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New educational tool on Black Health launches in Canada

Images of Black Health Primer Leads

Black Health Primer addresses challenges in receiving adequate and unbiased health care By Elaine Smith A new online course on Black health and anti-Black racism in the Canadian health-care system will now be available to learners across Canada, and its creators say the tool will be a momentous step in...

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DLSPH Professor Honoured by TTC During Black History Month

Image of Dr. Roberta K Timothy's image on a TTC bus

Dr. Roberta K. Timothy is one of 11 Black Torontonians being celebrated for their leadership, with likenesses captured by artists for display in subway stations and buses for Black History Month By Elaine Smith Walk into Toronto’s St. George subway station in February and you’ll see a mural of a...

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These researchers explore how Latine/​x newcomers experience housing and health

A collage of portraits of five of the researchers taking part in the Latinx newcomer study looking at housing instability and its effects on health.

The two-year study will explore housing and health challenges unique to Latine/x newcomers.  By Elaine Smith  Professor Amaya Perez-Brumer, an early career researcher at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH), and her co-researchers have been awarded a Connaught Community Partnership Grant to study the unique housing challenges facing...

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Incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into Academia

Angela Mashford-Pringle

Two common threads are woven through Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle’s prolific 2023 public health research output: the importance of recognizing that Indigenous knowledges are as valid and as crucial as Western perspectives and the need to consult Indigenous peoples when conducting health research. She is committed to ensuring that Western institutions...

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RSV Immunizations Are Coming. This U of T Researcher Is Helping Parents Prepare

Scanning electron micrography of human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) labeled with anti-RSV/gold antibodies shedding from surface of human lung A549 cultured cell.

By Ishani Nath RSV researchers have been waiting for this moment for decades. Two new ways to protect children from respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, are on the verge of becoming available in Canada. Even though the majority of children will get infected by age 2, “most parents...

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“I Just Don’t Want People to Feel Broken and Misunderstood”

DLSPH Students Lead Studies to Support Student Mental Health By Heidi Singer Two research teams at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health are studying student mental health in close partnership with the best experts on the subject – students themselves. Both teams received funding from a new University of...

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UNICEF Report Underscores Urgency of Childhood Vaccinations, U of T Researcher Says

7-year-old Hind Ali Nasser holds her arm after being vaccinated in Aden Governorate, Yemen. (UNICEF)

By Ishani Nath The pandemic drastically set back routine immunizations leaving millions of children in Canada and around the world vulnerable to preventable diseases, according to a new report from UNICEF. “This underscores the urgency of this situation,” says Prof. Shelly Bolotin, Director of the Centre for Vaccine Preventable...

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Two DLSPH faculty members receive Connaught funding to support emerging partnerships

By Bonnie O'Sullivan DLSPH researchers performed extraordinarily well this year in receiving awards from a University of Toronto fund that supports collaborations with community partners and nurtures early-stage researchers.   Prof. Angela Mashford-Pringle, Associate Director of the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health, and Prof. Beverley Essue, faculty member at the Institute...

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Black History Month events celebrate leadership and excellence

DLSPH will host two events this February in honour of Black History Month. On February 9, a panel of Black-identifying professionals will discuss how their identities inform their work. And in mid-February, DLSPH will celebrate public health professionals who have made a great impact within the city.  Three Toronto-based leaders...

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PrEP for HIV Prevention Should Be Free for Canadians, Say Researchers

by Françoise Makanda Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention should be available at no cost to all Canadians who meet the clinical guidelines, say researchers at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH). “Removing cost as a barrier to access in Ontario, like in some other provinces, is a...

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