Dalla Lana School of Public Health

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This panel is co-hosted by the Centre for Global Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto.

Seminar 1: Corporate Influences on Health and Healthcare

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are currently the leading cause of mortality globally (1). Most NDCs are largely preventable and can be significantly attributed to the consumption of highly processed foods, excess alcohol, and tobacco driven by unhealthy commodity industries (2). At the same time, medically-related industry, including pharmaceutical, medical device, infant formula, and health technology companies have pervasive influence over the production of health evidence, the dissemination of health innovations, and the development of clinical practice and health policy. NCDs are thus widely being regarded as the product of a complex system influenced by powerful corporate actors involved in public health policy that directly impact global health outcomes. The first seminar session of Health Inc – Corporate influences on health and healthcare – will provide a thorough overview of the intricate dynamics of multi-national corporate industries, health policy and the subsequent health outcomes they influence. This session will be co-chaired by Erica Di Ruggiero, Associate Professor of Global Health and Director of the Centre for Global Health, Quinn Grundy, Assistant Professor at the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and Daniel Eisenkraft Klein, a PhD student at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.