pandemic
Research Roundup: SFU researchers develop AI tool to better diagnose COVID-19 cases
July 1, 2020SFU Researchers and Providence Health Care (PHC) are using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to better understand how to detect COVID-19 cases. The tool, which is currently under testing in St. Paul’s Hospital, will help clinicians distinguish between COVID-19 pneumonia and non-COVID-19 pneumonia. It works together with other diagnosis tools like Computed Tomography (CT) scans by analyzing a chest X-ray image to help confirm if the pneumonia’s characteristics are consistent with COVID-19. Yağız Aksoy, an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing Science, helped create the machine’s learning algorithms that enables the AI tool to analyze X-ray images. “Instead of doctors checking…
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Multiple student groups victim to break-ins on campus in the past few months
June 30, 2020Embark, Out On Campus (OOC), and The Peak’s offices have all been subject to break-ins and petty theft over the past few months. Ashley Brooks, Out On Campus coordinator, found out about the break-in on April 3, shortly after the…
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SFU C19 Coalition is needed to keep the university working for students
June 29, 2020Formed shortly after the university closed its doors when the COVID-19 pandemic hit BC, the SFU C19 Coalition has gained widespread support across the university. From grad students to undergrads to staff members, the Coalition is fighting for the rights…
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People need to stop using the present to excuse and ignore past injustices
June 28, 2020Catastrophic wildfires in Australia, a global pandemic, and worldwide anti-racism protests, amongst other impactful events, all equal a 2020 that never seems to end. At least, that’s what people keep saying. In reality, these types of tragedies and injustices happen…
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SFU researcher co-leads international team that examines the impact of COVID-19 on gender
May 26, 2020SFU 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…
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Faster and cheaper COVID-19 testing kits are being developed by SFU researchers
May 19, 2020SFU Post-Doctoral Fellow Lena Dolgosheina and Professor Peter Unrau of molecular biology and biochemistry are using their previously developed imaging technology called Mango to help produce cheaper and faster COVID-19 testing kits. In an email interview with The Peak, Dr.…
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SFU professor leads research project on global coordination in response to COVID-19 pandemic
May 18, 2020SFU health sciences professor Dr. Kelley Lee and her team are looking at the measures taken by countries in response to COVID-19. Dr. Lee’s team, which is based in Vancouver, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Washington, D.C., was granted $500,000 in…
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Vancouver residents protest COVID-19 regulations with #EndtheLockdown
May 17, 2020“Make Orwell Fiction Again,” read a tweet under the #EndtheLockdown hashtag on Twitter, a trend created by individuals protesting the current government orders regarding COVID-19. In the Vancouver area beginning in April 2020, participants gathered and rallied against the pandemic…
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