In the News
DLSPH Open: New Senior Advisor, Equity and Inclusion
Dear DLSPH community, In the midst of very difficult times, I’m very pleased to share some good news: Asst. Prof. Akwatu Khenti, a longtime DLSPH faculty member and health equity and stigma researcher, has been appointed to a new position at DLSPH as Advisor, Equity and Inclusion. As a school, we are committed...
It Takes a Village: Black-Led Database is Accepting Canadian Data
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH DLSPH Asst. Prof. Roberta Timothy is launching a Black-run and led survey to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the African and Black diaspora. “This project is about life and death for our community. Too many people know someone who got COVID or...
The 501 Blues: How worried should we be about novel SARS-2 variants?
By Dr. David Fisman, Epidemiologist and Professor at DLSPH Over the Christmas break news began to circulate of a novel SARS-2 variant, which had appeared in southern England in September 2021 and which has rapidly become the dominant strain of SARS-2 across England. Particularly worrisome is the fact that this...
Dr. Paul Kurdyak appointed Chair in Addiction and Mental Health Policy at IHPME
by Alisa Kim, Communications Officer at IHPME As a medical student, Dr. Paul Kurdyak was drawn to psychiatry because of his love of stories. Providing mental health care, he says, involves not only identifying a particular condition, but also understanding how that illness affects an individual’s ability to function, and...
Sierra Leone Spared from High COVID Deaths
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH COVID-19 is not yet a leading cause of death in Sierra Leone, U of T researchers have found. Prof. Prabhat Jha, an epidemiologist with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Queen Elizabeth Scholar (QES) Ashley Aimone applied the same methods as...
DLSPH Remembers Cathy Fooks
It is with a very sad and heavy heart that I share the news of the untimely passing of Cathy Fooks due to a tragic accident. Since July 2020, Cathy held the role of Patient Ombudsman for Ontario, after 13 years as the President and CEO of The Change...
New DLSPH Course Explores Overpolicing in Black Communities
A ground-breaking course being offered at DLSPH this spring will allow students to analyze the public health implications of race-based criminal justice data in real-time – as Canadian governments are releasing the information. In 2020, the Ontario government mandated the collection of race-based data across the criminal justice system, from...
CanCOVID Welcomes New Theme Leaders
CanCOVID is delighted to announce the appointments of Dr. Katrina Milaney, Dr. Louis Flamand, Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine and Dr. Sue Horton as its new theme leaders. "We are thrilled to welcome our new theme leads to CanCOVID to help contribute the best available evidence and expertise for the pandemic response,” says Prof. Vivek Goel, Network Science...
DLSPH Researchers, Scarsin to Collaborate on COVID Decision Support
Some of Canada’s leading pandemic readiness, response and resilience experts will join forces to support public health decision makers with powerful decision support and evidence-based reporting. Researchers based at the University of Toronto’s Institute for Pandemics (IFP) will collaborate with Markham-based Scarsin Corporation to advise on and support the deployment...
DLSPH Open: End of Year Recap
Dear Colleagues, We are nearing the final months of the most eventful year in modern history. It's hard to sum up what 2020 has meant for our School, but I'll attempt to share just a few of the highlights. We recognized internal leaders at DLSPH. Prof. Audrey Laporte became IHPME’s...