Updated: SFU experts available to discuss COVID-19

CONTACT:
Shradhha Sharma; University Communications and Marketing, 604.202.2504, shradhha_sharma@sfu.ca
Melissa Shaw; University Communications and Marketing, 236.880.3297, melissa_shaw@sfu.ca

* Indicates additions to the list

Simon Fraser University faculty experts continue to be available to comment on the impact of COVID-19. The latest additions to our experts’ list include faculty in health science, business and economics, criminology, environment, psychology, media and politics.

Topics:

• Health
• Business & economics
• Communication
• Criminology
• International relations
• Mental health and psychology
• Politics
• Seniors

HEALTH

Fiona Brinkman, molecular biology and biochemistry, brinkman@sfu.ca


• Self-isolation and preventing the spread of COVID-19

Lieke Ten Brummelhuis, Beedie School of Business, ltenbrum@sfu.ca


• Managing stress and stay focused while working remotely

Caroline Colijn, Canada 150 Research Chair in Mathematics for Evolution, Infection and Public Health, ccolijn@sfu.ca (has limited availability)


• COVID-19 infection, mathematical model

• Role of data modeling in predicting disease spread
• Effectiveness of physical distancing



Scott Lear, Pfizer/Heart & Stroke Foundation Chair in Cardiovascular Prevention Research, health sciences, 604.454.8542, slear1970@gmail.com

• Maintaining personal and physical health while working from home

Anne-Kristina Arnold, biomedical physiology and kinesiology, anne_kristina_arnold@sfu.ca

• Ergonomics and working from home
• Assessing the effectiveness of work stations
• How to make work station improvements for the longer term

Priyanka Mishra, Pio Lab, molecular biology and biochemistry, 210.454.1341, priyankamishra62@gmail.com


• Boosting immune systems

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Terri Griffith, Keith Beedie Chair in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, terri_griffith@sfu.ca


• Online learning
• Remote work and the government's plan to mobilize industry to fight COVID-19
• Strategies for returning to offices

Sarah Lubik, director, entrepreneurship/innovation, Beedie School of Business, slubik@sfu.ca


• Challenging companies to develop technology, products and solutions for COVID-19

Andrey Pavlov, Beedie School of Business, 604.763.3696, apavlov@sfu.ca


• Financial impacts
 
• Stock markets and long-term economic prospects

Jeremy Stone, director of SFU’s community economic development program, jeremy_stone@sfu.ca

• Economic recovery after disasters

• Economic resilience planning
• Economic development for community well-being

Kendra Strauss, labour studies, kstrauss@sfu.ca


• Labour markets
• Wages, labour and regulation



Anastasia Ufimtseva, Beedie School of Business, anastasia_ufimtseva@sfu.ca (fluent in Czech and Russian)

• Global governance
• Political economy of natural resources

• Impact of sliding oil prices on the global and Canadian oil and gas sector

COMMUNICATION

Sarah Anne Ganter, communication, sganter@sfu.ca

• Media governance and policy
• Impact on content industries, media job and revenue losses



Peter Chow-White, communication, 604.603.3794, peter_chow-white@sfu.ca

• Social media use during a crisis

Ahmed-Al Rawi, communication, aalrawi@sfu.ca

• Social media, news, global communication, disinformation

CRIMINOLOGY

Rylan Simpson, criminology,  rylan_simpson@sfu.ca

• Policing, police appearance and police effectiveness during COVID-19
• How police balance virus exposure risk with providing services
• Implications of police enforcement of governmental health orders

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS



Irene Pang, international studies, irene_pang@sfu.ca (fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin)


• State and societal responses to COVID-19 in China and Hong Kong



MENTAL HEALTH & PSYCHOLOGY

Charlotte Waddell, health sciences, director of SFU’s Children’s Health Policy Centre, charlotte_waddell@sfu.ca

• Supporting kids in times of COVID-19, see tips here

Grace Iarocci, psychology, grace_iarocci@sfu.ca

• COVID-19’s impact on autism community
• How autism community can cope with anxiety post COVID-19

Lara Aknin, psychology, laknin@sfu.ca


• Prosocial behaviour, well-being, happiness and social relationships

Tanya Broesch, psychology, 604.369.0128, tanya_broesch@sfu.ca


• How parents can talk to their kids about COVID-19
• Social learning
• Child development and culture

Andrew Feenberg, communication, feenberg@sfu.ca


• Online communities and education



Yuthika Girme, psychology, ygirme@sfu.ca

• Social support, social distancing, and relationships

Carman Neustaedter, School of Interactive Arts & Technology, 604.754.1191, carman@sfu.ca


• Social distancing and staying connected

POLITICS

Andy Yan, The City Program, ayan@sfu.ca


• Housing, rental market, government assistance announced for renters, urban planning and COVID-19's impact on cities

SENIORS

Gloria Gutman, gerontology, gutman@sfu.ca

• Senior's housing, long-term care, health promotion
• Age friendly hospitals and communities
• Seniors and emergency preparedness

 Dan Levitt, gerontology, dlevitt@taborvillage.org

•  Seniors care, assisted living, and long-term care
•  Leadership and ageism

Andrew Sixsmith, gerontology, andrew_sixsmith@sfu.ca

• Social isolation, technologies to connect people, technology policy and the digital divide



Andrew Wister, gerontology, wister@sfu.ca

• Seniors vulnerability to viral diseases, such as COVID-19

Habib Chaudhury, gerontology, chaudhury@sfu.ca

• Built environment and ageing, seniors housing
• Long-term care, age-friendly community, dementia friendly community

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