Improving Health Outcomes in Canada’s North: A Practicum Experience
December 14/2017
By: Rebecca Biason, Communications and Events Coordinator, IHPME With the summer sun shining an average twenty-two hours a day in Yellowknife, capital of the Northwest Territories, alongside its scenic and rural landscape and slightly cooler temperatures, it would be easy for one to think of this northern region as vastly...
DLSPH Open: Reflecting on our brand story
December 14/2017Dear colleagues, Over the last year, our community has been deeply engaged in figuring out how to tell our shared story – who we are, why we do the work we do, and our unique edge in improving health and health systems in Canada and globally. Referred to as the...
Motorcycle Crashes Five Times More Deadly Than Car Accidents
November 21/2017
Motorcycle accidents caused three times the injuries, ten times the severity, six times the medical cost, and five times the deaths as car accidents, U of T researchers found in a recent study. "We know that the additional risk associated with driving a motorcycle has not translated into improvements in...
Dr. Cesar Victora: Think Locally, Act Globally
November 20/2017On October 25, 2017, DLSPH's Office of Global Public Health, Education and Training hosted Dr. Cesar Victora for the 2017 The John R. Evans Lectureship in Global Health. His talk was titled: Think Locally, Act Globally: How research carried out in Pelotas contributed to equitable global policies. https://youtu.be/4B5UMYrvasI Dr. Victora...
Flu vaccine prevents hospitalization in children
November 17/2017Children vaccinated against influenza are significantly less likely to experience serious complications from the virus that could land them in hospital, new research led by Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) PhD candidate Sarah Buchan. “Our study shows that flu vaccines are effective at preventing influenza hospitalizations in young...
Celebrating U of T health innovation
November 10/2017
By Elaine Smith Three University of Toronto entities celebrating anniversaries this year have made major contributions in narrowing the gap between research and impact, making health care accessible to everyone, and improving health worldwide. The year 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of Connaught Laboratories (now Sanofi Pasteur Canada), the 90th...
Global health students present at Canadian Conference on Global Health
November 06/2017Three DLSPH students presented at the Canadian Conference on Global Health in Ottawa from October 29-31 where the theme was to “leave no one behind.” Michelle Amri, PhD in Social and Behavioural Health Sciences – Predictors of Alcohol Consumption Among Pregnant Mothers in Colombia: An urban-rural and age analysis. Marin...
DLSPH Open: Anniversaries, Student & Alumni Engagement, Renewing our Story
November 06/2017Dear colleagues, Like many of you, I’m in the midst of teaching, conferences and a slew of activities that make for a full calendar, but it’s fantastic to see members of our community coming together at our various events and celebrations. We have lots about which we should be proud....
Spotlight on Canada’s health-care system during Bernie Sanders’s visit to Toronto this weekend
October 26/2017
By: Noreen Ahmed-Ullah, Associate Editor and Senior Reporter, UofTNews As he tries to build a movement for universal health care south of the border, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ much-anticipated trip to Toronto this weekend is meant to be a fact-finding mission on Canada’s health-care system. The most popular politician in America,...
Recent immigrants more likely to receive aggressive care at end of life
October 17/2017By: Rebecca Biason, Communications and Events Coordinator, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation University of Toronto researchers studied patterns of end-of-life care among patients of different cultures, religions and ethnicities and found that recent immigrants identified as those who arrived between 1985-2015, were significantly more likely to receive aggressive care...