2018 News

Julia Smith receives SSHRC funding to research the expansion of the Chinese tobacco industry in East Africa.

Meghan Winters is co-leading a study to investigate if and how developing Vancouver’s Arbutus Greenway will make the city a healthier and happier place to live, work and play.

The success of SFU's Health Change Lab was a key catalyst for the creation of the Surrey City Lab, announced last week as a three-year collaboration between SFU, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) and the City of Surrey.

FHS students travelled internationally for 'life changing' experiential learning courses in South Africa, and at the US/Mexico border.

Zabrina Brumme has been seconded from her position as Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences and appointed Director of Canada's leading HIV laboratory program at the BC-CfE.

Over the summer, the Brockman-Brumme Lab hosted an event called "Science engagement night: Insights into HIV Research", where members from community organizations came to network with researchers and tour the lab facilities.

Almost 200 new undergrads joined the Faculty of Health Sciences this month, including Emily Lam who has won a prestigious scholarship award.

Rosa Balleny has received the Pula Award in Health Sciences, which honours an undergrad student who has "demonstrated history of or expressed interest in doing research work in the area of HIV/AIDS.”

Does single room accommodation housing shape women’s drug- and health-related outcomes, including their risk of overdose? Alexandra Collins, a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences, recently won a 2018 Vanier Scholarship to address this question.

Postdoctoral fellow Stefanie Rezansoff’s interest in enhancing the quality of life for people living with severe mental illness and concurrent substance dependence has attracted attention from UNESCO and the L’Oréal Foundation.