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Mozambican Minister of Health visits Dalla Lana School before Canadian Child and Maternal Health Summit

During the last week of May 2014, Canada hosted world leaders at a global child and maternal health summit, part of Canada's Muskoka Initiative, to improve the health of mothers and children around the world. With considerable expertise in global health, the Dalla Lana School of Public Health is addressing...

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Alumni Spotlight: Karl Kabasele

University of Toronto Public Health & Preventive Medicine Residency, Class of 2001Clinical Consultant, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)Assistant Professor, University of TorontoMedical Reporter What degrees or training do you have? From what schools?MD from McGill Medical SchoolMPH from Harvard School of Public HealthFRCPC in Public Health & Preventive...

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History of gambling problems found in more than a third of clients served by homelessness organization

Research offers clues for those seeking to better understand, assist or treat homeless Homeless clients using services at Toronto’s Good Shepherd Ministries are nearly nine times more likely to have a history of problem or pathological gambling than the general population, a new study has found. “Intuitively, one might think...

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Student receives CIHR scholarship to study violence against garment workers in Bangladesh

Beyond the long hours and structurally unsafe buildings, female garment factory workers face unrelenting violence that has tremendous impact on their health. That’s why Laila Rahman, a PhD Student in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health’s Social and Behavioral Health Sciences Division, is pursuing a project entitled: "Exploring womens’ perspectives...

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Healthier Cities and Communities Hub website

One of the emerging strategic themes at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health is Healthier Cities and Communities. This theme encompasses education, research, knowledge translation and service activities focused on informing, designing and evaluating solutions for complex urban problems that impact population health. The Healthier Cities and Communities Hub...

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Within Reach of Everyone: The Birth, Maturity and Renewal of Public Health at U of T

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Prevention is the foundation of public health and Canada once boasted one of the strongest and most innovative public health systems in the world. Toronto in particular has a dramatic history of public health leadership, research and education, and this...

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Canadians support screening newborns for specific genetic conditions, but less enthusiastic about sequencing newborns’ genomes

While 94 per cent of Canadians surveyed said they would participate in public health programs that screen newborns for a specific number of genetic conditions, only 80 per cent said they would be willing to participate in screening that would sequence their newborns’ genomes.Most newborns in North America have a...

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Alumni and Faculty Networking Event

The Dalla Lana School of Public Health is hosting an alumni and faculty networking event on May 27, 2014 at the Canadian Public Health Association Conference. If you are planning on attending the conference, or if you will be in Toronto, we hope you will join us at the Sheraton...

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The Promise of Clinical Public Health Symposium

The Dalla Lana School of Public Health is home to the only clinical public health division of its kind in the world. To kick-off strategic visioning for this new and exciting endeavor, Ross Upshur, Head of the Clinical Public Health Division, will moderate a lively discussion that explores the past,...

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Books, Bones and Broccoli

Public health students lead Nutrition and Aging Workshop at local libraryThe Toronto Public Library may seem like an unconventional venue to receive dietary advice, but Dalla Lana School of Public Health students turned a priority neighbourhood resource spot into a one-stop-shop for healthy eating advice.In fall 2013, second year Master...

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