U of T Researcher Receives WHO Grant to Explore Ethics of Travel Bans
January 27/2021
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Researchers recently received a WHO grant to examine the legality of travel bans. “The legal side of things was traditionally of the opinion that travel bans are ineffective and unlawful. COVID has really put this idea to the test, and we wondered what...
DLSPH Researchers to Test COVID Masks in New Ways
January 26/2021
DLSPH Prof. James Scott is breaking new ground in determining the effectiveness of anti-COVID face masks, thanks to $1.2 million from the Ontario government for equipment that measures filtration much more accurately. Scott, head of DLSPH's Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, will perform the next-generation testing in the same...
It Takes a Village: Black-Led Database is Accepting Canadian Data
January 20/2021
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH DLSPH Asst. Prof. Roberta Timothy is launching a Black-run and led survey to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the African and Black diaspora. “This project is about life and death for our community. Too many people know someone who got COVID or...
Sierra Leone Spared from High COVID Deaths
January 18/2021
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH COVID-19 is not yet a leading cause of death in Sierra Leone, U of T researchers have found. Prof. Prabhat Jha, an epidemiologist with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Queen Elizabeth Scholar (QES) Ashley Aimone applied the same methods as...
New DLSPH Course Explores Overpolicing in Black Communities
December 18/2020A ground-breaking course being offered at DLSPH this spring will allow students to analyze the public health implications of race-based criminal justice data in real-time – as Canadian governments are releasing the information. In 2020, the Ontario government mandated the collection of race-based data across the criminal justice system, from...
CanCOVID Welcomes New Theme Leaders
December 10/2020CanCOVID is delighted to announce the appointments of Dr. Katrina Milaney, Dr. Louis Flamand, Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine and Dr. Sue Horton as its new theme leaders. "We are thrilled to welcome our new theme leads to CanCOVID to help contribute the best available evidence and expertise for the pandemic response,” says Prof. Vivek Goel, Network Science...
DLSPH Researchers, Scarsin to Collaborate on COVID Decision Support
December 09/2020
Some of Canada’s leading pandemic readiness, response and resilience experts will join forces to support public health decision makers with powerful decision support and evidence-based reporting. Researchers based at the University of Toronto’s Institute for Pandemics (IFP) will collaborate with Markham-based Scarsin Corporation to advise on and support the deployment...
On-Campus Students: Learn Whether You’ve Been Exposed to COVID
November 30/2020
Calling on all U of T students who live on campus or have a documented reason to attend any of the three campuses regularly. You are invited to participate in a critical study to learn whether you have been previously exposed to COVID-19. Researchers from the Dalla Lana School of...
DLSPH Researchers Test Healthcare Workers for COVID-19 Antibodies
November 26/2020
U of T researchers are offering COVID antibody tests to a sampling of health care workers in the Greater Toronto Area and other Canadian cities in an effort to better understand how many have been infected by the virus -- and how best to keep providers safe. The "COVID-19 Cohort...
Pandemic Information Overload? U of T Experts Deliver Custom Data to Your Inbox
November 23/2020
Anyone in Ontario can now receive free daily emails with details of COVID-19 cases in their postal codes, thanks to researchers from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and their partners at the howsmyflattening.ca website. The next-generation version of the site includes an interactive open-source monitoring system to support...