Dean’s Message: May 2015 – Strategic Planning, Towards 2021 and Beyond
May 01/2015Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to share that our School is initiating a strategic planning exercise, Towards 2021 and Beyond, this summer to chart the course for our growing faculty. A renewed strategic plan will mobilize and energize the School. I’ve asked Professors Dan Sellen, Associate Dean of Research, and Adalsteinn Brown,...
Dean’s Message: April 2015
April 01/2015Dear colleagues, On April 27, I was humbled to join Professor Chandler Davis — a well-known author, academic and selfidentified socialist — in conversation at the third Dr. Zofia Pakula Public Lecture Series. It was a truly inspiring discussion that tickled my activist roots and reminded me why I chose to focus...
Dean’s Message: March 2015
March 01/2015Dear colleagues, I am delighted to announce that the official name of the School’s Institute for Indigenous Health is now the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health. The Institute is among the first of its kind in the world and was created at the School in June 2014 with a $10-million...
Dean’s Message: February 2015
February 01/2015We have seen a remarkable rise of infectious diseases in the last year. From the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to the resurgence of measles in North America, it is clear that public health education is crucial now more than ever. One of the unique challenges about public health is...
Dean’s Message: November/December 2014
November 01/2014As we approach the holiday break, I’ve reflected on the last year and feel tremendously proud of our School. This autumn in particular was a busy time for our School’s faculty, staff, alumni and students. I often mention our steep growth trajectory and this was very true this fall with...
Dean’s Message: October 2014
October 01/2014When preparing for my General Faculty Meeting presentation on October 22, I felt an overwhelming sense of pride in our School’s tremendous accomplishments since achieving faculty status 15 months ago. From the IHPME transition, the Big Data workshop, Michael and Amira Dan’s $10-million gift and the Global Health Summit, the...
Welcome back, Dalla Lana School of Public Health Community
September 01/2014It is with great joy that I see the Dalla Lana School of Public Health community spring back to life this fall. One of the things that I enjoy most about kicking off the new school year is giving the Introduction to Public Health: Past, Present and Future lecture to...
Two U of T health powerhouses unite to make a greater collective impact on public health
July 01/2014By Nicole Bodnar On July 1, 2014, the University of Toronto's Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation moved from the Faculty of Medicine to the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. This transition creates one of the world’s largest public health schools with a shared vision of improving health...
Within Reach of Everyone: The Birth, Maturity and Renewal of Public Health at U of T
May 01/2014An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Prevention is the foundation of public health and Canada once boasted one of the strongest and most innovative public health systems in the world. Toronto in particular has a dramatic history of public health leadership, research and education, and this...