Ten DLSPH doctoral students named 2024 Vanier Scholars
August 13/2024
Six Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME) students and four Public Health Sciences (PHS) students were named 2024 Vanier Scholars, earning funding to support their doctoral studies. By Bonnie O’Sullivan, with content from Marielle Boutin’s IHPME article DLSPH is delighted to congratulate ten doctoral students who have been...
IHPME doctoral student awarded the Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award
April 25/2024One of U of T’s Awards of Excellence recipients, doctoral student Natasha (Yasmin) Sheikhan, is recognized for her academic achievements and work in advocating for patients’ rights in both research and community settings. By Elaine Smith “My health-care journey began as a patient in a system where I felt lost...
IHPME Student Awarded Prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
December 20/2023
Leighton Schreyer, IHPME student in the Health Systems Leadership and Innovation program at DLSPH, is among 11 Canadians awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. Leighton Schreyer, currently pursuing both the MD Program at Temerty Medicine and the MSc in Health Systems Leadership and Innovation (HSLI) at the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), is one of...
New Academic Centre Unites Four Health Sciences Faculties to Address Global Ecological Change
December 07/2023
A new academic centre aims to advance education, research, and impact in planetary health and sustainable health systems, fostering a better future for generations to come. By Stephanie Callan Climate change stands as one of the most significant threats to global health, with decades of research demonstrating both large...
DLSPH Further Develops Data Science Methods by Welcoming New Faculty Members
November 06/2023
Dear DLSPH Faculty and Staff, I am very pleased to share the news that we have recruited two new faculty members, Assistant Professors Camellia Zakaria and Jude Kong. They are part of our cluster hire strategy in Data Science Methods for Population Health & Health Systems that was initiated last...
This PhD student is filling a gap in research on intimate partner violence, brain injury and mental health
October 02/2023
Danielle Toccalino is one of two DLSPH PhD students who have received the Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Award for her research on intimate partner violence-related brain injury and the mental health of survivors. Her research is greatly needed – the body of literature that explores the impacts of brain injury...
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...
OHT Impact Fellows help build a learning health system in Ontario
August 14/2023By Alisa Kim For Dr. Nusrat Farhana, designing comprehensive systems of care is both an art and a science. Part of the challenge is “there is no recipe to follow, the problem is not necessarily clearly defined, and there may not be a known starting point of how to solve...
Want to counter health misinformation? There’s a course for that
July 20/2023
IHPME offering teaches students how to communicate effectively online By Alisa Kim Myths about the COVID-19 vaccine persist—for example, that it causes infertility or contains a microchip so governments can spy on their citizens—even though more than 12 billion doses have been given worldwide. “Everyone is getting their information online,...
Two DLSPH faculty members receive Connaught funding to support emerging partnerships
March 02/2023
By Bonnie O'Sullivan DLSPH researchers performed extraordinarily well this year in receiving awards from a University of Toronto fund that supports collaborations with community partners and nurtures early-stage researchers. Prof. Angela Mashford-Pringle, Associate Director of the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health, and Prof. Beverley Essue, faculty member at the Institute...