A new research group based at SFU has received a major funding grant totalling $14.6 million to help support public confidence in and access to vaccines, in preparation for future pandemics.

The Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Consortium will be led by Kelley Lee, professor in SFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences, alongside co-director Ève Dubé, adjunct professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Université Laval. The funding comes from the Canada Biomedical Research Fund and Biosciences Research Infrastructure Fund—Stage 2 and the BC Knowledge Development Fund.