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Inaugural Canadian SORT IT Program Aims to Improve Accessibility and Uptake of Vaccines

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The launch of the Canadian public health program SORT IT provides critical research support to countries and institutions By Subrana Rahman, MPH Social and Behavioural Health Sciences (Health Promotion) Student, Class of 2024 As a global partnership based at TDR (the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases...

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DLSPH Professor Honoured by TTC During Black History Month

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Dr. Roberta K. Timothy is one of 11 Black Torontonians being celebrated for their leadership, with likenesses captured by artists for display in subway stations and buses for Black History Month By Elaine Smith Walk into Toronto’s St. George subway station in February and you’ll see a mural of a...

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Tuberculosis Research in Tibet Soars to New Heights, Improving Treatment Adherence and Outcomes

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Professor Xiaolin Wei, the Dalla Lana Chair of Global Health Policy, in Clinical Public Health and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at DLSPH, and his co-authors recently had their tuberculosis research in Tibet published in The Lancet. The article is titled ‘Effectiveness of a comprehensive package based on...

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Got questions about vaccines for kids? A new phone line offers answers

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The Vaccine Consult Service pilot project, launched by members of the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (CVPD), aims to help increase vaccine confidence by answering Ontario parents' questions about vaccines. By Ishani Nath Canada is in the thick of respiratory illness season, yet the number of individuals getting the updated...

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New Academic Centre Unites Four Health Sciences Faculties to Address Global Ecological Change

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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...

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A Canadian first: Country-​wide study shows primary care transformation is slow, incremental, fragmented

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Prof. Monica Aggarwal led a team in a decade-long study that observed and assessed changes in primary care delivery across 13 Canadian jurisdictions. The results show that progress was limited, slow, and sometimes missing altogether in many attributes of high-performing primary care in Canada’s splintered system.   Despite significant efforts and...

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DLSPH Further Develops Data Science Methods by Welcoming New Faculty Members

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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...

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What you need to know about the 3 fall vaccines, according to U of T experts

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Here is what these U of T experts want Canadians to know about the new RSV vaccine, the updated COVID-19 vaccine, and this year’s flu shot.   By: Ishani Nath and Betty Zou  As cold and flu season approaches, Canadians are facing respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), an increase in COVID-19 activity,...

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Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into Academia

Angela Mashford-Pringle

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...

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Hereditary Breast Cancer Researcher Receives Prestigious Award

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Renowned hereditary breast cancer researcher Steven Narod, a full professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) and the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, has been awarded the 2023 McLaughlin Medal from the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). The award recognizes important research of sustained...

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