Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society
@pipps.bsky.social
We're a research institute based at Simon Fraser University, focused on strengthening British Columbia’s capability to prevent, prepare for and respond to major infectious disease events.
Aidez-nous à mieux comprendre la santé des immigrant·e·s francophones en C.-B. en participant à notre sondage! (Help us better understand the health of French-speaking immigrants in BC by participating in our survey!)
Santé des immigrant·e·s francophones en Colombie-Britannique - Sondage - RésoSanté C.-B.
Participez à notre sondage pour aider à améliorer la santé des immigrant·e·s francophones en Colombie-Britannique.
resosante.ca
January 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Aidez-nous à mieux comprendre la santé des immigrant·e·s francophones en C.-B. en participant à notre sondage! (Help us better understand the health of French-speaking immigrants in BC by participating in our survey!)
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FHS/PIPPS researchers - Anh Pham, Julia Smith, @kiffercard.bsky.social @kayleebyers.bsky.social Esther Khor - found that social determinants of health can greatly impact health-related quality of life in #BC #LongCovid patients.
🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MedSky #SFUResearch #SDoH
🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MedSky #SFUResearch #SDoH
Exploring social determinants of health and their impacts on self-reported quality of life in long COVID-19 patients - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Exploring social determinants of health and their impacts on self-reported quality of life in long COVID-19 patients
www.nature.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:33 PM
FHS/PIPPS researchers - Anh Pham, Julia Smith, @kiffercard.bsky.social @kayleebyers.bsky.social Esther Khor - found that social determinants of health can greatly impact health-related quality of life in #BC #LongCovid patients.
🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MedSky #SFUResearch #SDoH
🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#MedSky #SFUResearch #SDoH
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New paper from @pipps.bsky.social research fellow Haaris Tiwana and FHS Assistant Professor and PIPPS researcher Julia Smith examines how collaborating with religious leaders can address concerns and help improve vaccination uptake.
#MedSky #PublicHealth #SFU #SFUResearch
#MedSky #PublicHealth #SFU #SFUResearch
Our researchers Haaris Tiwana and Julia Smith have a new article in Policy Options: "Bridging faith and public health to overcome vaccine hesitancy.
Collaborating with religious leaders can help produce culturally-sensitive campaigns and address concerns specific to religious groups. Haaris Tiwana and Julia Smith explain how bridging faith & public health could help overcome vaccine hesitancy. Here's how: policyoptions.irpp.org?p=114763
December 5, 2024 at 8:45 PM
New paper from @pipps.bsky.social research fellow Haaris Tiwana and FHS Assistant Professor and PIPPS researcher Julia Smith examines how collaborating with religious leaders can address concerns and help improve vaccination uptake.
#MedSky #PublicHealth #SFU #SFUResearch
#MedSky #PublicHealth #SFU #SFUResearch
Our researchers Haaris Tiwana and Julia Smith have a new article in Policy Options: "Bridging faith and public health to overcome vaccine hesitancy.
Collaborating with religious leaders can help produce culturally-sensitive campaigns and address concerns specific to religious groups. Haaris Tiwana and Julia Smith explain how bridging faith & public health could help overcome vaccine hesitancy. Here's how: policyoptions.irpp.org?p=114763
Vaccine hesitancy can be bridged through collaboration with religious leaders
Collaborating with religious leaders can help produce campaigns that are culturally sensitive and address concerns specific to religious groups.
policyoptions.irpp.org
December 5, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Our researchers Haaris Tiwana and Julia Smith have a new article in Policy Options: "Bridging faith and public health to overcome vaccine hesitancy.
Our researchers Haaris Tiwana and Julia Smith have a new article in Policy Options!
Collaborating with religious leaders can help produce culturally-sensitive campaigns and address concerns specific to religious groups. Haaris Tiwana and Julia Smith explain how bridging faith & public health could help overcome vaccine hesitancy. Here's how: policyoptions.irpp.org?p=114763
Vaccine hesitancy can be bridged through collaboration with religious leaders
Collaborating with religious leaders can help produce campaigns that are culturally sensitive and address concerns specific to religious groups.
policyoptions.irpp.org
December 5, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Our researchers Haaris Tiwana and Julia Smith have a new article in Policy Options!
Congratulations to @kayleebyers.bsky.social!
Congratulations to the FHS faculty members who secured 7 team research awards in the 2024 @healthresearchbc.bsky.social Convening and Collaborating (C2) and Reach competitions! 🎉
Learn more about their projects:
www.sfu.ca/.../2024/202...
#SFUResearch #SFUFHS #SFUHealthSciences #HealthResearch
Learn more about their projects:
www.sfu.ca/.../2024/202...
#SFUResearch #SFUFHS #SFUHealthSciences #HealthResearch
November 27, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Congratulations to @kayleebyers.bsky.social!
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This wasn’t planned but today I joined Blue Sky and the province also announced a 3rd case of Chronic Wasting Disease in British Columbia. This 100% fatal prion disease affects cervids and threatens wildlife conservation and food sovereignty.🧵
November 21, 2024 at 9:32 PM
This wasn’t planned but today I joined Blue Sky and the province also announced a 3rd case of Chronic Wasting Disease in British Columbia. This 100% fatal prion disease affects cervids and threatens wildlife conservation and food sovereignty.🧵
We have just added a few more in-person and online tickets for @edyong209.bsky.social's upcoming talk on Long COVID, April 4, 7 pm PST in Vancouver.
Tickets are free. Please join us!
There will be ASL. A recording will be made available about a week after the event.
Tickets are free. Please join us!
There will be ASL. A recording will be made available about a week after the event.
Ed Yong Public Lecture on Long Covid
Ed will speak on
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March 28, 2024 at 8:11 PM
We have just added a few more in-person and online tickets for @edyong209.bsky.social's upcoming talk on Long COVID, April 4, 7 pm PST in Vancouver.
Tickets are free. Please join us!
There will be ASL. A recording will be made available about a week after the event.
Tickets are free. Please join us!
There will be ASL. A recording will be made available about a week after the event.
Reservations (in-person or online) now open for Ed Yong's talk on Thursday, April 4: What Reporting on Long COVID Taught Me.
www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
March 5, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Reservations (in-person or online) now open for Ed Yong's talk on Thursday, April 4: What Reporting on Long COVID Taught Me.
www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
Reservations now open for Dr. Chris Schell's One Health talk on Thursday, March 28: Cities of futures past: Examining the social-ecological legacies affecting urban biodiversity and ecosystem health.
www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
Chris Schell
Join Chris Schell as he speaks on "Cities of Futures Past: Examining the Social-Ecological Legacies Affecting Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health" on March 28 at 7:00 pm, SFU Vancouver
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March 4, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Reservations now open for Dr. Chris Schell's One Health talk on Thursday, March 28: Cities of futures past: Examining the social-ecological legacies affecting urban biodiversity and ecosystem health.
www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
We're excited to hear from @juliaheather.bsky.social on the impact of moral distress on healthcare workers, now available on the Care2Listen podcast! careforcaregivers.ca/julia-smith/
February 26, 2024 at 5:45 PM
We're excited to hear from @juliaheather.bsky.social on the impact of moral distress on healthcare workers, now available on the Care2Listen podcast! careforcaregivers.ca/julia-smith/
Calling all Long COVID patients in BC! We are excited to launch the PhotoVoice project 'A Day in the Life of a Longhauler.’
We plan to virtually and physically display your submissions as an art exhibit that showcases your lived experiences.
More info: surveymonkey.ca/r/YourPhotos
We plan to virtually and physically display your submissions as an art exhibit that showcases your lived experiences.
More info: surveymonkey.ca/r/YourPhotos
February 26, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Calling all Long COVID patients in BC! We are excited to launch the PhotoVoice project 'A Day in the Life of a Longhauler.’
We plan to virtually and physically display your submissions as an art exhibit that showcases your lived experiences.
More info: surveymonkey.ca/r/YourPhotos
We plan to virtually and physically display your submissions as an art exhibit that showcases your lived experiences.
More info: surveymonkey.ca/r/YourPhotos
Chronic wasting disease has been detected in British Columbia deer, and we need to act now.
Dr. Kaylee Byers writes, "We’re in this together. And together we can work to protect wildlife and the people and economies that depend on them."
Dr. Kaylee Byers writes, "We’re in this together. And together we can work to protect wildlife and the people and economies that depend on them."
Chronic wasting disease has been detected in British Columbia deer, and we need to act now
B.C. has operated a surveillance program for over 20 years to detect chronic wasting disease, a fatal condition with no cure or vaccine. The disease has now been detected in deer in the province.
theconversation.com
February 16, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Chronic wasting disease has been detected in British Columbia deer, and we need to act now.
Dr. Kaylee Byers writes, "We’re in this together. And together we can work to protect wildlife and the people and economies that depend on them."
Dr. Kaylee Byers writes, "We’re in this together. And together we can work to protect wildlife and the people and economies that depend on them."
You're invited to a free public lecture on Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Western Canada. This Thursday, February 15, 7 pm, online or at SFU Harbour Centre.
Reservations: www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/... (This lecture will not be recorded.)
Reservations: www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/... (This lecture will not be recorded.)
February 12, 2024 at 9:21 PM
You're invited to a free public lecture on Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Western Canada. This Thursday, February 15, 7 pm, online or at SFU Harbour Centre.
Reservations: www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/... (This lecture will not be recorded.)
Reservations: www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/... (This lecture will not be recorded.)
Join Métis and Cree researcher, educator, and writer, Dr. Tabitha Robin (UBC) as she speaks on Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Western Canada, part of our One Health lecture series.
Thursday, February 15 | 7 pm PST | no recording of this event. Learn more & RSVP: www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
Thursday, February 15 | 7 pm PST | no recording of this event. Learn more & RSVP: www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
February 7, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Join Métis and Cree researcher, educator, and writer, Dr. Tabitha Robin (UBC) as she speaks on Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Western Canada, part of our One Health lecture series.
Thursday, February 15 | 7 pm PST | no recording of this event. Learn more & RSVP: www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
Thursday, February 15 | 7 pm PST | no recording of this event. Learn more & RSVP: www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
We're delighted to welcome the world (remotely) to our One Health talk with Dr. Salome Bukachi, Thursday at 7 pm at SFU Vancouver.
You still have time to register if you'd like to join us in person, or via zoom webinar.
You still have time to register if you'd like to join us in person, or via zoom webinar.
Salome Bukachi
Learn more about Prof. Salome Bukachi and her talk: One Health and the changing global health landscape – The neglected heartbeat on January 25, 7:00 pm at Harbour Centre. RSVP Today!
www.sfu.ca
January 25, 2024 at 12:24 AM
We're delighted to welcome the world (remotely) to our One Health talk with Dr. Salome Bukachi, Thursday at 7 pm at SFU Vancouver.
You still have time to register if you'd like to join us in person, or via zoom webinar.
You still have time to register if you'd like to join us in person, or via zoom webinar.
Next week we launch a 5 part One Health free public seminar series. Our first speaker, Salome Bukachi, will be talking about One Health and the Changing Global Health Landscape.
Join in person/online: sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
Join in person/online: sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
Salome Bukachi
Learn more about Prof. Salome Bukachi and her talk: One Health and the changing global health landscape – The neglected heartbeat on January 25, 7:00 pm at Harbour Centre. RSVP Today!
sfu.ca
January 18, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Next week we launch a 5 part One Health free public seminar series. Our first speaker, Salome Bukachi, will be talking about One Health and the Changing Global Health Landscape.
Join in person/online: sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
Join in person/online: sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
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I wrote an op-ed for the NYT about what reporting on long COVID has meant to me—how I approached it, the impact it had, and how it taught me to be a better journalist.
This piece is sort of a manifesto for a journalism grounded in compassion, rigor, and care.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...
This piece is sort of a manifesto for a journalism grounded in compassion, rigor, and care.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...
Opinion | Reporting on Long Covid Taught Me to Be a Better Journalist
Covering long Covid solidified my view that science is not the objective, neutral force that it is often caricatured to be.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2023 at 3:06 PM
I wrote an op-ed for the NYT about what reporting on long COVID has meant to me—how I approached it, the impact it had, and how it taught me to be a better journalist.
This piece is sort of a manifesto for a journalism grounded in compassion, rigor, and care.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...
This piece is sort of a manifesto for a journalism grounded in compassion, rigor, and care.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/o...
New BMC Public Health paper from PIPPS team members
@juliaheather.bsky.social and Alice Mũrage!
Multifaceted precarity: pandemic experiences of recent immigrant women in the accommodation and food services sector.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@juliaheather.bsky.social and Alice Mũrage!
Multifaceted precarity: pandemic experiences of recent immigrant women in the accommodation and food services sector.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Multifaceted precarity: pandemic experiences of recent immigrant women in the accommodation and food...
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected those who face historical and ongoing marginalization. In centering pandemic experience of recent immigrant women in the accommodation and food servic...
link.springer.com
December 13, 2023 at 9:17 PM
New BMC Public Health paper from PIPPS team members
@juliaheather.bsky.social and Alice Mũrage!
Multifaceted precarity: pandemic experiences of recent immigrant women in the accommodation and food services sector.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@juliaheather.bsky.social and Alice Mũrage!
Multifaceted precarity: pandemic experiences of recent immigrant women in the accommodation and food services sector.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Two new PIPPS Research Briefs from @juliaheather.bsky.social and Haaris Tiwana, about the Turnover Intent among doctors, nurses, and in-home or community care providers in British Columbia. See the Resources section at pipps.ca
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Pacific Institute on Pathogens Pandemics and Society
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November 24, 2023 at 6:54 PM
Two new PIPPS Research Briefs from @juliaheather.bsky.social and Haaris Tiwana, about the Turnover Intent among doctors, nurses, and in-home or community care providers in British Columbia. See the Resources section at pipps.ca
How can we do Community-Engaged Research well during a Health Crisis?
Free event, November 23 at 4 pm, from the Community-Engaged Research Initiative and @juliaheather.bsky.social's team.
www.sfu.ca/ceri/events/...
Free event, November 23 at 4 pm, from the Community-Engaged Research Initiative and @juliaheather.bsky.social's team.
www.sfu.ca/ceri/events/...
How can we do Community-Engaged Research well during a Health Crisis?
Join us for the launch of CER during Health Crises and an engaging conversation about doing research well at a time when this work can be most challenging.
www.sfu.ca
November 22, 2023 at 5:47 PM
How can we do Community-Engaged Research well during a Health Crisis?
Free event, November 23 at 4 pm, from the Community-Engaged Research Initiative and @juliaheather.bsky.social's team.
www.sfu.ca/ceri/events/...
Free event, November 23 at 4 pm, from the Community-Engaged Research Initiative and @juliaheather.bsky.social's team.
www.sfu.ca/ceri/events/...
Our researchers Julia Smith @juliaheather.bsky.social and Simran Purewal have released a new paper!
Towards more caring and consultative crisis management: perspectives and experiences from women healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic bmjleader.bmj.com/content/7/Su...
Towards more caring and consultative crisis management: perspectives and experiences from women healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic bmjleader.bmj.com/content/7/Su...
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November 15, 2023 at 7:33 PM
Our researchers Julia Smith @juliaheather.bsky.social and Simran Purewal have released a new paper!
Towards more caring and consultative crisis management: perspectives and experiences from women healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic bmjleader.bmj.com/content/7/Su...
Towards more caring and consultative crisis management: perspectives and experiences from women healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic bmjleader.bmj.com/content/7/Su...
How can we rapidly detect new flu variant strains to inform vaccine development and get protected during flu season? Caroline Colijn and her team have described how to use machine learning to predict the likeliest strains.
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
November 6, 2023 at 8:09 PM
How can we rapidly detect new flu variant strains to inform vaccine development and get protected during flu season? Caroline Colijn and her team have described how to use machine learning to predict the likeliest strains.
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Today is #OneHealthDay!
Please join us in spring 2024 for the President’s Dream Colloquium on One Health. This @SFU_GradStudies course is also open to senior undergrads, and we will be announcing the speakers in the free public lectures at www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
Please join us in spring 2024 for the President’s Dream Colloquium on One Health. This @SFU_GradStudies course is also open to senior undergrads, and we will be announcing the speakers in the free public lectures at www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
November 3, 2023 at 8:52 PM
Today is #OneHealthDay!
Please join us in spring 2024 for the President’s Dream Colloquium on One Health. This @SFU_GradStudies course is also open to senior undergrads, and we will be announcing the speakers in the free public lectures at www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
Please join us in spring 2024 for the President’s Dream Colloquium on One Health. This @SFU_GradStudies course is also open to senior undergrads, and we will be announcing the speakers in the free public lectures at www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/...
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EPA has tested Corsi-Rosenthal boxes for aerosolized virus removal and (as expected) they worked very well, built by adults or by 5th graders. today.uconn.edu/2023/10/epa-...
EPA Testing Shows the Power of D-I-Y Air Filters to Trap Viruses - UConn Today
The results are in: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency research testing of do-it-yourself ‘Corsi-Rosenthal Box’ indoor air filters shows they are 99% effe ...
today.uconn.edu
October 31, 2023 at 3:19 PM
EPA has tested Corsi-Rosenthal boxes for aerosolized virus removal and (as expected) they worked very well, built by adults or by 5th graders. today.uconn.edu/2023/10/epa-...