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 Faculty of 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 Faculty of 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."

Spotlight on Kaylee Byers, PhD' research into Chronic Wasting Disease, first detected in BC earlier this year.

Really enjoyed this conversation with Daily Hive Vancouver but even more thrilled to see this photo I took at The Wildlife Society conference in Baltimore as the leading image. @maureenhmurray coined it RATional Geographic quality and you know I can’t resist a pun!

Amarachi is the first person to trust me to be her PhD supervisor and it was such a joy to celebrate her first conference award at this weekend’s #CCGH2024 conference 😭. I think you can tell by this photo that the OH-HI Science CoLab was very down to celebrate 🎉🎉🎉🎉 SFU Health Sciences

Congratulations to Sarah!