🚨New Podcast Episode🚨

How Processed Foods Affect Your Health
In this episode, we discuss what makes a food a processed food, how processed foods affect your health and whether you should be concerned if they’re in your diet.

Listen here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0P33T6…

A systematic review published in #BMCPublicHealth finds that potential gains to health associated with rising housing prices are inequitably distributed. bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

🚨New Article🚨: The impact of housing prices on residents’ health: a systematic review

“Potential gains to health associated with rising housing prices are inequitably distributed.”

Read: link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Ashmita Grewal Dr. Marina Adshade, Ph.D. Scott Lear, PhD SFU Health Sciences Kirk Hepburn

The proportion of Canadians who believe it should be mandatory for kids to be vaccinated to attend school has dropped 15 points from 2019.

angusreid.org/canada-vaccine…

And a good opportunity to remind everyone that my book on crowdfunding can be accessed for free here: academic.oup.com/book/46852

I've a new article (w/ Ashmita Grewal) on abortion-related crowdfunding post-Dobbs. Campaigns promoting abortion access did well following a leak of the Dobbs decision, especially compared to pre-Dobbs and abortion restricting campaigns onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… 1/4

Efficiency over empathy? The current care model prioritizes metrics over meaningful connections. Let's advocate for care that values human interaction and local cultures. #HumanConnection #EmpatheticCare
johnmenadue.com/crushing-the-h…

'Anoop's social media feeds... went from tips on how to curb chemotherapy-induced nausea to eventually serving him a perpetual stream of health and wellness grifters trying to peddle unsubstantiated, pseudo-scientific cures for incurable cancer.'
thestar.com/opinion/contri…

In an increasingly turbulent world, Universal Health Coverage is needed more than ever to protect people's health and well-being.

As we mark #UHCDay , let's advocate for #HealthForAll to build a healthier, more resilient world.

🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/48etXTq

There's still time to register for the launch of the Community Engaged Research During Health Crisis Handbook tomorrow. All attendees get a free book! 📚
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UBC's School of Population and Public Health
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Gender and Public Health Emergencies
CIHR Institute of Gender & Health Register here - sfu.ca/ceri/events/he…

Grateful for @CIHR's support of our work with Companion Link to support befriending initiatives among people at risk for cognitive impairment!

Read more: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53698.html

Youth are clear on the importance of the outdoors for their wellbeing. How can we make sure they get access when they need it - At home, at school, in their communities?

Outdoor Play Canada @PlayOutsideUBC

Please take a moment to read this entire thread.

DYK? For every person who dies during pregnancy or delivery, about 100 more have a near-miss event.

A new Hub led by Isabelle Malhamé is working to make these reproductive health inequities history by addressing pregnancy-related near-miss events.

ℹ️ bit.ly/3ZGmtFK

🚨New Paper🚨

'These findings suggest that psilocybin ... may feasibly help in supporting survivors of adverse childhood experiences with particularly strong benefits to those with more severe childhood adversity.'

Read more: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Happy thanksgiving weekend from some of SFU Health Sciences’s lovely grad students 💪💓

This is such important info!

“Scientists are driven by the quest for beauty as much as artists are”

I’ve never liked how science and art are often talked about as two separate categories that don’t speak to one another — I personally love both!

Appealing to the Crowd by Jeremy Snyder (my MSc supervisor) is one of the most interesting books i’ve read, and a must read for everyone 👏🏻

It provides crucial insight into the practice of crowdfunding and its’ impacts!

academic.oup.com/book/46852

I've written a book on the ethical and political dimensions of charitable crowdfunding. I'm excited that there is an open access version available now. I would be very happy to discuss the ideas from the book in a class or public seminar Oxford Philosophy academic.oup.com/book/46852