Kiffer G. Card

Prof. Kiffer G. Card, PhD, is an expert on the social and environmental determinants of health and wellbeing.

Currently, he is the Scientific Director of the Canadian Alliance for Social Connection and Health, President and Chair for the Mental Health and Climate Change Alliance, President of the Island Sexual Health Community Health Centre, Director of Research for GenWell, and an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University.

At SFU, he leads the Healthy Ecologies and Lifestyles (HEAL) Lab, where he and his team study the socio-ecological determinants of health and well-being, with an emphasis on community and social connection, health equity, and emotional distress. Through his academic research, Dr. Card has trained over 50 research assistants, undergraduates, graduate trainees, and postdoctoral fellows. Together Dr. Card and his lab members are advancing our understanding of how to build happier and healthier communities in the face of multiplying public health crises, including climate change, pandemics, and economic turmoil.

In recognition of Dr. Card’s academic excellence, he has received multiple highly competitive awards, including The 2021 MSFHR Scholar Award, The 2020 CIHR-IHSPR Rising Star Award, The 2018 CTN Postdoctoral Award, The 2018 MSFHR Trainee Award, and The 2018 CIHR Health Systems Impact Fellowship.

Supported by these awards, and approximately $25 million dollars in grant funding, Dr. Card’s work has been featured in more than 200 lay and academic publications, more than 100 academic conference presentations, and nearly 100 news media interviews. Through these outputs and his advocacy, Dr. Card has made significant impacts on healthcare policy and practice and provided training opportunities for the next generation of researchers and practitioners in Canada.

To learn more about Dr. Card’s research works, please visit his Google Scholar profile.