2025 News

FHS professor Kelley Lee co-led a newly released report which emphasized the need for Canada to continue to leading on issues of global cooperation in order to protect health at home and abroad

FHS Assistant Professor Kaylee Byers was named as SFU's 2024 Emerging Thought Leader Newsmaker of the Year

SFU announced yesterday that FHS Associate Professor Travis Salway is one of the recipients of a 2025 Excellence in Teaching Award!

FHS adjunct professor and alumnus Vishal Jain and FHS Master of Public Health candidate Farhang Ahadzadeh both received King Charles III Coronation Medals in 2025 in recognition of their service and contributions to communities in British Columbia

Assistant Professor Lyana Patrick and her team hosted an experiential learning and cultural safety project utilizing traditional Indigenous learning approaches to support health care providers and urban Indigenous people in better understanding their challenges and strengths.

February 11 is International Day of Women and Girls in Sciences. We have compiled a list highlighting the work of the women in our Faculty over the past year.

Robert Hogg, Faculty of Health Sciences associate dean, research and professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, has received a King Charles III Coronation Medal in recognition of his exceptional service to communities in British Columbia. Photo: Freepik. Photo inset: Submitted.

Andrew Beckerman is launching The Blanche and Charlie Beckerman Scholar in Public Health Innovation fund at the SFU Faculty of Health Sciences. Assistant Professor Kiffer Card will be the first named Scholar. Photo: Freepik. Photo inset: Submitted.

FHS Assistant Professor Nicole Catherine and her team at the Children's Health Policy Centre found in their latest study that the Nurse-Family Partnership improved health outcomes for families, including a reduction in intimate partner violence, and an increase in income.

Browse the highlights from 2024 in the Faculty of Health Sciences Year in Review