Christina Ricci: Making Waves in Maternal Health
July 26/2021By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Christina Ricci is finally ready to hit the workforce after seven years of university studies. With a job waiting for her after graduation, Ricci says the transition from school to work will be effortless. For her first role at Public Health Agency Canada,...
Dean Brown Discusses Pandemic With DLSPH Alumni
July 21/2021
Ontario stands at a turning point in its progress against COVID-19, says Prof. Steini Brown, co-chair of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. If the province continues rolling out vaccines in a thoughtful and equitable way, we will see a strong return to normalcy. But stumbling could bring in a...
The Undervalued Potential of Good Samaritans
July 20/2021
DLSPH researchers have found that the world is undervaluing a cheap and potentially significant way to save many more lives from car accidents, overdoses, cardiac arrest and common worldwide diseases like malaria: basic first aid. A research team led by a Toronto emergency physician conducted a literature review finding that...
Thilaxcy Yohathasan: It’s Not the Way Things are Supposed to Be
July 15/2021
By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Thilaxcy Yohathasan’s journey to an MPH in Indigenous Health took many turns. She studied political science and planned to attend law school until a chance conversation with a roommate changed the course of her education and career. In a second-year class, she learned...
Iman Musani: Marrying Psychology and Public Health
July 14/2021
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Iman Musani, the outgoing co-president of DLSPH’s Public Health Student Association (PHSA), is headed back to school at U of T. After spending two years in DLSPH’s Division of Epidemiology, she will pursue an MA and PhD in clinical psychology under the supervision...
Dean Steini Brown’s Statement on Discovery of Unmarked Graves in Saskatchewan
June 24/2021Dear DLSPH community, Today, after learning about the 751 children discovered in unmarked graves at Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, I am reflecting on what I can do to advance Reconciliation -- and what can be done by the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the University of...
Scoping Review Highlights Lack of Research on Health Outcomes for Queer and Trans People in Lower Socio-Economic Status
June 23/2021By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Queer and Trans people living in poverty face poor health outcomes, DLSPH researchers discovered through an extensive scoping review of Canadian research. Discrimination and living at the intersection of several markers of identity that are associated with social stigmatization are underlying determinants of...
Nusrat Farhana’s Story: Dissecting Healthcare Competitiveness in Canada
June 22/2021By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH What causes Canadian hospitals to compete amongst themselves with no paying clients? Under the supervision of Dean Adalsteinn Brown, Nusrat Farhana spent the last six years understanding what drives hospitals to compete through the Ontarian and Albertan healthcare systems. “If you don't understand...
Sarah Richter: A New Pivot
June 21/2021By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Sarah Richter has been running non-stop online and offline during the pandemic. At the beginning of the pandemic, as DLSPH grappled with the fast move to online classes, Richter and the PHSA pivoted as well. Richter’s academic journey has been filled with pivots....
Meet DLSPH’s New Indigenous Health Lead
June 21/2021
Asst. Prof. Angela Mashford-Pringle, is DLSPH’s first-ever Indigenous Health Lead. She says her goals are “very simple”: “I want to create a safe and welcoming environment for Indigenous students, faculty, Elders and Knowledge Keepers and their guests.” But arriving at cultural safety might not be so simple. It means unpacking...