Three innovative projects that earned DLSPH faculty 2025 NSERC grants
September 10/2025
DLSPH Profs. Zahra Shakeri Hossein Abad, Patricia Trbovich and Camellia Zakaria received 2025 NSERC grants for innovative projects that apply cutting-edge technology to help catch health issues early, monitor operating room procedures, and map black carbon pollution from traffic. By Marielle Boutin and Ishani Nath To expand the impact of...
DLSPH Students Shine in Documentary Digging Into the Health Risks of Heavy Metal Contamination
January 24/2025
Heavy Risks zooms in on the Whin Valley, Ghana and showcases the public health risks of heavy mental contamination, and what can be done to protect this essential farming region. By Ishani Nath Recently, three DLSPH students took what they learned in the classroom and applied it to protect the...
Vaccines for older individuals: barriers and solutions
December 20/2024
Increasing our investment in vaccines for older individuals is critical as we consider the needs of the aging population. By Julie Perry Many Ontarians can recall the yellow immunization cards either from their own childhood vaccination series or from their children’s, with check marks at 2, 4, 6, and 12...
New Study Shows Significant Strain on Health Care System Over the Next Two Decades
October 16/2024Millions More Ontarians Will Live with Major Illness by 2040 New Study Shows Significant Strain on Health Care System Over the Next Two Decades October 16, 2024, Toronto, ON -- A new study, released today by the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, finds that millions more...
Ten DLSPH doctoral students named 2024 Vanier Scholars
August 13/2024
Six Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME) students and four Public Health Sciences (PHS) students were named 2024 Vanier Scholars, earning funding to support their doctoral studies. By Bonnie O’Sullivan, with content from Marielle Boutin’s IHPME article DLSPH is delighted to congratulate ten doctoral students who have been...
Two research teams awarded grants toward student mental health studies
July 08/2024
Faculty members Emily Seto and Daniel Grace receive 2023-24 Inlight Research Development Grants for studies focusing on student mental health. By Elaine Smith Professors Emily Seto and Daniel Grace are among five University of Toronto (U of T) researchers who have been awarded 2023-24 Inlight Research Development Grants to advance knowledge...
IHPME doctoral student awarded the Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award
April 25/2024One of U of T’s Awards of Excellence recipients, doctoral student Natasha (Yasmin) Sheikhan, is recognized for her academic achievements and work in advocating for patients’ rights in both research and community settings. By Elaine Smith “My health-care journey began as a patient in a system where I felt lost...
Having conversations with Canadians about why they do — or do not — get vaccinated
April 19/2024
How U of T researcher Gilla Shapiro is using a new approach to understand what drives HPV vaccine uptake in Canada. Ishani Nath Gilla Shapiro wants to have a conversation with you about HPV vaccines. Specifically, the U of T researcher is leading a new research program to understand why...
DLSPH hosts Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) Mid-Year Meeting
April 04/2024
On March 8th, DLSPH faculty Dr. Laura Rosella and Dr. Hailey Banack co-chaired the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) 2024 Mid-Year Meeting in Toronto. The mission of SER is to keep epidemiologists at the forefront of scientific developments. The theme of the mid-year meeting was Innovative Data Science Applications inEpidemiology,...
New educational tool on Black Health launches in Canada
March 21/2024
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...