Nominations Open for 2025 Black Leaders in Health Awards
November 19/2024
The annual awards celebrate and amplify the work of Black leaders who have had a significant impact on health and health systems in Ontario. By Ishani Nath Updated: November 27, 2024 Nominations for DLSPH’s 2025 Black Leaders in Health Awards are now open. The annual awards were created to bring...
Results from the 2024 Ontario Health System Quality and Innovation Awards Ceremony
October 21/2024
Guests gathered at the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus at the University of Toronto, on Thursday, September 26, 2024, to celebrate the finalists of the 2024 Ontario Health System Quality and Innovation Awards. Hosted by the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), the awards ceremony featured seven categories: Improved Patient...
Two research teams awarded grants toward student mental health studies
July 08/2024
Faculty members Emily Seto and Daniel Grace receive 2023-24 Inlight Research Development Grants for studies focusing on student mental health. By Elaine Smith Professors Emily Seto and Daniel Grace are among five University of Toronto (U of T) researchers who have been awarded 2023-24 Inlight Research Development Grants to advance knowledge...
New educational tool on Black Health launches in Canada
March 21/2024
Black Health Primer addresses challenges in receiving adequate and unbiased health care By Elaine Smith A new online course on Black health and anti-Black racism in the Canadian health-care system will now be available to learners across Canada, and its creators say the tool will be a momentous step in...
DLSPH Professor Honoured by TTC During Black History Month
February 28/2024
Dr. Roberta K. Timothy is one of 11 Black Torontonians being celebrated for their leadership, with likenesses captured by artists for display in subway stations and buses for Black History Month By Elaine Smith Walk into Toronto’s St. George subway station in February and you’ll see a mural of a...
These researchers explore how Latine/x newcomers experience housing and health
February 02/2024
The two-year study will explore housing and health challenges unique to Latine/x newcomers. By Elaine Smith Professor Amaya Perez-Brumer, an early career researcher at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), and her co-researchers have been awarded a Connaught Community Partnership Grant to study the unique housing challenges facing...
Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into Academia
September 26/2023
Two common threads are woven through Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle’s prolific 2023 public health research output: the importance of recognizing that Indigenous knowledges are as valid and as crucial as Western perspectives and the need to consult Indigenous peoples when conducting health research. She is committed to ensuring that Western institutions...
RSV Immunizations Are Coming. This U of T Researcher Is Helping Parents Prepare
July 05/2023
By Ishani Nath RSV researchers have been waiting for this moment for decades. Two new ways to protect children from respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, are on the verge of becoming available in Canada. Even though the majority of children will get infected by age 2, “most parents...
“I Just Don’t Want People to Feel Broken and Misunderstood”
May 16/2023
DLSPH Students Lead Studies to Support Student Mental Health By Heidi Singer Two research teams at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health are studying student mental health in close partnership with the best experts on the subject – students themselves. Both teams received funding from a new University of...
UNICEF Report Underscores Urgency of Childhood Vaccinations, U of T Researcher Says
April 21/2023
By Ishani Nath The pandemic drastically set back routine immunizations leaving millions of children in Canada and around the world vulnerable to preventable diseases, according to a new report from UNICEF. “This underscores the urgency of this situation,” says Prof. Shelly Bolotin, Director of the Centre for Vaccine Preventable...