Q&A with Howard Hu: Chemical Weapons
April 06/2017Following news of chemical attacks in Syria, Howard Hu, Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, explains how chemical weapons work and why they are inhumane as weapons. He is a Professor of Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Global Health, and Medicine and has led human rights fact-finding missions on the effects...
DLSPH Hosts Unprecedented National Consultation on HIV Prevention for People in the Sex Industry
April 05/2017
For the first time in North America, public health researchers gathered sex workers and people who work with them from across Canada to discuss the impact that HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) will have on the sex industry. In October 2016, a group of 50 women, men and trans people...
U of T students place second at Emory Global Health Case Competition
March 30/2017
A multidisciplinary team of University of Toronto graduate students placed second and received the Participants’ Choice Award after competing against 23 teams from international institutions at the 2017 Emory Global Health Case Competition on March 25, 2017. The student team consisted of six graduate students from the Dalla Lana...
Global health researchers receive $500K grant to build capacity and exchange global talent
March 27/2017
Public health researchers at the University of Toronto received funding from the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Advanced Scholars Program to strengthen the capacity of tomorrow’s global health leaders. Professors Erica Di Ruggiero and Prabhat Jha received close to $500,000 over four years to enable global talent exchange and...
DLSPH-TIFF Partnership explores migration’s impact on health in Fire at Sea Screening
March 13/2017
On March 3, 2017, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health in partnership with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) hosted a screening of Fire at Sea, an award-winning documentary that illustrates the complex and compounding health issues facing migrants during their migration and resettlement. Approximately 150 students, faculty,...
Appointment of Professor Adalsteinn Brown as Interim Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health
March 09/2017Sent on behalf of the Office of the Vice President & Provost, Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & Provost I am pleased to announce that the Agenda Committee of Academic Board has approved of the appointment of Professor Adalsteinn Brown as Interim Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), from...
Six public health and health services students receive Gordon Cressy Award
March 08/2017Three Dalla Lana School of Public Health and three Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation students received a Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award in recognition of their outstanding volunteer contributions to the University of Toronto community on February 28, 2017. This year’s recipients include: Linda Kachuri (PhD Epidemiology), Kathleen...
Student Blog – Income Security: A Seat at the Table for Public Health
February 28/2017
DLSPH Student Blog By: Adrina Zhong, Antu Hossain, Jaya Raghubir, Joy Dawkins, & Rachel McGihon Co-chairs of the 9th Annual DLSPH Student-Led Conference Income is arguably the determinant of all determinants of health. It has far-reaching impacts on the quality of life and is pervasive over the life-course. That’s why a...
Racism: The Missing Social Determinant of Health
February 15/2017By: Liam Mitchell, Associate Director of Communications, Faculty of Medicine. Doctors and public health practitioners have long known that the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age have a profound impact on their health. They refer to those factors as the social determinants of health. But there...
Think Afro-Pink!
February 13/2017
Mid-way through Black History Month, approximately 15 mother-daughter pairs will dance their way to better breast health at Think Afro-Pink, a breast cancer awareness event on February 17, 2017 at U of T’s Hart House hosted by public health researchers. Participating in a Zumba class is a fun way to...