Welcoming Steini Brown as Interim Dean & Global Health Achievements
April 07/2017Dear Colleagues, First, many of you have seen the Provost’s announcement that Professor Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown will serve as Interim Dean for the Dalla Lana School of Public Health beginning on July 1, 2017 when I transition into my administrative leave/sabbatical. As you all know, Steini has served as Director...
Q&A with Howard Hu: Chemical Weapons
April 06/2017Following news of chemical attacks in Syria, Howard Hu, Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, explains how chemical weapons work and why they are inhumane as weapons. He is a Professor of Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Global Health, and Medicine and has led human rights fact-finding missions on the effects...
Appointment of Professor Adalsteinn Brown as Interim Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health
March 09/2017Sent on behalf of the Office of the Vice President & Provost, Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & Provost I am pleased to announce that the Agenda Committee of Academic Board has approved of the appointment of Professor Adalsteinn Brown as Interim Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), from...
Howard Hu stepping down as Dean on July 1, 2017
March 01/2017Dear friends: I am writing to let you know (as some of you read Cheryl Regehr’s message that was sent to the University of Toronto community in January) that after five terrific and rewarding years leading the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, including four as the inaugural Dean, I...
VIDEO: John Evans Lectureship explores if Affordable Universal Health Coverage is Achievable Worldwide
February 22/2017
The Fall 2016 John R. Evans Lectureship in Global Health featured Professor Barbara McPake, Director, Nossal Institute for Global Health, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne Is Affordable Universal Health Coverage Achievable Worldwide? Public-private model challenges in Brazil and beyond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpXzIj44cKQ&feature=youtu.be Panelists: Dr. Audrey Laporte, Associate Professor...
Nominations for the Advisory Committee for the Director of IHPME
January 17/2017MEMORANDUM TO: Faculty, Staff, and Students of the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation FROM: Howard Hu, Dean, Dalla Lana School of Public Health DATE: January 17, 2017 RE: Nominations for the Advisory Committee for the Director of the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation On June 30,...
The Trump Effect on Public Health
December 14/2016On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump will take office as the 45th President of the United States. If he delivers on the alarming promises he made throughout his campaign, not only will the health of Americans be adversely affected by the so-called “Trump effect,” but so will the health of...
Dr. Suzanne Stewart named Director of the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health
December 09/2016Dr. Suzanne L. Stewart is the new Director of the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health as of January 1, 2017, following a search conducted by representative committee of Indigenous and DLSPH leaders facilitated by a firm specializing in recruiting for Indigenous academic positions. “I am delighted to welcome Suzanne to...
VIDEO: Dean’s Leadership Series explores how public health can enable everyone have a good life until the last breath
November 14/2016
On November 1, 2016, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health in partnership with the Institute for Global Health Equity and Innovation hosted the second Dean’s Leadership Series to explore the provocative question: “A good death for all: what would it take?” Approximately 200 members of the U of T...
Dean’s Team repsonse to 2016 Town Halls
October 06/2016Howard Hu, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D. Dean Professor of Environmental Health, Epidemiology and Global Health Professor of Medicine Dear Students, Two-way communication between students and Faculty leadership is critical to strengthening the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and ensuring our trajectory of growth is mutually beneficial for everyone. A number...