Congratulations to Anh Khoa Vo, who is a recipient for an inaugural Engage Award from @healthresearchbc.bsky.social! 🎉 Vo's team is engaging with people who live with HIV to learn more about their experiences of chronic pain. 🔗: www.healthresearchbc.ca/award/engagi... #SFU #SFUFHS #HIVResearch

The inaugural cohort of MD students at the SFU Stephens Family School of Medicine started their journey this week! 🎉The three year program integrates classroom learning with clinical learning, training up doctors with a strong grounding in community experiences. #SFU #SFUSoM #MD #MedEd

André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 3d ago

The Simon Fraser University Stephens Family School of Medicine, the first new medical school in Western Canada since 1950, is welcoming its first students. Q+A w/ founding dean David Price. bcmj.org/interviews/p... via @sfu-fhs.bsky.social

FHS MSc student, Taelor Lay, received a Canada Graduate Research Scholarship from the CIHR! 🎉 She'll be studying GP familiarity with social prescribing, a non-medical intervention that could support better health outcomes for equity-deserving patients. www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve... #SFU #SFUFHS

FHS PhD candidate Judy Wu spoke with @sfuceri.bsky.social about actioning a community-led heat resilience initiative in Vancouver's #DTES "...the community-engaged research process...has been critical in moving [this work] from discussion to action." www.sfu.ca/ceri/blog/20... #SFUCERi #SFUFHS

FHS professor Zabrina Brumme reflects on how an award from BC-based Michael Smith Health Research helped establish her career: "[The funding] gave me credibility as an emerging investigator and opened the door to new collaborations and opportunities.” #SFUFHS #SFU #HIVResearch #HealthResearch

Michael Smith Health Research BC@healthresearchbc.bsky.social · 3w ago

Celebrating 25 years of building research talent and health impact. Dr. Zabrina Brumme’s research is improving HIV treatment and advancing the search for a cure: www.healthresearchbc.ca/news-events/... @sfu-fhs.bsky.social @sfu.ca @bccfe.bsky.social #HealthResearch #HIVResearch #ResearchImpact

FHS students Tahani (Soleil) Shraida, Taylor Atwater + Amanda Yonkman secured CIHR Canada Graduate Research Scholarships! Please join us in celebrating their accomplishments🎉 🙌 🔗 : www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve... #SFU #SFUFHS #IndigenousHealth #HIV #HIVResearch #HealthEquityResearch #ResearchEthics

Congratulations to FHS researchers Dr. Naomi Maldonado-Rodriguez and Dr. Amanda Rowlands who each secured a Postdoctoral Fellowship award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research 🙌 🎉 More on their respective research programs: www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve... #SFU #SFUFHS #SFUResearch

Learn more about FHS alumna Dr. Tonia Nicholls and how her work has supported improved knowledge and outcomes for some of our most vulnerable populations. #SFU #SFUFHS #SFUAlumni #healthresearch #healthequity

Michael Smith Health Research BC@healthresearchbc.bsky.social · 4w ago

Celebrating 25 years: building research talent & health impact. Dr. Tonia Nicholls has advanced violence prevention & mental health care in community, forensic & correctional settings & helped strengthen research capacity: bit.ly/4vkXm9U @sfu-fhs.bsky.social @sfu.ca #HealthResearch #ResearchImpact

#SFUFHS postdoc, Dr. Callista Ottoni, won a CIHR Health Systems Impact fellowship which will embed her within @vchhealthcare.bsky.social to develop research that helps VCH offer health supports for older adults during climate events (e.g., heatwaves) www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve... #SFU #ClimateChange

FHS researcher supports VCH climate health team’s efforts to improve health outcomes for older adults

FHS Postdoctoral Fellow Callista Ottoni Health Systems Impact (HSI) fellowship is enabling her to support Vancouver Coastal Health's Healthy Environments and Climate Change (VCH HECC) team in their ef...

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Marie-Françoise Malo, a PhD candidate w/ SFU Health Sciences + @umontreal-en.bsky.social, is working at the intersection of #ethics, #AI, and health. Learn about her support of the #Bridge2AI Voice project and her placement in Ma thèse en 180 secondes! www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve... #SFUFHS #SFU

At the intersection of ethics, artificial intelligence, and health: Marie-Françoise Malo, FHS PhD Candidate

Marie-Françoise Malo, a PhD candidate in bioethics in a joint program between Simon Fraser University and Université de Montréal.

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Congrats to #SFUFHS PhD student Anmol Swaich - winner of a Vanier Scholarship, one of Canada's top doctoral awards! 🎉 Swaich will explore how immigration policies & labour conditions shape unregulated drug use amongst South Asian men working in trades. 🔗: www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve... #SFU #SDoH

FHS PhD student Anmol Swaich receives Vanier Scholarship

FHS alumnus and PhD student Anmol Swaich has won a Vanier Graduate Scholarship, one of Canada's top doctoral studies awards. She will be exploring how immigration policies and labour conditions shape ...

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Congratulations to Dr. Omondi! 🎉🎓

BC-CfE@bccfe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations to Dr. Harrison Omondi, who defended his PhD thesis earlier this Spring & received his doctorate last week at the @sfu-fhs.bsky.social convocation! His thesis focused on increasing representation for diverse populations in HIV persistence research, as we work towards a cure.

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Pourquoi de plus en plus de médecins reconnaissent-ils la validité des expériences de mort imminente ?

Ce que cinq décennies de recherche nous ont appris sur la façon de faire face à la mort.

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SFU Faculty of Health Sciences@sfu-fhs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#SFUFHS HEAL Lab Sr Data Analyst Andrés Delgado-Ron is calling for health care professionals to validate and seek evidence to better understand near-death experiences in patients, who frequently describe the events as life-changing and pivotal. theconversation.com/why-more-doc... español ⬇️

PhD candidate Haaris Tiwana and adjunct prof Julia Smith have observed that sometimes, #vaccine hesitancy can result from #StructuralBarriers (e.g., no access to transportation or childcare) and/or historical mistrust of providers. Read below for their suggested solutions. #SFUFHS #SFUResearch

The Conversation Canada@ca.theconversation.com · 2mo ago

Why don’t some people get vaccinated? It’s more complicated than you think

#SFUFHS HEAL Lab Sr Data Analyst Andrés Delgado-Ron is calling for health care professionals to validate and seek evidence to better understand near-death experiences in patients, who frequently describe the events as life-changing and pivotal. theconversation.com/why-more-doc... español ⬇️

Why more doctors are validating near-death experiences

What five decades of research has taught us about surviving death.

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J Andrés Delgado-Ron MD, MSc@jorgeandr3s.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Cada vez mais médicos reconhecem a validade de relatos de experiências de quase morte theconversation.com/cada-vez-mai...

FHS researcher and graduand Sarah Munoz-Violant successfully defended her MSc, engaging in a blend of hands-on community work and academic research to help address structural gaps in the system of care for Vancouver's Downtown East Side residents. 🔗: www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve... #SFU #SFUFHS

MSc graduand and award winner shares research journey

FHS graduand Sarah Munoz-Violant blended hands-on community work and academic research during her MSc degree to help address structural gaps in the system of care for Vancouver's Downtown East Side re...

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Kelley Lee (profplum8.bsky.social) spoke to CBC about travel restrictions for #Ebola ahead of #2026FIFA World Cup. 🔗 May 31 - Interview starts at: 1 min 16 sec: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #SFU #SFUFHS #SFUResearch #PandemicsAndBorders #TravelRestrictions #PublicHealth #PandemicPrevention

New OpEd from FHS researchers Julianne Piper, @profplum8.bsky.social and Miranda Nonis examining how the lessons from #COVID19 are informing the response to the #hantavirus and #ebola outbreaks. What's working well, and what could be improved? #SFU #SFUFHS #pandemic #publichealth #globaltravel

The Conversation Canada@ca.theconversation.com · 2mo ago

Planes, trains and pandemics: Lessons from COVID-19 about travel risks posed by hantavirus and Ebola

Poll suggests 46% of Canadians have asked an AI chatbot for medical advice in the past year. 40% say AI will make Canadian health care worse, 30% believe AI will improve health care.

Canadians skeptical about using AI in health care, poll suggests | CBC News

A new poll on artificial intelligence and health care suggests that while some Canadians may be turning to chatbots for medical advice, they're far less comfortable with the technology being used to m...

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FHS Asst Prof Kyle Burrows is the new Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Barrier Tissue Immunity & Chronic Inflammatory Disease! 🎉 He researches how environmental microbes and mucosal immune cells in lungs/intestines help shape systemic immunity and influence health. 🔗: bit.ly/43rTTKQ #SFU #SFUFHS

Happening next week! FHS professor Meghan Winters will be part of this panel - register to join the event now!

Green Communities Canada@greencommunities.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Join us May 20 for a Voices for Action webinar about evaluating children's mobility across Canada Register: buff.ly/9Oj58iW Panelists: 🚲 Dr. Meghan Winters, @sfu-fhs.bsky.social 🚲 Markus Duncan, @participaction.bsky.social 🚲 Howaida Hassan, @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social 🚲 Nicole Roach, GCC

Join us in celebrating FHS professor Kelley Lee (@profplum8.bsky.social) who received an #SFU Research Excellence - Legacy Award in recognition of her extraordinary contributions to the field of #GlobalHealthGovernance (which she created). 🎉 🔗: www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve... #SFUFHS #SFUResearch

FHS professor Kelley Lee receives SFU Research Excellence – Legacy Award

Dr. Kelley Lee - SFU Health Sciences Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance - was recognized by SFU's Office of the VP, Research and Innovation with a Legacy Award for ...

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FHS professor Dr. Meghan Winters will be part of this panel on May 20 - register at the link the post below! #SFUResearch #HealthyCommunities

Green Communities Canada@greencommunities.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Join us May 20 for a Voices for Action webinar about evaluating children's mobility across Canada Register: buff.ly/9Oj58iW Panelists: 🚲 Dr. Meghan Winters, @sfu-fhs.bsky.social 🚲 Markus Duncan, @participaction.bsky.social 🚲 Howaida Hassan, @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social 🚲 Nicole Roach, GCC

It's Nat'l Immunization Week! We're highlighting @bridgerc.bsky.social's recent report on the perspectives of people in Canada about #mRNA technology. tl;dr - folks agree that mRNA tech is safe BUT are slow to trust it, esp in online spaces. 🔗: www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve... #SFUFHS #SFUResearch

Bridge Research Consortium report highlights perspectives, recommendations on mRNA technology in Canada

Researchers examined the perspectives of people in Canada towards mRNA technology. They seek to better understand perspectives and to make recommendations that could strengthen public trust and suppor...

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Congrats to FHS PhD candidate Riana Sihota who received a 2026 #KnowledgeTranslation Student Award from the National Collaborating Centre for Public Health! 🎉 She will present her work on S. Asian migrant women mental health at a webinar on May 13. 🔗: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... #SFUFHS #KT

Meet Riana Sihota (she/her): Riana is a PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Her work examines how cultural orientation (collectivism and individualism)… | Natio...

Meet Riana Sihota (she/her): Riana is a PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Her work examines how cultural orientation (collectivism and individualism), migrati...

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Calling all podcast enthusiasts! Dr. Lyana Patrick (@lyanap.bsky.social) from @sfu-fhs.bsky.social has released a new podcast, From Ceremony Up, that dives into conversations surrounding health, justice, and Indigeneity. 🎧: https://bit.ly/4mxg9vV

It's #LongCOVID awareness month! Proud to announce a new project by FHS researchers to help improve education about Long Covid for patients and healthcare providers in #emergent and #UrgentCare settings in British Columbia. www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve... #SFU #SFUFHS #BC #QI #KM

FHS researchers seek to improve Long COVID education in urgent, emergent care settings in BC

FHS adjunct professor Julia Smith and FHS research associate Kayli Jamieson are leading a team of investigators to develop tools to improve recognition of Long Covid in urgent primary care centres and...

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🎧NEW PODCAST🎧 FHS Associate Professor Lyana Patrick's 3-episode mini-series, From Ceremony Up, is now available! The conversations center the work and perspectives of #Indigenous people working within #BC's health and justice systems. 🔗: www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve... #SFU #SFUFHS #Health #Justice

FHS community members launch podcast series centering Indigenous health and justice

FHS Associate Professor Lyana Patrick is launching a new podcast mini-series that centers the work and perspectives of Indigenous people working within health and justice system in British Columbia. P...

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Thrilled to see the amazing research of FHS professor @profplum8.bsky.social recognized with an SFU Research Excellence Award! 🎉 Lee is the Scientific Co-Director of @bridgerc.bsky.social and leads a national interdisciplinary team to help strengthen Canada's readiness for future health emergencies

Simon Fraser University@sfu.ca · 4mo ago

Congrats to the winners of the 2026 SFU Research Excellence Awards, which recognize outstanding scholarly achievement, leadership and impact across disciplines. This year's recipients are Mark Jaccard, Kelley Lee, Laura Marks, Angel Chang, Cher Hill & Caterina Ramogida. www.sfu.ca/research/res...

@candrugpolicy.bsky.social is becoming an independent not-for-profit organization! 🎉 We're proud to see this SFU research project evolving and establishing itself as an advocate for people who use substances throughout Canada. 🔗: www.sfu.ca/fhs/news-eve... #CDPC #Advocacy #HealthPolicy

CDPC becomes independent not-for-profit organization

The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition is evolving and will officially become a not-for-profit organization based in British Columbia

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