The 2019 Arbor Awards Recognize Outstanding Alumnae
November 06/2019By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Alumnae Elsa Cabral, Alison Crepinsek and Julie Foisy received an Arbor award last month, a recognition for their volunteer work at DLSPH. The Arbor Awards recognize alumni who personify the very best attributes of the University’s motto, Velut Arbor Aevo – May it...
Mourning the loss of former IHPME Chair and a leader in health management education – Dr. Peggy Leatt
November 04/2019The Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and Dalla Lana School of Public Health community are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Peggy Leatt, former chair of the Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and a much-valued educator. Dr. Leatt had a tremendous impact on...
DLSPH welcomes Victoria Arrandale as Assistant Professor of Occupational & Environment Health
November 01/2019Victoria Arrandale joined the Graduate Department of Public Health Sciences in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health as Assistant Professor (tenure-stream) in the Occupational & Environment Health Division (OEH) on November 1, 2019. Arrandale is an occupational health expert whose research focuses on assessing, developing and evaluating interventions to...
Remembering Dr. Jay Keystone (1942-2019)
October 28/2019“That’s the sad thing with life, There’s people always leavin’ just as other folks arrive” -- Josh Ritter The DLSPH community mourns Dr. Jay Keystone — a giant in the worlds of tropical medicine, travel medicine, public health and medical education — who died on September 3, 2019 after a...
A New Dose of Mindfulness: Monthly Sessions Open for DLSPH Students, Staff & Faculty
October 21/2019By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Elli Weisbaum remembers the meal’s colour, its flavour and the sound it made as she sat quietly at the table at her first meditation retreat when she was 10 years old. Weisbaum’s family would attend retreats every year when she was younger. Within...
DLSPH Remembers Professor Kang Laiyi
October 11/2019The DLSPH community mourns Professor Kang Laiyi — an internationally recognized researcher in HIV, AIDS and infectious disease — who died on October 5, 2019 at the age of 84. “Dr. Kang was a visionary who was at the forefront of promoting global collaboration as key to effectively dealing with...
Climate Change is Increasing Incidence of a Cholera-Like Disease in the U.S.
October 09/2019by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH A new study led by DLSPH alumnae found that the United States is experiencing a rise in vibriosis, an infectious disease caused by cholera-like bacteria, and rising sea temperatures from climate change are likely to blame. Vibriosis infections are caused by the same...
U of T Professor Andreas Laupacis takes the helm at the CMAJ
October 08/2019By Brianne Tulk The next phase of Dr. Andreas Laupacis’s career is hardly a goodbye. A professor in the Department of Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and a general internist and palliative care physician at St. Michael’s Hospital and scientist at...
Study led by U of T professor shows male surgeons make more than female surgeons for same time worked
October 02/2019By Gabrielle Giroday, Faculty of Medicine Female surgeons in Ontario are earning 24 per cent less than their male counterparts for the same time spent in surgeries, a new study involving University of Toronto researchers shows. The study – published in JAMA Surgery today – studied more than 3,200 male...
An African Cookbook, a plan for prenatal nutrition care, and a WHO Study in Switzerland: for DLSPH Nutrition Students, Summer Practicums Offered a World of Opportunity
October 02/2019By Heidi Singer Three DLSPH students interested in influencing global nutrition policy took a step closer to their goals this summer, with practicum experiences in Geneva and Ottawa focusing on Maternal and Child Nutrition, and in Kenya researching traditional cooking. Rim Mouhaffel, an international student who moved to Toronto two...