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DLSPH Welcomes New Faculty Members in 2022

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This message was sent to all faculty members, staff and students by Dean Brown on June 15, 2022: Dear Faculty and Staff Members, Our School is growing! I am very pleased to share the appointments of faculty members Brice Batomen, Billie-Jo Hardy, Alex Hoagland, Zahra Shakeri, Robert Steiner and Kazumi...

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$3.5 Million Gift to Expand Critical Qualitative Health Research at DLSPH

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A girl stands alone in the middle of an empty desert. A woman looks directly at the viewer, her mouth covered with band-aids. These artworks are helping public health researchers understand more about the lives of young mothers during COVID and systemic barriers that reinforce health inequities. Qualitative research like...

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World’s First MPH Program in Black Health

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by Françoise Makanda, DLSPH What should have taken 18 months was done in five, thanks to the leadership of DLSPH’s Black Health Lead, Prof. Roberta Timothy. In Fall 2023, DLSPH will welcome its first cohort of 10 students in the very first MPH in Black Health program, which Timothy believes...

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Canadian COVID Deaths Second-​Lowest Among G10 Nations: DLSPH Researchers

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For much of the past two years, Canadians experienced some of the most restrictive public health measures in the world. Now, U of T researchers have published the first analysis of how Canada compared to peer countries in terms of the public health and control measures we adopted, deaths related...

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Research finds influenza in humans is seasonal in Bangladesh

Avian influenza in poultry, less so By Elaine Smith New research by a University of Toronto PhD graduate has determined that human influenza infections in Bangladesh have a high season in the summer months, while avian influenza in poultry is present at similar levels year-round. In a paper published recently...

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Two Prestigious Awards for DLSPH’s Investigative Journalism Bureau

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By Elaine Smith Within two short years of its launch, the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health has already garnered two prestigious journalism awards and received a nomination for a third. In 2021, the bureau’s inaugural year, it was named a finalist for the...

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IHPME new faculty spotlight: A Q&A with Dr. Zahra Shakeri

Growing up in Tehran, Iran, Dr. Zahra Shakeri was fascinated with two things: art and math. “My first desire was to become an artist. At the same time, I loved math. When I was in fifth and sixth grade, I could spend hours and hours solving math problems,” says...

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DLSPH Open: Update on Fall Term

Dear DLSPH Community, I’m pleased to share an update on DLSPH plans for the Fall Term – our first fully in-person term since the start of the pandemic. Classes will be fully in person beginning in September, with very few exceptions. This means faculty members and students should plan on...

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PhD Candidate Wins Big With Queer Online Dating Apps Research

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By Françoise Makanda, DLSPH Jad Sinno is researching how Queer people date online when these applications often simulate the oppressions they experience offline. “How do online dating apps shape Queer identities and why do Queer people of colour continue to return to the space, when so many of us have...

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Strengthening Healthcare Systems in Canada and Around the World

The new NorthWest International Policy Network will bolster systems of primary care and examine pressing issues in health policy, particularly around pandemics. The University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health is establishing the NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT International Policy Network at its Institute for Pandemics. Supported by a...

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