Jennifer Heighton Ed Yong is not here Simon Fraser University pippsbc It has been so good! It will be worth the effort. As a #LongCovid patient since April 2020. This has been one of the best and most accurate discussions I have watched. I have participated in forums/symposiums/summits all over the world looking for potential treatment options.

Last night's event with the wonderfully thoughtful and thoughtprovoking Ed Yong was recorded and we're working as quickly as we can to get the video edited and then up on the SFU Graduate Studies YouTube channel as soon as possible. It will be here: youtube.com/@sfugraduatepo…

Join me next Wednesday for this important discussion! Women hotel workers were deeply affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, but their stories remain hidden. Hear from these women & from the report authors who told their stories. lnkd.in/gVpwbBQU

Kayli, you did such a great job on the air! Thank you for sharing your story with the world.

Research Assistant - DIY Air Cleaner Project | Apply by April 12 | $30-35/hr | 312 Main, Vancouver, BC / remote | May - August 2024 | It requires a commitment of at least 15 hours per week More info: ow.ly/N8Y850R8CfZ

A new Conversation article from Julia Smith, PhD and Simran Purewal, with some great recommendations for researchers working with community partners: “Preparing for the next health crisis: COVID-19 showed the importance of community-engaged research.”

Last week, our Unit director Monica Mamut joined a community roundtable led by Pulitzer-prize winning science journalist, Ed Yong, organized by pippsbc. The roundtable included the long COVID patient and caregiver community, health researchers and more.

Do not miss out on the abstract submission deadline 14th April to participate in the #WOHC2024 . ISAAA_AfriCenter Anthropological Association of Kenya UoN Anthropology & Gender University of Nairobi Deputy Vice Chancellor RIE UoN Vashti 🇰🇪🇹🇿🇸🇽 Kaylee Byers, PhD IDRC Animal Health AfOHNet One Health Centre in Africa

The recording from the Ed Yong keynote + panel event on #LongCOVID from April 4 is officially out!! 🎉 Please share everywhere 🙂 pippsbc SFU Graduate Studies youtu.be/BjNy1rn0yPk?si…

In this The Conversation Canada article, Kaylee Byers, PhD et al. assert that we need to recognize the critical role of social sciences if we are to meaningfully integrate #OneHealth into primary pandemic prevention in Canada: tinyurl.com/488p8sm3

FHS assistant professor Kaylee Byers, PhD - one of our resident #OneHealth experts - discusses why it's essential to include social sciences as one the multiple disciplines needed to build a robust pandemic prevention strategy in Canada. #SFUFHS #HealthResearch #PandemicPrevention

.CBC News caught our air cleaners team in action in Hundred Mile House this week: youtube.com/watch?v=yPctWV… They brought air cleaner kits to Carter Vigh's school to help the students build air filters to take home with them. Information and instructions: bclung.ca/diyaircleaners

Thank you for highlighting this fantastic PIPPS project from Dr. Anne-Marie Nicol and her student dream team this summer — Prem Gundarah, Riley Condon, Sameen Fatima, Matthew Edwards, and Genevieve Cheng!

Applications to the expedited avian influenza #FundingOpportunity close July 11. Whether you study public health, veterinary medicine, environmental science, epidemiology, or other areas, this One Health funding opportunity is for you! Details: researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtn…

Did you know 1 in 9 Canadians have experienced Long COVID? We share what we've learned from people living with Long COVID, their caregivers & clinicians here - theconversation.com/making-visible… Based on crucial research led by Kayli Jaimeson, Kaylee Byers, PhD & Dr. Rackeb Tesfaye SFU Health Sciences SFU Research

Long Covid photo exhibit in the works at the Museum of Vancouver in 2025! 📸 If you're in BC & have long COVID, please consider sharing photos for this campaign. You don't have to use your real name 📸 Ty to pippsbc! surveymonkey.ca/r/YourPhotos

Another article from this year’s President’s Dream Colloquium in #OneHealth. This one from Raymond Ho on How ‘One Health’ clinics support unhoused people and their pets theconversation.com/how-one-health… via The Conversation Canada SFU Graduate Studies SFU Health Sciences Simon Fraser University

Another insightful piece from Prof. Kiffer Card. We have vaccines in Canada, and we need to pay more attention to global vaccine equity. Also, "we must be especially ready to adopt a reasoned public health response that prioritizes vaccines for the communities that need them the most."