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“A Golden Opportunity on a Silver Platter”: The Infectious Enthusiasm of DLSPH’s Digital Evangelist
Asst. Prof. Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco is DLSPH’s online engagement guru – a surprising new role for the long time AIDS activist and community based researcher. At 58, the Chilean-born former Vancouverite was asked to join the faculty to help professors – who are often much younger – learn how to teach...
U of T Endocrinologist to Lead ‘Powerhouse’ Diabetes Research Network
A noted diabetes researcher and public health advocate from the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health has been selected lead a “powerhouse” research network that will impact the global fight against diabetes and other serious chronic diseases. Physician and Associate Professor Lorraine Lipscombe of...
Pillars of the Pandemic Honoured for Service to Public
Thirteen individuals, groups and organizations have been named Pillars of the Pandemic by the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) in partnership with Closing the Gap Healthcare, a health-care provider with clinics throughout Ontario. Pillars of the Pandemic is a new interdisciplinary series created to honour...
Devon Bowyer: From the Bench to Indigenous Vaccine Clinics
The Auduzhe Mino Nesewinong (Place of Healthy Breathing) Vaccination clinic will have a full-time Program Logistic Manager: Devon Bowyer, a newly minted graduate of DLSPH’s MPH in Indigenous Health. “This is part of the reason you got into public health. You want to be there for people, especially those that...
PhD Candidate Award Sheds Light on Health Barriers for Black People Living with HIV
By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Apondi Judith Odhiambo received the Canadian Association for HIV Research 2021 New Investigator Award last month. She was honoured for her research in unearthing invisible barriers Black people living with HIV face as they enter the Canadian healthcare system. “I am honoured to...
Improve Alignment Between Domestic and Foreign Policy says U of T Researcher
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH Domestic policy at the expense of foreign policy is an antiquated global health view, say U of T researchers. DLSPH researchers like Associate Prof. Erica Di Ruggiero are calling on all levels of government to adopt an integrated strategy that recognizes public health...
U of T Students Question Popular Paper Which Supports Three Feet COVID Distancing
by Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at DLSPH DLSPH epidemiology students have found that an influential paper may have overstated the safety of three feet of physical distancing to protect against COVID-19. The paper observed no statistical significance between students' risk of catching COVID-19 whether three or six feet apart in...
Statement by DLSPH Dean Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown on the Discovery of the Remains of 215 Indigenous Children
I was horrified and heartbroken to learn about the discovery of 215 Indigenous children buried in an unmarked site at the Indian Residential School in Kamloops, B.C. This atrocity is just the latest in a shameful and, until recently, largely hidden history of discriminatory, racist treatment of Indigenous peoples by...
Meet DLSPH’s New Black Health Lead
Asst. Prof. Roberta Timothy has been appointed Black Health Lead at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health – part of a School-wide initiative to embed equity and anti-racism throughout the curriculum, and to advance research and education in Black population health. Timothy plans to create new and innovative programming...
Alum’s Documentary ‘Mothering in Quarantine’ Wins Big at Toronto Film School Festival
By Françoise Makanda, Communications Officer at The Dalla Lana School of Public Health What was a therapeutic project for Alum Kyisha Williams won the minds and hearts of The Toronto Film School Film Festival as the Best Documentary of 2020. Mothering in Quarantine is an honest video diary featuring Black...