2011 News

Dr. Cam Coady Foundation Lecture Series, April 5, 2011

Be sure not to miss this event.

Affirming Equity

Strengthening Health Care Financing & Delivery

SFU Health Research Day - May 12, 2011

About the Health Network: The purpose of the Health Network is to initiate regular consultations with all the health-related units and interests at SFU for the purpose of establishing linkages and developing new structures and opportunities for health related research and educational programs at SFU.

Dr. Robert Hogg – New President Elect for the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR)

At the April 2011 Annual General Meeting of CAHR, FHS researcher Dr. Robert Hogg was voted president-elect

FHS welcomes Dr. Margo Moore to the Dean’s Office.

Dr. Margo Moore has accepted a one-year secondment from the Dept. of Biological Sciences (BISC) for the position of FHS’ Associate Dean – Education effective September 1, 2011

Dr. Mark Lechner - FHS's new Chair of the Undergraduate Programs Committee

FHS Senior Lecturer Dr. Mark Lechner has accepted a one-year term appointment as Chair of the FHS Undergraduate Committee effective September 1, 2011.

New Book - A Concise Introduction to Mental Health in Canada

By Elliot Goldner, Emily Jenkins, Jessica Palma and Dan Bilsker

Bust dust to toxin-proof children

Bruce Lanphear, an expert on children’s environmental health, is an advisor to the Ontario-based Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE). The organization brings together 11 collaborators to address environmental health issues affecting children.

Rising star touts "free" health university

Simon Fraser University senior lecturer Kate Tairyan’s pitch to help create the world’s first free university has made her a Canadian Rising Star. Tairyan, who teaches in SFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences, is one of 19 Canadian innovators to be chosen in the first phase of Grand Challenges Canada’s Canadian Rising Stars in Global Health initiative. All receive a grant of $100,000 to take their “bold” ideas to the next level.

HIV/AIDS treatment

SFU Dean of Health Sciences John O’Neil, one of several SFU researchers on Dr. Julio Montaner’s research team at the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, agrees with Montaner’s message

Health Sciences PhD Program Approved!

FHS is pleased to announce that the BC Ministry of Advanced Education approved our new PhD degree in Health Sciences on July 20th, 2011.

FHS Peer Mentorship: Who We Are

The Peer Guidance Project is a group of 3rd and 4th year Health Sciences students who are here to help first year FHS students make the transition into university life.

SFU health scientist Bruce Lanphear, the recipient of the 2011 SFU Prize in support of controversy, has just co-authored a new study showing prenatal BPA exposure worsens in girls' behaviour

Researchers, including one at Simon Fraser University, say girls exposed to higher bisphenol A (BPA) levels in their mothers’ womb exhibit more anxious, hyperactive and depressive symptoms by age three than girls with lower levels.