impact

SFU researcher co-leads international team that examines the impact of COVID-19 on gender

Written by: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer SFU researcher and department of Health Sciences faculty member, Dr. Julia Smith, is co-leading an international research project that analyzes the gendered impacts of infectious disease outbreaks like COVID-19.  Dr. Smith spoke with The Peak about her team’s research.  “The project aims to better understand [ . . . ] how the COVID response is affecting different genders differently,” explained Dr. Smith. She clarified that they are taking an intersectional approach; even though the overarching lens that is applied is a gendered lens, they are recognizing that there are other social determinants that affect…

Continue reading