Team
Leadership Team
Dr. David J. Price
Founding Dean and Special Advisor to the Provost & VP Academic
In July 2024, Dr. Price was appointed by SFU's Board of Governors as the University's founding dean of Medicine. Dr. Price is a practicing family physician and professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University, where he served as department chair for 15 years until 2021. He is a nationally recognized leader in family medicine and primary care, with extensive consulting experience across Canada and internationally. During his time as chair, he oversaw a significant expansion of the department, in part by establishing new family medicine residency locations in several communities. His research interests include interprofessional primary care practice policies. Dr. Price has a visiting faculty appointment in the department of Biomedical Physiology & Kinesiology in the Faculty of Science.
Dr. Maria Hubinette
Acting Associate Dean Academic and Special Advisor to the Provost & VP Academic
As acting associate dean, academic and special advisor to the Provost and Vice-President Academic, Dr. Maria Hubinette provides leadership for the development and implementation of undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education programs and accreditation. As a practicing family physician, her clinical work focuses on youth and women, particularly outreach to youth with barriers to accessing care, community-based mental health support and specialized care for sexual and gender-based violence survivors. Dr. Hubinette received her MD from UBC, completed her rural family practice residency program there, and took her Master of Medical Education from the University of Dundee, Scotland. She is a clinical professor in the department of family practice at UBC and has a visiting faculty appointment in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
Kris Magnusson
Senior Advisor to the Provost & VP Academic
Kris Magnusson, PhD is senior strategic advisor to the provost and vice-president academic and is presently the acting associate vice-president academic, teaching and learning. Kris has led several pivotal academic initiatives for the university, including the development and implementation of the School of Medicine's business case, and has been instrumental in guiding the School through the Senate and Board of Governors approval process. As a professor in the Faculty of Education, where he completed two terms as dean, Kris' scholarly work focuses on counselling psychology and career development. Prior to his tenure at SFU, he was a junior high school teacher, a college counsellor and as faculty member in counselling psychology at the University of Calgary and the University of Lethbridge.
Christine Burnell
Executive Director, Operations
Prior to joining the School of Medicine, Christine spent six years as the director, operations and administration with the Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. Before moving to Saskatchewan, Christine spent her lengthy career in post-secondary education in Ontario at the University of Toronto, York University and Ontario Tech University starting in student advising and growing into leadership and senior leadership roles. Christine is currently completing her MBA and has extensive experience in leading the strategic planning, finance, human resources, information technology, communications, project management and administration functions within large complex organizations.
Amanda Woodhall
Interim Executive Director, Operations
Amanda Woodhall is presently senior director at SFU's Faculty of Applied Sciences and will continue to serve as the School of Medicine's interim executive director, operations until December 2024. With over 25 years of dedicated service and leadership in post-secondary education, she has driven key initiatives and academic program start-ups that align with both faculty and institutional objectives, most recently in the design and development of the School of Sustainable Energy Engineering and the Surrey Campus Engineering Building.
Team
Amy Yang
Executive Assistant to Senior Advisor to the Provost & VP Academic
Brian Kwok
Director of Finance
Caroll Lai
Senior Advisor, Academic Affairs
Courtney Brown
Administrative Coordinator
Dana Andrews
Associate Director of Accreditation
Emily Pedlar
Administrative Coordinator
Enissa Alhashimi
Executive Assistant to Associate Dean, Academic
Jade Tran
Executive Assistant
Joban Machhiana
Administrative Coordinator
Margaret English
Senior Director, Health Partnerships
Martine Janicki
Senior Director, Technical Operations & Facilities
Maya Piddocke
Director, Interim Facilities
Nusaibah Husain
Administrative Coordinator
Priyadarshini Balaraman
Building & Facilities Officer
Rachel Sze
Executive Assistant to Executive Director, Operations
Reetu Sidhu
Coordinator, Finance & Research Administration
Ruby Sidhu
Executive Assistant to Dean
Stephanie Jackson
Administrative Coordinator
Steve Birnie
Director of Curriculum
Tracy Yiu
Special Projects Manager
Yan Huang
Manager, Operations & Administrative Services
The SFU School of Medicine team graciously acknowledges and thanks Dr. Roger Strasser, interim dean, Dr. Sarah Strasser, interim vice-dean, and Dr. Jon Meddings, former Dean of the University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, for their expertise, consultation and leadership for initial planning, accreditation and curriculum planning work on the business case proposal.