Novo Nordisk and the University of Toronto announced a combined C$40-million investment to address diabetes and chronic disease prevention
February 24/2021
Novo Nordisk A/S and the University of Toronto announced a C$40-million investment to establish the Novo Nordisk Network for Healthy Populations. Based at U of T Mississauga, the new network will be a partnership between the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and University of...
What the 1918 Flu Teaches Us About Surges
February 08/2021
U of T and Swiss scientists reach into history to find a possible roadmap for preventing new COVID-19 surges Researchers from U of T’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) and Swiss counterparts have shown that a hesitant and decentralized response to the Spanish Flu led to longer and...
COVID-19 Positivity Increases with Age, BMI and Waist Circumference
February 04/2021by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH If you’re over the age of 65 and have a high waist circumference, you are more likely to test positive for COVID-19 regardless of your BMI, U of T researchers have observed. It’s the first study to include waist circumference and BMI together...
DLSPH Faculty Lead Toronto Task Force on Vaccine Inequity
February 03/2021
A DLSPH professor, Akwatu Khenti, will chair a task force of Black scientists to address vaccine hesitancy and other challenges around vaccine equity in Toronto. City officials announced the Black Scientists’ Task Force on Vaccine Equity, which includes several DLSPH professors, in a virtual news conference Feb. 3, along with...
DLSPH Researchers Study COVID Transmission Among Paramedics
February 02/2021
Paramedics are at high risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, but details of what puts them most at risk of exposure have not yet been studied until now. Two researchers at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health are working on the cross-country study, run by the...
“This Could Become the Facebook of Environmental Information”
January 29/2021
U of T researchers are developing an app allowing anyone to learn about air quality, greenery, walkability, and other factors contributing to the environmental health of their neighborhoods. Tentatively named “Good Score,” the app will lay bare environmental inequities among communities across Canada, and, for the first time, enable public...
U of T Researcher Receives WHO Grant to Explore Ethics of Travel Bans
January 27/2021
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Researchers recently received a WHO grant to examine the legality of travel bans. “The legal side of things was traditionally of the opinion that travel bans are ineffective and unlawful. COVID has really put this idea to the test, and we wondered what...
DLSPH Researchers to Test COVID Masks in New Ways
January 26/2021
DLSPH Prof. James Scott is breaking new ground in determining the effectiveness of anti-COVID face masks, thanks to $1.2 million from the Ontario government for equipment that measures filtration much more accurately. Scott, head of DLSPH's Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, will perform the next-generation testing in the same...
It Takes a Village: Black-Led Database is Accepting Canadian Data
January 20/2021
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH DLSPH Asst. Prof. Roberta Timothy is launching a Black-run and led survey to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the African and Black diaspora. “This project is about life and death for our community. Too many people know someone who got COVID or...
Sierra Leone Spared from High COVID Deaths
January 18/2021
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH COVID-19 is not yet a leading cause of death in Sierra Leone, U of T researchers have found. Prof. Prabhat Jha, an epidemiologist with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Queen Elizabeth Scholar (QES) Ashley Aimone applied the same methods as...