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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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DLSPH Faculty Among Recipients of the 2023 New Initiative and Innovation Awards

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DLSPH faculty were among the recipients of the inaugural 2023 New Initiative and Innovation Awards from the Network for Improving Health Systems (NIHS). The network was created in November 2022 from a $3 million donation from Shoppers Drug Mart to both the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH)...

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This AI will help us get ahead of the next pandemic

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By Ishani Nath It seems appropriate that the Toronto offices for Kamran Khan’s BlueDot, which uses artificial intelligence to flag potential infectious disease outbreaks around the world, are located at the edge of Lake Ontario. Similar to a lighthouse, BlueDot signals when there’s danger ahead. "We use the internet as...

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RSV Immunizations Are Coming. This U of T Researcher Is Helping Parents Prepare

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By Ishani Nath RSV researchers have been waiting for this moment for decades. Two new ways to protect children from respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, are on the verge of becoming available in Canada. Even though the majority of children will get infected by age 2, “most parents...

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DLSPH hosts first hooding ceremony for doctoral graduates

By Bonnie O'Sullivan Banner photos by Dewey Chang On Thursday, June 8, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) celebrated its doctoral graduates in its first-ever hooding ceremony. Spouses, parents, grandparents and children cheered on their graduates in this emotional and intimate event as each was hooded by a...

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DLSPH Researchers Map GTHA Traffic Air Pollution and its Changes over the Last 15 years

By Allan McKee Its' Clean Air Day today (June 7)! How ironic it is that we are dealing with a thick blanket of haze from forest fires in Quebec – wiping out all the gains in air quality we should be celebrating today. Our record levels of air pollution remind...

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Meet the Researchers Turning a Hospital into Canada’s First Learning Health System

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By Heidi Singer University of Toronto researchers are addressing hospital crowding in the most counter-intuitive way imaginable – by seeking out patients far beyond their hospital’s overburdened corridors. Prof. Laura Rosella uses data and analytics to identify populations at risk of chronic conditions. Prof. Kerry Kuluski talks to patients and...

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“I Just Don’t Want People to Feel Broken and Misunderstood”

DLSPH Students Lead Studies to Support Student Mental Health By Heidi Singer Two research teams at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health are studying student mental health in close partnership with the best experts on the subject – students themselves. Both teams received funding from a new University of...

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UNICEF Report Underscores Urgency of Childhood Vaccinations, U of T Researcher Says

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By Ishani Nath The pandemic drastically set back routine immunizations leaving millions of children in Canada and around the world vulnerable to preventable diseases, according to a new report from UNICEF. “This underscores the urgency of this situation,” says Prof. Shelly Bolotin, Director of the Centre for Vaccine Preventable...

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Human Relationships, Not High Tech, Sparked This Breast Cancer Breakthrough

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Human Relationships, Not High Tech, Sparked This Breast Cancer Breakthrough By Heidi Singer Researchers from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health have discovered a new genetic mutation significantly linked to breast cancer – another important piece in the puzzle explaining why breast cancer runs in families. The discovery, published...

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