DLSPH Open: Mental Health at DLSPH
November 11/2019Dear colleagues, Over the last several months, mental health concerns were brought to the forefront at the University. I would like to acknowledge a number of individuals and initiatives that all members of our community can engage in to support their own — and each other’s — mental health and...
DLSPH Open: Meet our four new faculty members
October 03/2019Dear colleagues, This summer, four stellar faculty members began academic appointments at the DLSPH. Growing our community of scholars creates exciting new learning opportunities for our graduate students, opens the door to interdisciplinary research discovery, and is critical to delivering on our Academic Plan. I am delighted to welcome and...
DLSPH Open: Welcome Back!
September 06/2019Dear colleagues, It’s good to see the halls and elevators so crowded with people again! Welcome back to the faculty and students returning from fieldwork around the world or a well-deserved break. Welcome to our 13 new postdoctoral fellows and to our four newest faculty members: Roberta Timothy, SBHS Amaya...
Health System Reform Must Include Physicians
August 12/2019
Ontario has embarked on a bold experiment to transform care with a large focus on Ontario Health Teams or OHTs. At maturity, OHTs will be responsible for the full continuum of care within a community. As the Premier’s Council’s latest report suggests, OHTs should be able to provide an integrated...
DLSPH Open: Improving Quality with the IDEAS Project
June 12/2019When we cut health budgets, quality inevitably crumbles. But what if we set out to improve quality – and end up saving money in the process? This is exactly what IHPME researchers at the IDEAS Project have found over the last few years when they helped teams to improve care...
DLSPH Open: DLSPH’s First-Ever Academic Plan
May 02/2019Dear Colleagues, I’m pleased to announce that DLSPH’s first-ever Academic Plan has been approved by our School Council. This is the blueprint for our school’s guiding values and direction over the next five years. Many of you are already quite familiar with it, as the plan was forged through dozens...
Patient engagement in research can improve health and the health system
November 07/2018
Does engaging patients in research projects improve health? A comprehensive collection of 17 innovative Demonstration projects – from youth involvement in mental health services to suicide prevention, Indigenous health, children with complex medical needs and more – highlights the value of patient engagement in research. Engaging Patients in Health Research:...
Dean Steini Brown among experts advising Ontario on health-care policy
October 03/2018By: Chris Sorensen, Communications Officer University of Toronto A health-care advisory council struck by the Ontario government will draw on the expertise of Professor Adalsteinn Brown, Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. The province said today Brown is among the members of the council, first revealed back in June, that will...
Appointment of Professor Adalsteinn Brown as Dean, DLSPH
June 18/2018Sent on behalf of the Vice-President & Provost, Cheryl Regehr (PDAD&C #110, 2017-18) ______________________________________________________________________________________________ I am delighted to announce that the Agenda Committee of Academic Board has approved the appointment of Professor Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown as Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) for a five-year term, beginning...
DLSPH Response to Anti-Black Racism
March 22/2018Dear DLSPH Community: The Dalla Lana School of Public Health is committed to its core values of equity and diversity and condemnation of anti-Black racism, and all forms of discrimination and recognizes the central role that inequity plays in producing and shaping not only major public health concerns, but also...