Staff Spotlight: Elizabeth Samuels
Elizabeth Samuels, SPPH’s Communications Specialist, tells stories about the people and research that sets SPPH apart.
Spotlight on Staff: Kristina Jenei
One of the School of Population and Public Health’s greatest assets is the people that support important research and facilitate the education of health leaders. In this new series, we will be featuring some of our incredible staff so you can get to know them better and learn about their impressive backgrounds. Kristina Jenei, SPPH’s […]
Dr. Annalee Yassi is being recognized for her COVID-19 project serving front line workers
Dr. Annalee Yassi, Professor at the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Health and Capacity-Building has been awarded a medal for her exceptional contributions and service to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Yassi received the award from the Vancouver Medical, Dental and Allied Staff […]
Social and economic inequities open the door for COVID-19’s uneven distribution
SPPH graduate students and faculty on the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), inequity, and the burden of COVID-19.
Meet Our Alumni: Scott Emerson, MSc
Scott Emerson graduated from the Master of Science (MSc) program at the School of Population and Public Health in early 2018, and is now a Research Coordinator at UBC’s Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), a collaborative, interdisciplinary research network that focuses on complex early child development (ECD) topics. “From a career perspective, the most […]
Student Research: Investigating Canadians’ abilities to access cancer screening
School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) research is looking at how cancer screening rates differ across Canadian provinces to identify potential barriers to accessing these services.