Angela Kaida

This is a photo of the Academic Quadrangle at the SFU Burnaby campus. Outside of the building, its a sunny day and there are students sitting on benches.
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SFU professor challenging health inequities for communities affected by HIV

Natalie Cooke January 19, 2023

SFU’s health science associate professor, Angela Kaida, is leading a global research program that investigates health inequities experienced by women and youth affected by HIV. In regards to treatment access, Kaida found “HIV and the clinical features of the virus often play a smaller role in influencing sexual and reproductive health compared with other social determinants of health, including the impacts of socio-structural environments and political decision making.”  Kaida has a personal understanding of the effects of HIV. She was born in Kenya, and saw the impacts HIV had on her family members across East Africa. Kaida explained to the…

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A professor on the right is pointing at a very large screen and lecturing to a lecture hall full of students on the right side of the photo. They are at wooden tables that curve inwards to face the professor at the front of the room.
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Seeking professor-nal help

Charlene Aviles January 16, 2022

January is the time of new beginnings and a new semester so The Peak reached out to professors from several departments to get their advice for students. Transitioning into the Spring 2022 semester Dr. Torsten Kehler, department of English: I…

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Black Academic Success in Sciences: A Conversation

Charlene Aviles March 18, 2021

SFU health sciences recently hosted Black Academic Success in Sciences: A Conversation where Black professors and students detailed their journey and resilience in the field.  Moderated by Dr. Henrietta Ezegbe, the event featured SFU health science associate professors Dr. Angela…

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