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Closing Schools Effective Against COVID-19 – Hot Weather Doesn’t Help
U of T Researchers Publish First Peer-Reviewed Global Study Showing Summer Won’t End Transmission of the Virus By Heidi Singer University of Toronto researchers have found the first hard evidence that hot weather doesn’t help in the fight against COVID-19 -- but that closing schools does. “If we open schools...
DLSPH Open: The New Doctor of Public Health
Dear Colleagues, Having worked in both government and academia, I’ve long felt the need for deeper educational offerings that bridge these very different worlds to improve public health. Now, I’m pleased to share that a new DLSPH degree program will break fresh ground in this sphere. Our much-anticipated Doctor of...
It’s OK: We’re Not Working From Home, We Are At Home During a Pandemic
By Denny Choi (1st year MPH), Sarah Richter (1st year MPH), Sterling Stutz (1st year MPH), Anindita Marwah (2nd year MPH) "There is nothing I can do anymore. I can’t go out. I can’t go see people. I don’t even know when this will all end. I feel powerless and...
Your Questions Answered: COVID-19 and Health Equity for Marginalized Populations
On April 9, 2020, DLSPH hosted our third COVID-19 webinar, which explored the health disparities that COVID-19 has exposed among marginalized populations in Canada. Is COVID-19 the 'great equalizer'? Many disagree. While all levels of governments are trying to find ways to curtail the virus’ spread, measures like physical distancing,...
DLSPH appoints Olli Saarela as PHS Graduate Coordinator
Olli Saarela was appointed Graduate Coordinator of the Master’s and PhD programs in the Graduate Department of Public Health Sciences (PHS) at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health on May 1, 2020. Saarela is an Associate Professor of Biostatistics whose areas of interest include Bayesian inference, causal inference, epidemiological...
COVID-19 is a Deadly Threat to Children
by Natasha Crowcroft, Director of the University of Toronto's Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases; Professor, University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health and David Morley C.M., President and CEO, UNICEF Canada With the world anxiously awaiting a vaccine for COVID-19, the importance of vaccinations has not received such...
System Leadership and Innovation students demonstrate leadership in COVID-19 Response
It’s no coincidence that many of the U of T students leading the COVID-19 response are part of IHPME’s System Leadership and Innovation (SLI) Program. From curating resources and data to supporting health professionals and community members, several SLI students are emerging as future physician-leaders through system innovation and transformation....
Your Questions Answered – Understanding the Ethics of Using Restrictive Measures
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Two weeks ago, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health hosted its second COVID-19 webinar which explored the ethics of using restrictive measures in the control of infectious diseases. Responding to a pandemic through the healthcare system alone may not be effective. The...
NAO partners with WHO on COVID-19 information sharing
The North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (NAO) is contributing to domestic and international efforts to reliably track and document the policy interventions by federal, provincial and territorial governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “By creating a credible, open resource that captures the timing, intensity and range...
Natasha Crowcroft to lead WHO’s Measles and Rubella Program
Dr. Natasha Crowcroft has accepted an international leadership role with the World Health Organization (WHO) as Senior Technical Advisor - Measles and Rubella Control that she will begin later this spring. “I’m thrilled to take on this new challenge with WHO – my dream job following a decade of working...