Two DLSPH faculty members receive Connaught funding to support emerging partnerships
March 02/2023
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...
Stars in the same constellation: DLSPH researcher on the mutual benefits of space and health innovations
January 12/2023
By Bonnie O'Sullivan Photo: Prof. Farhan Asrar (right) with Dr. David Saint-Jacques (Canadian astronaut, family doctor, and co-author). Taken at the Canadian Space Agency Head Quarters. “I’m a doctor, not an engineer,” said Star Trek’s Dr. Leonard McCoy when asked to do something outside his comfort zone. His story may...
“Let’s try to make the world a better place” – How the Investigative Journalism Bureau holds truth to power
November 08/2022
By Bonnie O'Sullivan Banner Photo of Gerry Gotfrit: Declan Keogh, Investigative Journalism Bureau Gerry Gotfrit is a 2022 recipient of U of T’s Arbor Award. He is recognized for his contributions toward DLSPH’s Investigative Journalism Bureau. In a three-year span, the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) has been responsible for groundbreaking...
“What if the trees stopped breathing?”How U of T faculty are spreading seeds of knowledge for environmental repair and reconciliation
September 30/2022
By Bonnie O’Sullivan Walking north along McCaul Street toward College, you may not immediately notice the narrow garden on the side of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) building. It is a small sliver of green space surrounded by buildings that compete for, and often win, your attention. ...
Prof. Xiaolin Wei combats health care barriers near and far
September 27/2022
By Bonnie O’Sullivan Photography by France Geomark Doctora Long before the pandemic, Prof. Xiaolin Wei was on the frontlines addressing health misinformation and building trust between health care professionals and communities. Now, the DLSPH epidemiologist has been recognized with election to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. From a small...
Five DLSPH PhD students selected as inaugural Connaught Fellows
September 22/2022
By Bonnie O'Sullivan One-third of those named to the Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship Program are from DLSPH. The five students – Tenzin Butsang, Rose Schmidt, Jane Zhao, Madison Giles and Anam Shahil Feroz – share a passion for bridging academia with practical impact. From September 2022 to August...
CanPath Awarded $1.1M CIHR Grant for COVID-19 and Cancer Research Project
August 22/2022
CanPath, Canada’s largest population health study based at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, will capture the impact of COVID-19 on cancer outcomes and risk in Canada. Researchers at the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health (CanPath), based at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of...
DLSPH Welcomes New Faculty Members in 2022
July 05/2022
This message was sent to all faculty members, staff and students by Dean Brown on June 15, 2022: Dear Faculty and Staff Members, Our School is growing! I am very pleased to share the appointments of faculty members Brice Batomen, Billie-Jo Hardy, Alex Hoagland, Zahra Shakeri, Robert Steiner and Kazumi...
Canadian COVID Deaths Second-Lowest Among G10 Nations: DLSPH Researchers
June 27/2022
For much of the past two years, Canadians experienced some of the most restrictive public health measures in the world. Now, U of T researchers have published the first analysis of how Canada compared to peer countries in terms of the public health and control measures we adopted, deaths related...
IHPME new faculty spotlight: A Q&A with Dr. Zahra Shakeri
June 06/2022Growing up in Tehran, Iran, Dr. Zahra Shakeri was fascinated with two things: art and math. “My first desire was to become an artist. At the same time, I loved math. When I was in fifth and sixth grade, I could spend hours and hours solving math problems,” says...