2022 News

New research highlights the challenges women healthcare providers (HCPs) experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic which contributed to heightened moral distress, providing insights into ongoing professional burnout

On October 6th, we excitedly welcomed the FHS Class of 2022 to the alumni family. Two of these new alumni, Aayush Sharma and Inaara Ismail, tell us about their journey getting involved throughout their undergraduate experiences.

Five FHS faculty received funding from Michael Smith Health Research BC to support knowledge translation (KT) activities that will help increase the impact of research discoveries

The Cities, Health, and Active Transportation Research (CHATR) Lab, led by FHS professor Meghan Winters, has developed an interactive mapping tool that categorizes bicycle infrastructure in communities throughout B.C. Photo: Paul Krueger

Chris Buse brings his interdisciplinary expertise in public health, sociology and policy science to the forefront as the newest assistant professor in FHS.

FHS alumnus Sarah Savić Kallesøe was recently accepted into Oxford’s DPhil of Population Health program with full funding for her studies and research from a prestigious scholarship.

FHS PhD candidate Josh Alampi is the lead author for a peer-reviewed publication that won the 2022 International Society for Environmental Epidemiology's (ISEE) Best Environmental Epidemiology Paper (BEEP) award. Co-authors for the award-winning paper include FHS professors Lawrence McCandless and Bruce Lanphear, along with professor emeritus Tim Takaro.

Two FHS researchers, Julia Smith and Muhammad Zohaib Anwar, have been awarded MSHR BC 2022 Research Trainee and Scholar Awards, respectively.

FHS assistant professor Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon will be co-leading the development of an ethics module for two projects within the new NIH Bridge to Artificial Intelligence initiative

Two FHS professors, Angela Kaida and Meghan Winters, were named as College Members of the Royal Society of Canada for 2022.