Professor Eileen de Villa appointed Toronto’s new Medical Officer of Health
February 01/2017By: Wynna Brown, Strategic Communications, City of Toronto On January 31, 2017, Toronto City Council approved the appointment of Dr. Eileen de Villa as Toronto’s new Medical Officer of Health as of March 27, 2017. "I'm very pleased with the appointment of Dr. de Villa," said Mayor John Tory. "Public health matters...
Dr. Barry Pakes reflects on first year as Nunavut’s deputy chief medical officer of health
January 31/2017
By Jim Oldfield, Writer, Faculty of Medicine Dr. Barry Pakes has been Nunavut’s deputy chief medical officer of health for almost a year. “It's hard to create comprehensive solutions to complex health problems when you're constantly putting out fires,” says Pakes, an assistant professor at the Dalla Lana School of...
Student Blog: President Donald Trump’s implications for public health
January 20/2017
DLSPH Student Blog By: Michelle Amri, MPA, PhD student Today, Donald Trump will become President of the United States of America. Throughout the presidential election process, Trump became infamous for his voluble election promises. While he did not make many commitments directly referencing public health, many of his pronouncements can provide...
Nutrition students create recipe planning tool for Toronto women’s drop-in centres
January 20/2017If a truck-load of kale was delivered to a regular Toronto restaurant chef, it would be next to impossible for them to sell enough salads to exhaust their inventory, but that’s exactly what chefs at a local Toronto women’s drop-in centre do every week. To help chefs at Sistering drop-in...
Q&A: Why Trump’s support for anti-vaxxers could lead to deadly outbreaks
January 19/2017Tomorrow, 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 Canadians and populations worldwide....
Q&A: Why Toronto needs supervised injection services
January 11/2017Across Canada and the United States, rates of overdose to opioid drugs, including Fentanyl, have sky-rocketed in recent years. The situation in British Columbia led the province to declare a public health emergency after 200 overdose deaths in the first four months of 2016. And this past summer, the former...
Professor Daniel Sellen pursues new opportunity with U of T’s Centre for Child Nutrition and Health
January 09/2017The Dalla Lana School of Public Health wishes Professor Dan Sellen success as he pursues a new opportunity with U of T’s Centre for Child Nutrition and Health as Director from January 1, 2017. “As our first Associate Dean of Research, Dan was a guiding force for the Faculty’s research...
DLSPH scholars explore resilient and responsive health systems at global symposium
January 09/2017The DLSPH had an impressive showing at the fourth annual Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Vancouver from November 15-18, 2016 that was hosted by the Canadian Society for International Health. The conference theme was resilient and responsive health systems for a changing world and tackled a number of...
Living near major traffic linked to higher risk of dementia
January 06/2017An international team of researchers has found that people who live close to high-traffic roadways face a higher risk of developing dementia than those who live further away. The study found that people who lived within 50 metres of high-traffic roads (like Ontario’s Hwy. 401) had a seven per cent...
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...