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On-Campus Students: Learn Whether You’ve Been Exposed to COVID
Calling on all U of T students who live on campus or have a documented reason to attend any of the three campuses regularly. You are invited to participate in a critical study to learn whether you have been previously exposed to COVID-19. Researchers from the Dalla Lana School of...
DLSPH Researchers Test Healthcare Workers for COVID-19 Antibodies
U of T researchers are offering COVID antibody tests to a sampling of health care workers in the Greater Toronto Area and other Canadian cities in an effort to better understand how many have been infected by the virus -- and how best to keep providers safe. The "COVID-19 Cohort...
The 2020 Arbor Awards Recognizes Volunteerism Online This Year
Alumni Terry Sullivan, Susan Campisi, Malcolm Moffat, Lauren Della Mora and Taylor Martin received an Arbor award as a recognition for their volunteerism at DLSPH and IHPME. The Arbor Awards recognize alumni who personify the very best attributes of the University’s motto, Velut Arbor Aevo – May it grow as a tree through the...
Pandemic Information Overload? U of T Experts Deliver Custom Data to Your Inbox
Anyone in Ontario can now receive free daily emails with details of COVID-19 cases in their postal codes, thanks to researchers from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and their partners at the howsmyflattening.ca website. The next-generation version of the site includes an interactive open-source monitoring system to support...
The kids are in crisis — and COVID-19 is making it worse
By Robert Cribb, Staff Reporter Declan Keogh, Investigative Journalism Bureau One in seven Ontario students in grades 7 to 12 say they harmed themselves on purpose in the past year. One in six had serious thoughts of suicide. One in three say that there was a time in the past year...
Prof. Vivek Goel Named Next President and Vice-Chancellor of University of Waterloo
Vivek Goel, a renowned public health expert who served six years at the head of the University of Toronto’s research division, is leaving U of T to become the University of Waterloo’s seventh president and vice-chancellor. Goel, a professor in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME) at...
Maame’s Story: Making Connections Through a Pandemic
By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer The pandemic has not stopped Maame De-Heer. The DLSPH student switched gears this Spring and began exploring ways to get involved in issues she cares about online. De-Heer was recently selected as a delegate to RBC’s Future Launch’s Fast Forward 2020 – Youth Summit –...
A Collaborative Specialization in Community Development Thrives Online
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH As online communities thrive, Prof. Blake Poland is teaching students about community development through his meetup group. “The basic idea is to create an opportunity for students interested in community development to come together in a learning space where they can share and...
DLSPH Open: Key Global Health Appointments
Dear students, staff, alumni and faculty members, I am delighted to announce two key global health appointments that will strengthen our School’s commitment to researching and educating in the area of global health equity, particularly in the analysis of policy interventions and in strengthening public health systems. Prof. Erica Di Ruggiero, Director of DLSPH’s Centre for Global Health, has been named...
Creating Safer Environments for Canada’s Soldiers
For the first time in his 30 years with the Canadian Armed Forces, Major Gary Johnston will be remembering Canada’s war dead by watching a ceremony on TV. “I don’t think I’ve really come to terms with it yet,” says Johnston, a Bioscience Officer with the Department of National Defence,...