL WINS COMPUTE CANADA TRAILBLAZER AWARD
- INTERNATIONAL ENTOMOLOGY AWARD FOR ‘BED BUG’ BIOLOGIST
- UNDERGRAD GETS MUSCLE MECHANICS RESEARCH PUBLISHED
- TRAILBLAZING SCIENTIST AND ADVISOR PASSES AWAY AT 102
- UNDERSTANDING HOW THE "BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER" IS BREACHED IN BACTERIAL MENINGITIS
- NEW SFU PROFESSORSHIP TO BOOST RESEARCH COLLABORATION WITH RCH
- SFU RESEARCHERS WORK TO FINE-TUNE COLLAGEN GROWTH
- EVERGREEN LINE 'CORES' PROVIDE EARTH SCIENTISTS WITH WEALTH OF HISTORICAL DATA
- 2015 News
- JOHN REYNOLDS NETS AWARD
- ISABELLE COTÉ & WENDY PALEN RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS LEOPOLD FELLOWSHIPS
- HUMAN GENOMICS CLASS GETS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
- TRIPLE WIN FOR MATHEMATICIANS
- DATING TECHNIQUES: ILLUMINATING THE PAST
- HOWARD TROTTIER WINS BC SUGAR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
- TEMPERATURE CHANGE CAN TRIGGER SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH
- FAT ACCUMULATION IN HUMAN SKELETAL MUSCLES EFFECTS ABILITY TO PERFORM EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES
- SFU TO HOST SITE OF RESEARCH CYBER NETWORK
- STATISTICS PROF. SNAGS HIGHEST HONOR
- NEW CANCER-FIGHTING FUNDS TO HELP PATIENTS WITH AGGRESSIVE NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA
- WIRED FOR LAZINESS
- SFU CO-LEADS NATIONAL PROJECT TO REVIVE COHO SALMON
- NEW PROFESSORSHIP FOCUSES ON NEW TREATMENTS FOR AUTISM
- NEW RESEARCH OPENS DOORS TO UNDERSTANDING TONSIL CANCER
- NEW DISEASE-CARRYING MOSQUITO ARRIVES IN BC
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Sherri Ferguson, MSc
Instructor: Hyperbaric Safety Director (EMPU100), Fundamentals of Hyperbaric Medicine (EMPU121), Chamber Operator (EMPU 122) Hyperbaric Technician (EMPU150), High-Altitude Indoctrination (EMPU135, EMPU145)
Sherri is the current Director of the Environmental Medicine and Physiology Unit at Simon Fraser University. She is the Vice-Chair of the Canadian Standards Association Z275 Technical Committee for diving and hyperbaric operations, and the current Chair of the CSA Z275.1 standards committee on Hyperbaric Operations. She is an Executive Member of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Association and a member of the Safety Committee of the Undersea and Hyperbaric
Medical Society. Sherri received her Master of Science in Biomedical Physiology and her research focuses on diving and aerospace physiology. Her research includes the cardiovascular effects of decompression, hypoxia and cognition, nitrogen narcosis, and breathing protection used in aviation and self-contained breathing apparatus. Her research is supported by Worksafe BC & The US Office of Naval Research.
Sherri is a trained commercial diver and instructor trainer for recreational, technical and scientific diving. She has been a professional diver since 1995. She was the regional manager for TDI/SDI and has worked for both Poseidon and Dräger as their service technician instructor.
Dr. Neilson Mclean, MD FRCPC Emergency Medicine Specialist
Instructor: Hyperbaric Safety Director (EMPU100), Fundamentals of Hyperbaric Medicine (EMPU121)
After completing his medical degree, Dr. McLean became an FRCPC specialist in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine and gained additional training in Hyperbaric Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He continued his education by completing a diploma of Aviation Medicine and a diploma in Public Health.
Dr. Mclean is currently an Emergency Medicine physician at Surrey Memorial Hospital and Lions Gate Hospital and the Department Head, Critical Care at Abbotsford Regional Hospital. He also holds positions as a Hyperbaric Medical Consultant for the ASI Group, Hyperbaric/Diving MD at Vancouver General Hospital and is the Medical Director and founder of Executive Air Ambulance. He is also the Medical Director of the EMPU.
Dr. Deyar Asmaro
Dr. Deyar Asmaro started conducting neuroscience research at the Laboratory for Affective and Developmental Neuroscience at SFU’s Psychology department while he was an Honours student under the supervision of Dr. Mario Liotti. He remained with Dr. Liotti for his graduate work and completed his Ph.D in 2014. His work during this time utilized electroencephalography (EEG) to extract event-related potentials (ERPs) that were elicited by affective visual cues (particularly those depicting addictive substances). While conducting this neuroscience research, he also began working with Dr. Peter Suedfeld and Dr. Phyllis Johnson at the University of British Columbia where he started studying psychological and sociocultural factors that contribute to astronaut functioning in extreme environments. He completed novel research in collaboration with Sherri Ferguson (Director of the Environmental Medicine Physiology Unit at SFU) during his doctoral studies and has a number of publications to date. He is a past CIHR Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship recipient and was also awarded the Terry Fox Gold Medal and Prize during his undergraduate years at SFU. Deyar is currently an Adjunct Professor in BPK.
Dr. Justin Roos, BSC, FRCPC-EM
Dr Justin Roos is a staff emergency physician at the Royal Columbian Hospital, clinical faculty at the UBC Faculty of Medicine and a fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine. During his training he specialized in wilderness and austere medicine and has a special interest in dysbarism, altitude medicine and hypothermia. He currently lives in North Vancouver with his family, and when he's not in the ED or the hyperbaric chamber he can be found biking, hiking and skiing the west coast.
Dr. Afshin Khazei, MD, FRCPC, ABEM, ABPM-HB, AAFP
Instructor: Fundamentals of Hyperbaric Medicine (EMPU121) Hyperbaric Medical Emergency Simulation (EMPU125)
Dr. Khazei completed his medical training at the University of British Columbia in 1995 along with a family medicine residency in Victoria, BC in 1997, before working as a rural family physician for 3 years. He subsequently completed an Emergency Medicine specialty training and fellowship in Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine at Vancouver General Hospital. He is board-certified in Emergency Medicine (FRCPC), Family Medicine (AAFP), and Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine (ABPM).
Dr. Khazei currently serves as the Medical Director for the Hyperbaric Unit at Vancouver General Hospital, where he has worked an Emergency Physician and Hyperbaric & Diving Medicine Specialist since 2004. Ad the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Lead in the BC Emergency Medicine Network, Dr. Khazei has focused on the creation and delivery of simulation-based CPD programs throughout BC. He was been the recipient of the UBC “Teacher of the Year Award” in 2012 and the “Innovation in CPD Award” in 2013.
Dr. Khazei's areas of expertise are focused on error reduction and performance improvement through simulation and interprofessional team training and maintenance of emergency procedural competency through simulation-based curriculum development and delivery.
Robert Sheffield, BA, CHT
Instructor: Hyperbaric Safety Director (EMPU100), Hyperbaric Technician (EMPU150)
Rob is Director of Education of International ATMO in San Antonio, Texas. He started his career in hyperbaric medicine in 1985 and is an expert in wound center design and development, reimbursement, hyperbaric safety, and transcutaneous oximetry. He is Past-President of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) Gulf Coast Chapter and has served on the NFPA Technical Committee on Hyperbaric and Hypobaric Facilities (Chairman 2006-2014), and the UHMS commitees for Hyperbaric Safety and oxygen, Materials Testing Advisory, and Practice Compliance.
He is co-author of the CHT/CHRN Certification Exam Practice Book and has authored committee commentary in four editions of the NFPA Health Care Facilities Handbook. He has also co-authored several articles on reimbursement and hyperbaric safety.
Francois Burman, Pr. Eng, IntPE (SA), BSc Eng (Mech), MSc (MedSc), MSAIME, FSAIW
Instructor: Hyperbaric Safety Director (EMPU100), Hyperbaric Technician (EMPU150)
Francois Burman started his career as a registered professional engineer in Cape Town, South Africa. His background includes serving as a commissioned marine engineering officer in the South African Navy; working as a project & welding engineer and as a senior manager at the Atomic Energy Corporation of South Africa.
Since 1994, he has specialized in diving and hyperbaric engineering. He is a consultant on new manufacturing programs in the nuclear energy field and an international safety consultant in diving and hyperbaric medicine. He conducts safety surveys of recompression and clinical hyperbaric facilities internationally and is a frequent lecturer on hyperbaric safety topics. He also completed a MSc in Medical Sciences (Baromedicine) from the University of Stellenbosch (2014).
Francois is the Director of Underwater & Hyperbaric Safety for Divers Alert Network (DAN) in Durham, North Carolina, as well as the CEO of DAN Southern Africa and the Director of the DAN Europe Board.
Jeff Forbes, Technical Instructor for High Pressure Compressors
Instructor: Hyperbaric Technician (EMPU150), Bauer Level 1 & 2 Technician
Jeff began his immersion into the world of high pressure compressors with comprehensive factory training at the Bauer Kompressoren plant in Wolfratshausen, Germany. He has worked with and provided training for operators of high pressure compressors extensively in nearly every province in Canada, the Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
For the past 20 years he has been the Manager of Technical Training and the Technical Service Manager for Jordair Compressors Inc. in Delta B.C., the exclusive Bauer Compressor dealer for Canada.
Alex McCall, IEng
Instructor: Hyperbaric Technician (EMPU150), Swagelok Fittings & Tube Bending
Alex worked at British Aerospace in the Dynamics Division for 9 years, where he completed his Electrical/Mechanical Apprenticeship. During his time there he also completed his Higher National Diploma at North Hertfordshire College. He was then offered a position in the Special Projects Group as a Mechanical Engineer at British Aerospace.
He joined Swagelok Organisation in London, England and Vancouver, Canada in 1996 as the Technical Sales Engineer. He has lived in Canada for the last 20 years and is involved in sales and servicing instruction.
Don Kinney, Instructor Trainer - Visual Inspection & Eddy Current for High Pressure Cylinders
Instructor: Hyperbaric Technician (EMPU150), Cylinder Inspection & Oxygen Cleaning
As the owner of Cylinder Training Services, Don started working with and filling high pressure cylinders in 1991. With his background in public safety he continued to gain knowledge in the field of high pressure cylinders and began to develop training programs. He has developed numerous programs for cylinder safety including; Eddy Current testing (2003), SCBA, Fire Department (2004) and their Fire Safety Seminar program (2004). He developed a visual inspection program covering cylinders, valves, cleaning and compressors in 2011. Realized that inspectors needed a source for affordable and high quality inspection tools, he eventually designed tools for the high pressure cylinder industry to assist them in determining damage and ensuring cylinders remain safe.
In 2014 he developed an inspection program for International Training (ITI) that included a manual and an on-line training program that is now taught worldwide. Don continues to dedicate himself to safety in the high-pressure cylinder industries and prides himself on understanding the importance of safe and useful training programs.
Paul Doherty BSN CHRN Patient Care Coordinator VGH HBU
Instructor: Fundamentals of Hyperbaric Medicine (EMPU121)
Paul has been involved in diving for many years and worked as a net diver before becoming a nurse. He has been with Vancouver General Hospital's Hyperbaric Unit for 22 years and has been in the role of Patient Care Coordinator for 10 years.
Dr. Helen Gelly, MD, FUHM, FACCWS, UHM/ABPM
Instructor: Fundamentals of Hyperbaric Medicine (EMPU121)
Dr. Gelly has practiced Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Care since 1991. She has practiced in academic settings, in managed care settings and in the independant clinic setting. During a 20 year span, she and her group provided critical 24/7 on call services to an acedemic hyperbaric medicine program. She is actively involved in the the UHMS and the ACHM, as well as wound care organizations. She publishes and lectures widely.
Matt Arnold, DMT
Instructor: Chamber Operator (EMPU122)
Matt has been certified as an Unrestricted Surface Supplied Diver (DCBC) and Diving Medical Technician (IMCA, NBDHMT) since 2006. From 2015-2020 he worked full times as an Emergency Paramedic for the British Columbia Ambulance service where he now holds a casual position. He works at the EMPU as a Chamber Operator, DMT, Technician & Instructor.
Dr. Leanne Ramer, SFU Faculty BPK Lecturer
Instructor: Fundamentals of Hyperbaric Medicine (EMPU121)
Dr. Leanne Ramer is a Senior Lecturer in Anatomy and Neuroscience at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. She teaches anatomy at all levels, from microscopic structure to function and dysfunction, with an emphasis on neural control of all systems. Leanne completed her Masters and PhD in Neuroscience at UBC, and postdoctoral training at KU Leuven (Belgium), King's College London, and at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (Vancouver). Her research interests are continually expanded by ambitious students but tend to congregate around neuroplasticity. She lives in Vancouver with her teenage daughter and her Miniature Pinscher Lindsay.
Todd Courtney, Technical Supervisor and Safety Director
Instructor: Fundamentals of Hyperbaric Medicine (EMPU121)
Todd Courtney graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Civil Engineering degree. He then worked in the building trades, mostly demolition and salvage. A native of Seattle, he has 20 years of experience as an EMT and CHT. He's been on the hyperbaric staff at Viriginia Mason since 2001 where he is now the Technical Supervisor and Safety Director. As an associate member of the UHMS he has contributed abstracts on topics including carbon monoxide monitoring and chamber operations.
Daniel Gericke, CHT DMT-A LST CDI
Instructor: Hyperbaric Medical Technologist (EMPU120) in South Africa
Daniel began his career in the South African Navy Marines and Diving Unit specializing in and teaching underwater explosive clearance diving and disposal. With a keen interest in HBOT and its applications, he went on to direct the South African Navy Decompression Chamber Program and began treating Hyperbaric Therapy patients and those with Decompression Illness. In 2000, Daniel founded the first Multiplace Hyperbaric Medical Center in South Africa at Saint Augustine's Hospital in Durban and, later in 2004, opened a sister facility at Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg.
In 2006, Daniel accepted the position of Safety Director at the Bermuda Hospitals Board which, in 2011 achieved its first international safety accreditation. Under Daniel's stewardship and commitment to safe diving, King Edward Memorial Hospital Hyperbaric Center was chosen as a DAN Preferred Provider Facility.
Philip A. Schell, CHT
My name is Philip Schell. I am a Certified Hyperbaric Technician, and currently work in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
I have held the Diver Medic Certification #1472 and the Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician B1652253 titles along with other certification titles. I am a current National Association of Underwater Instructors #42608 and a Divers Alert Network Professional #1563771. I also serve on the Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society Board of Directors and Associate Council. I am also a Certified Hospital Emergency Coordinator (Homeland Security) utilizing 30 years’ experience in health education, medical training, advising and assisting caregivers, managing staff, safety officer, public speaking, marketing, teaching and proctoring. My professional history demonstrates my strength in safety, hyperbaric medicine, team building, instruction, leadership building and balancing priorities. I teach scuba diving through NAUI and have also been a participant in the US Navy Flying after Diving Study at Duke University.
I have had the great fortune of learning from some of the best hyperbaric medicine and wound care professionals from coast to coast. I have spent countless hours in many chambers, including Bonnie & Clyde, two of the oldest chambers in the Mid-west, the Golf chamber at Duke and many more.
Natasha Vlcek, Program Assistant
Natasha is the Program Assistant for the EMPU. She is currently studying for her Bachelor's in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry with a concentration in genomics, as well as, a Minor in Global Asia Studies.
Evan Hutcheon, Graduate Student
Evan started graduate school and working in the EMPU as a chamber tender in 2016. He has been interested in high altitude physiology since his undergraduate degree, where he completed his honours thesis on chronic mountain sickness and high altitude populations. Currently he is working on finishing his PhD investigating how hypoxia impacts the brain, and more specifically whether a difference exists between normobaric and hypobaric hypoxia that can be imaged with an EEG. He enjoys his work as a chamber tender, and especially the days where he gets paid to "travel" to 25,000ft. In his spare time he likes to train Brazilian jiu-jitsu, hike, snowboard, and dirt jump on his mountain bike.
Vera-Ellen Lucci, Graduate Student
Dr. Vera-Ellen Lucci is a Postdoctoral Fellow, working under the supervisor of Dr. Victoria Claydon in the Cardiovascular Physiology Lab at Simon Fraser University. Her research interests include autonomic dysfunction following spinal cord injury and the cardiovascular mechanisms of syncope (fainting). Vera also has a history of academic involvement both locally at Simon Fraser University and internationally through her involvement with the American Autonomic Society. Presently, she holds a CIHR Fellowship to investigate the potential of a cerebral trigger for syncope.