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Innovative, interdisciplinary teaching and research that span the molecular to the social. #SFUFHS BlueSky: sfu-fhs.bsky.social
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http://www.sfu.ca/fhs 12-11-2009 16:43:32
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Interior Health Dr. Chris Buse, Assistant Professor at SFU Health Sciences emphasizes the importance of using research in climate change and emergency preparedness.



Increasing activity later in life may prevent accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques. Study found people who became active had less brain Aβ burden compared to those who reduced activity or remained inactive Alzheimer's Association: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… #exercise #FitnessMotivation

Exercise daily, eat your fruit and veg ... for most of the world, privileged prescriptions like these may not actually do much to reduce the risk of heart disease. Find out why: ow.ly/eoV250VXrYw SFU Health Sciences Scott Lear, PhD


A study led by FHS asst prof Nicole Catherine found that the Nurse-Family Partnership showed promise in reducing exposure to intimate partner violence #IPV while also improving #MentalHealth for young first-time mothers and their children. theconversation.com/preventing-exp… #SFUFHS #SFU

New research from HELP Affiliate Dr. Nicole Catherine and colleages at SFU Health Sciences Children's Health Policy Centre found that young mothers and their children facing intimate partner violence benefit from the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program. Read now 👉hubs.la/Q03p7QrP0




Just out! Some new research led by Helen McTaggart-Cowan from SFU Health Sciences / BC Cancer that I was involved with. We used a discrete choice experiment to elicit patient preferences for physiotherapy services post-surgery for breast cancer. Link: academic.oup.com/ptj/advance-ar…


FHS assistant professor Prof. Kiffer Card and SFU Math professor Caroline Colijn's work on social impacts of vaccines is helping to inform current behaviours around other infectious disease challenges like measles. #SFUFHS #SFU #SFUResearch #SocialEpidemiology #Epidemiology

Assistant Professor Lyana Patrick spoke with Michael Smith Health Research BC about her first feature film, "Nechako: It Will Be A Big River Again" which follows Saik’uz and Stellat’en First Nations' fight to restore the Nechako River healthresearchbc.ca/news_article/n… #SFUFHS #SFU #BC


Christine Schwartz of the Children's Health Policy Centre spoke with CBC News: The National re: the benefits of early prevention, school-based programs to divert youth from misusing substances. #YouthSubstanceUse #SFUFHS #SFUResearch #SubstanceUseDisorders youtube.com/watch?v=WhAliS…
