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FHS Co-op student Emaan Kassam completed an international work term at Aga Khan University, assisting local #PublicHealth researchers.

“This opportunity affirmed my love for public health, specifically #GlobalHealth and #HealthPromotion.”

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October 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM Everybody can reply
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Congrats to @sfu.ca FHS postdoctoral fellows Drs. Aniqa Shahid, Anh Khoa Vo, and Ramona Weber who each received a prestigious 2025 Research Trainee Award from @healthresearchbc.bsky.social

More about their projects: bit.ly/4n8ZA7U

#SFU #SFUFHS #SFUResearch #HIVResearch #Sepsis #Antiretroviral
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Congrats to FHS alum Meridith Sones who officially received her PhD last week! 🎉🙌

Sones' work w/ #CHATRLab has helped deepen understanding of how #NeighbourhoodDesign and inequitable infrastructure in cities impact health outcomes.

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FHS alumnus seeks to address social connectedness, equity in cities
Dr. Meridith Sones' work at FHS has seen her investigating - and occasionally shaping - how neighbourhood design and equitable distribution of infrastructure both influence health outcomes of city res...
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FHS professor @jsnyder.bsky.social and alumnus Claire Wilson analyze how crowdfunding for a small ostrich arm in BC has rewarded and encouraged political polarization in Canada.

#SFUFHS #SFUResearch #Vaccination
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FHS graduand Jan Filart will receive his BSc in Public Health and Data this week. This second degree - completed in 2 years - will enable him to combine his passions for statistics + health.

"I’m thrilled...to have a broad impact on improving population health.”

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October 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM Everybody can reply
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SFU FHS prof Meghan Winters was a co-investigator in a study led by the #UBC #REACTLab which found an income-based e-bike rebate program improved access, encouraged active travel and reduced car use.

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To access full text for this image, visit: https://reactlab.civil.ubc.ca/bc-ebike-incentives/ Travel, Environmental, and Equity Impacts of Income-Conditioned E-Bike Rebates in British Columbia Program Authors: Polina Polikakhina, Amir Hassanpour, Kyla Yu, Meghan Winters, & Alexander Bigazzi (2025) In 2023, the BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit distributed over 4,900 income-conditioned rebates of $350 to $1,400 to make travel more affordable, boost active transportation, and cut CO2emissions, with a total program cost of $6.5m. Study •Researchers at UBC and SFU recruited and surveyed over 1,000 of those rebate recipients •Surveys were completed: near the time of purchase, +3 months later, and +12 months later •58% of rebate recipients would not have purchased an e-bike without the rebates •Rebates were more effective when received by Lower-income households •Low-income households did more e-biking, but •High-income households reduced their auto use more Total Program Impacts Total impacts due to new e-bike purchases created by the rebate program : 5 million km more annual e-biking 3 million km less annual travel by auto 1000 tonnes Co2 less annual emissions (average abatement cost of $1,300/tonne CO2) $8.7 M new retailer revenue (only from new e-bike purchases)
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Congratulations to FHS Assistant Prof Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon who secured a @healthresearchbc.bsky.social Scholar Award to support his bioethics research examining the use of #ArtificialIntelligence in medicine. 🎉

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Dr Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon receives Michael Smith Scholar Award
Michael Smith Health Research British Columbia conferred a Scholar Award to FHS Assistant Professor Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon. Background photo: DC Studio
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September 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM Everybody can reply
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Congratulations to FHS graduate students Iveoma Udevi-Aruevoru, Stevie Thompson, and @bonmotmilo.bsky.social who each successfully secured an award from @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca to support their graduate research! 🎉👏

Read more about their projects: www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve...

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September 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM Everybody can reply
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Congrats to FHS Associate Professor TJ Salway on becoming a member of @src-rsc.bsky.social, Canada's highest academic honour!

Salway works to improve the health & wellbeing of 2S/LGBTQ+ populations by addressing health disparities & leading inclusive solutions.

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Congrats to Jiangchuan Liu, Kora DeBeck, TJ Salway and Tammara Soma on being named to the Royal Society of Canada, the country’s highest academic honour. They join the growing number of SFU researchers whose leadership is shaping a better future for Canada and the world. www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Four SFU scholars receive Royal Society of Canada honours
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September 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM Everybody can reply
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BOOK LAUNCH: Join Adjunct Prof John Calvert on Thurs Sept 11 at 7:30 pm to discuss his new book "35 Accords: Re-imagining BC's Public Sector Labour Relations." /1

🔗: events.sfu.ca/event/45606-...

#SFU #SFULabourStudies #SFUFHS #BookLaunch #BC #BCLabourRelations #Unions #PolicyDevelopment
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We would like to extend special thanks to Professor @jsnyder.bsky.social who generously led FHS as Dean pro tem from 2024 – present. 👏

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August 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM Everybody can reply
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FHS is pleased to announce that renowned health scholar and researcher Dr. David Bangsberg will begin his five-year tenure as dean, starting on October 15, 2025.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Bangsberg to FHS!

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Dr. David Bangsberg appointed Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
Internationally recognized health leader and scholar, Dr. David Bangsberg, will join the SFU Faculty of Health Sciences as dean on October 15, 2025
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Congrats to @sfu.ca FHS Prof and @bccfe.bsky.social Laboratory Director Zabrina Brumme who will join the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences as a Fellow this fall.

The recognition is one of Canada's top academic accolades.

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August 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM Everybody can reply
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#SFUFHS #SFU #SFUResearch #HealthResearch #EnvironmentalHealth #CIHRProjectGrant #OverdosePrevention #PathogenGenomics
July 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM Everybody can reply
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Congratulations to FHS researchers Ryan Allen, Kanna Hayashi and William Hsiao who each secured a CIHR Project Grant during the 2025 competition, totalling $2.5M of funding for the next five years.

Project info 🔗 in 🧵.

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The image shows white text on a red bar along the left side of the image, with three round headshots of Simon Fraser University Faculty of Health Sciences researchers. The name of each researcher is featured in red, and the title of their successful project is listed below the names. Text on the image: 2025 CIHR Project Grant recipients Ryan Allen - A Randomized Air Cleaner Intervention Study of Particulate Air Pollution, Fetal Growth, and Early Childhood Development Kanna Hayashi – Evaluating the impacts of overdose prevention interventions among people who use opioids in Vancouver, BC amidst the evolving unregulated drug supply William Hsiao - Smarter integrated pathogen genomics ecosystems for threat detection and risk assessment
July 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM Everybody can reply
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Great profile of #IndigenousHealth Systems researcher and FHS adjunct professor Namaste Marsden:

"[Indigenous people] need our own data, our own indicators, our own ways of tracking what matters,” she says. “Western models weren’t made for us — they won’t carry us forward.”

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healthresearchbc.bsky.social Michael Smith Health Research BC @healthresearchbc.bsky.social · Jul 22
Namaste Marsden is transforming health research by centring Indigenous knowledge, relationships, and strengths. Her story is a reminder that real change begins with connection. Read more: bit.ly/410G45m

#Indigenousvoices #strengthbasedapproach #health #systemchange

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July 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM Everybody can reply
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Six of our learners received research awards from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)! 🎉

Please join us in congratulating:
Evan Barad
Sarah Chae
Noah Katsuno
Aniqa Shahid
Puneet Sidhu
Milad Vahedi

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Did you know that we offer field schools?

FHS Professor Robert Hogg led a course this past May in Durban, South Africa, bringing together students from the global north and south and fostering meaningful academic exchange for emerging researchers.

🔗: www.sfu.ca/.../news/202...

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Students and instructors from SANTHE, SFU Faculty of Health Sciences, and the African Health Research Institute gathered together in Durban, South Africa for a course: “Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the global burden of HIV and health inequities among youth in Sub-Saharan Africa.” The groups is shown standing together in front of a building at the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine.
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Christine Schwartz of the Children's Health Policy Centre spoke with CBC's The National about the benefits of early prevention, school-based programs to divert youth from misusing substances.

#YouthSubstanceUse #SFUFHS #SFUResearch #SubstanceUseDisorders

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FHS professor Susan Erikson's new book, "Investible! When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance" examines how investors looking to make money in the realm of public health can have a substantive impact (with unintended consequences) on health outcomes.

#SFUFHS #SFUResearch #NewBookAlert
June 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM Everybody can reply
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Assistant Professor Lyana Patrick spoke with @healthresearchbc.bsky.social about her first feature film, "Nechako: It Will Be A Big River Again" which follows Saik’uz and Stellat’en First Nations' fight to restore the Nechako River.

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Congratulations to PhD alumnus, Dr. Amanda Rowlands, who is the 2025 recipient of the Graduate Dean's Convocation Medal! 🎉🏅

This annual award recognizes graduating students that have accomplished outstanding academic achievement.

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Graduate Dean's Convocation Medal awarded to dedicated health sciences researcher
PhD alumnus Amanda Rowlands has been awarded the 2025 Graduate Dean's Convocation Medal.
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June 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM Everybody can reply
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The i-HeLTI (Indigenous Health Life Trajectories Initiative) is an Indigenous-led, community co-led research program that aims to restore healthy family systems in First Nations communities in BC and Alberta.

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Lynette Lucas, Director of Health, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council; adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University
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Congrats to Dr. Aniqa Shahid who won the 2025 Governor General's Gold Medal! This award recognizes graduating students with outstanding academic achievements.

“I’m proud that [my research] provided new methods and insights, bringing us closer to...an HIV cure.”

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Passionate research mentor receives Governor General's Gold Medal
Aniqa Shahid, a new PhD alumnus, was awarded the 2025 Governor General's Gold Medal, an annual award that recognizes graduating students that have accomplished outstanding academic achievement.
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June 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM Everybody can reply
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#WildfireSmoke and #ExtremeHeat co-occur frequently in #BritishColumbia and can significantly impact lung and heart health as well as pregnancies. Learn more about FHS Assistant Professor Stephanie Cleland's recent findings on these threats to #BChealth.

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SFU studies highlight growing dangers of wildfires in B.C.
The growing threat of wildfires in British Columbia and associated health risks are laid bare in two studies from experts at Simon Fraser University.
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