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WINTER 2025 TIMETABLE

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M = Monday T = Tuesday W = Wednesday R = Thursday F = Friday

Enrolment in Winter 2025 PHS courses begins Wednesday, November 6, 2024 @ 12:00AM ET

Classes begin the week of January 6, 2025 (exceptions noted below). Classroom locations will be announced by course instructors in Quercus.

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Tutorial schedules are subject to change and will be confirmed in class at the start of the term.

COURSE CODE COURSE TITLE INSTRUCTOR DAY TIME DELIVERY

CORE COURSES

CHL5020H S Public Health Impact, Trust & Communications
Open to Master’s and Doctoral students in PHS. Limited space is available for IHPME students.
Rob Steiner M 10 – 12pm In-person

BIOETHICS

CHL3001H S Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
Open to students in the MHSc or Collaborative program in Bioethics
In person dates: January 20-24
Laura Bisaillon *See Dates 9am – 5pm Hybrid
CHL3012H S Theoretical Foundations of Bioethics II
Open to students in the MHSc or Collaborative program in Bioethics
In person dates: January 20-24
TBD *See Dates 9am – 5pm Hybrid
CHL3050H Y Professional Skills in Applied Bioethics Practice
Open to MHSc Bioethics students
In-person dates: September 16-20
Note: Continuous course over 5 terms. Enrol in Fall term of year 1 only
Jennifer Gibson
*See Dates 9am – 5pm In-person

DOCTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH (DrPH)

CHL4002H S Critical Appraisal and Use of Evidence
Open to DrPH students
Ashley Aimone R 9am – 12pm Online Synchronous
CHL4003H Y High Performance Leadership
Open to year 1 DrPH students
In-person dates: September 24, 26, January 28, 30, April 22, 24
Online sessions: TBD
Note: Year-long course from September – April. Enrol in Fall term
Ted Witek T & R 1 – 4pm Hybrid
CHL4005H Y

Governance and Financial Leadership
Open to year 2 DrPH students
In-person dates: September 24, 26, January 28, 30, April 22, 24
Online sessions: TBD
Note: Year-long course from September – April. Enrol in Fall term

Anne Wojtak T & R 1 – 4pm Hybrid
CHL4006H Y Seminars in Public Health
Open to DrPH students
Burst Week: January 27-31, 2025, & April 21-25, 2025
Note: Continuous course over 3 years. Enrol in Fall term of year 1
Ted Witek M-F 9am – 5pm In-person
CHL4007H S Public Health Advocacy
Open to DrPH students
Robert Steiner
Kate Mulligan
F 10am – 12pm Online Synchronous
CHL4008H S Seminars in the Practice of Implementation Science
Open to DrPH students
Melanie Barwick W 3 – 5pm Online
Synchronous

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL HEALTH SCIENCE

CHL5102H S Social and Political Forces in Health
Open to PhD SBHS students. Limited space is available for year 2 MPH SBHS students. Other students with permission from instructor: a.perezbrumer@utoronto.ca.
Amaya Perez-Brumer W 1 – 4pm In-person
CHL5104H S Health Promotion 2 
Pre-requisite: CHL5103H
Open to year 1 MPH SBHS students. Others with permission from instructor
Lori Ross M 1 – 4pm In-person
Tutorials M 2:45- 4:15pm In-person
CHL5107H S Introduction to Qualitative Research 
Open to MPH SBHS students
Kate Mulligan W 10am – 12pm In-person
Tutorial W 12-1pm In-person
CHL5107H S1 Introduction to Qualitative Research
Open to MPH IH, BH & N&D students. Others with permission from instructor
Angela Mashford-Pringle W 10am – 12pm In-person
Tutorial W 12 – 1pm In-person
CHL5109H S Gender and Health
Open to Collaborative Specialization in Women’s Health students, or with permission from instructor: Janice.DuMont@wchospital.ca

Janice Du Mont

 

R 1 – 4pm Online Synchronous
CHL5110H S Theory and Practice of Program Evaluation
Open to MPH SBHS students. Others with permission from instructor
Carol Strike T 9:30am – 12:30pm In-person
CHL5115H S Qualitative Analysis and Interpretation
Pre-requisite
: CHL5131H, CHL5138H, SWK6307H or equivalent; prior training and/or experience with qualitative research.
Student must have qualitative data to work with.
Open to PhD students; priority to DLSPH & students from CQ’s contributing partner faculties. Contact instructor for permission to enroll.
Sarah Elton R 1 – 4pm In-person
CHL5126H S Building Community Resilience
Open to MPH SBHS students
 or with permission from instructor.
Blake Poland R 6-9pm Online Synchronous
CHL5136H S Race, Ethnicity and Culture in Health (REACH)
Open to MPH SBHS . BH and IH students
Pre-requisite:
CHL5105H or related course
Kazumi Tsuchiya
Ola Osman
W 1:30 – 4:30pm In-person
CHL5138H S Critical Qualitative Health Research
Pre-requisite:
Must be working on a graduate-level research project
Priority will be given to PhD students registered in the in departments/faculties that are ‘contributing members’ to the Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research. Contact course instructor for permission to enroll: naomi.thulien@unityhealth.to 

Naomi Thulien

 

W 9am – 12pm In-person
CHL5140H S Fundamentals of Black Mental Health
Open to PHS students
Akwatu Khenti R 1-4pm In-person

BIOSTATISTICS

CHL5202H S Biostatistics II – Lecture
Pre-requisite: CHL5201H. Students who have taken equivalent course(s) require permission from instructor
Kevin Thorpe
Charles Keown-Stoneman
F 9am – 12pm In-person
Tutorials TBD TBD In-person
CHL5207Y Y Lab in Statistical Design & Analysis
Open to MSc Biostatistics students
Note: 1.0 full-credit course from Sept-April. Enrol in Fall term 
Tony Panzarella R 2 – 4pm In-person
CHL5208Y Y Advanced Lab in Statistical Design & Analysis
Open to PhD Biostatistics students
Note: 1.0 full-credit course from Sept-April. Enrol in Fall term 

Tony Panzarella

 

R 10am – 12pm In-person
CHL5209H S Survival Analysis I
Pre-requisites: CHL5226H or STA2112H or equivalent.
Open to MSc Biostatistics students; others should contact the instructor for permission: olli.saarela@utoronto.ca
Olli Saarela W 2- 5pm In-person
CHL5222H S Analysis of Correlated Data
Pre-requisites:
CHL5201H and CHL5202H or equivalent.
Open to PHS Biostatistics students
Aya Mitani M 10am – 1pm In-person
CHL5223H S Applied Bayesian Methods
Pre-requisites: CHL5201H and CHL5202H or equivalent.
Open to PHS Biostatistics students
Michael Escobar M 2 – 5pm In-person
CHL5228H Y Statistical Methods for Genetics  & Genomics Research Seminar
Pre-requisite: Biostatistics/statistics course at the graduate level

Pre/Co-Requisite Courses: please contact Shelley Bull.
Open to thesis students in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Statistics (year 2); others with permission from instructor
Note: Half credit full-year course from Sept-April. Enrol in Fall term
Shelley Bull
Andrew Paterson
F 10am – 12pm In-person
CHL5229H S Modern Biostatistics and Statistical Learning
Open to al UofT Graduate students
Rafal Kustra R 10am – 12pm In-person
CHL5230H S Applied Machine Learning for Health Data
Open to PHS Biostatistics and PhD Epidemiology students. Others with permission from instructor
Nikolaos Mitsakakis W 5-8pm In-person
CHL5250H S Special Topics in Biostatistics
Open to PHS Biostatistics students
Wendy Lou T 3 – 5pm In-person
CHL5260H Y Doctoral Seminar Series in Biostatistics
Note
: Three-year half-credit course from Sept-April. Enrol in Fall term 
Wendy Lou
Michael Escobar

R 12- 2pm In-person

EPIDEMIOLOGY

CHL5400H Y MPH Professional Development Seminar Series
Open to year 1 MPH Epi students
This is a year-long, mandatory attendance seminar. This course is 0.0 FCE (it carries no credit weight).
Jennifer Brooks T
(Every other week)
12-2pm In-person
CHL5402H S Epidemiologic Methods II – Lecture & Tutorial
Pre-requisites: CHL5201H and CHL5401H
Open to MPH Epi students.

Susan Bondy T 9- 11am In-person
Tutorials T 11am – 1pm In-person
CHL5405H S Health Trends and Surveillance
Pre-requisite: CHL5401H
Open to MPH Epi students.
Sarah Edwards
Christine Navarro
W 9am – 12pm In-person
CHL5408H S Research Methods II
Pre-requisites: CHL5404H and CHL5406H
Open to PhD Epi students or with permission from instructor
Laura Rosella
Sonia Grandi
M & W 9am – 12pm In-person
CHL5412H S Communicable Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control
Pre-requisites: CHL5201H and CHL5401H
Nelson Lee
Kevin Brown
M 2 – 5pm In-person
CHL5418H S Scientific Overviews in Epidemiology
Pre-requisite: CHL5401H
Open to MPH Epi students
Margie Parthimos R 2 – 4pm In-person
Tutorials R 4-5:30pm In-person
CHL5423H Y Doctoral Series in Epidemiology
Pre-requisites:
CHL5404H and CHL5406H
Note
: Two-year, half-credit required course for PhD Epi students;
enroll in Fall term. All other Epi students are encouraged to attend
Hailey Banack T 11 – 12pm In-person
CHL5424H S Advanced Quantitative Methods in Epidemiology
Pre-requisites
: CHL5404H and CHL5406H
Open to PhD Epi students; others with permission from instructor
Hailey Banack
Brice Kuimi
R 12- 3pm In-person
CHL5425H S Mathematical Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases & Introduction
Open to MPH Epi students

David Fisman

 

R 9-12pm In-person
CHL5432H S Epidemiologic Methods for Communicable Disease
Open to MPH Epi students
David Fisman R 1-4pm In-person
CHL5433H S Planetary Health
Open to all UofT Graduate students
Ashley Aimone T 8 – 11am Online Synchronous
CHL5434H S Introduction to Knowledge Synthesis for Knowledge Users
Students must be in a PhD program and must also be working on a knowledge synthesis. Contact Meghan Storey (Meghan.Storey@unityhealth.to) for enrolment.
Andrea Tricco Online Asynchronous
CHL5438H S Seminar on Social Conditions and Health
Pre-requisite:
Advanced statistical methods course or equivalent.
Open to all UofT Graduate students
Arjumand Siddiqi
Faraz Vahid Shahidi
M 10am-1pm In-person
CHL8010H S3 Special Topics: Oncology and Public Health
Pre-requisites:
CHL5201 or CHL5409H
Open to PhD students and 2nd year Master’s students in PHS and IHPME. Students are expected to have foundational knowledge of quantitative methods.
Steven Narod
Vasily Giannakeas
R 1-4pm In-person

CLINICAL PUBLIC HEALTH 

CHL5601H S Appraising and Applying Evidence to Assist Clinical Decision-Making
Dates: See dates on DFCM website
Priority to FCM (MPH and MScCH), or MScCH HPTE
Other students contact familymed.grad@utoronto.ca for enrollment approval. Students must be licensed in a recognized health profession or a senior trainee therein.
Candice Holmes
Marybeth DeRocher
Online Asynchronous
CHL5603Y Y Social, Political and Scientific Issues in Family Medicine
Note
: 1.0 full-credit course Sept-April. Enrol in Fall term 
Melissa Graham
Lina Al-Imari
W 9am – 12pm In-person
CHL5607H Y Teaching and Learning by the Health Professions: Principles and Theories
Dates: Please visit DFCM website

Priority to MScCH HPTE and FCM (MPH and MScCH), and WPC students. Other students contact familymed.grad@utoronto.ca
for enrollment approval. Students must be licensed in a recognized health profession or a senior trainee therein
Note: Enrol in Fall term only
Abbas Ghavam-Rassoul
Judith Peranson
M-F 8:30am – 4:30pm In-person
CHL5608H Y Teaching and Learning by the Health Professions: Professions Practical Issues and Approaches
Dates: Please visit DFCM website

Priority to MScCH HPTE  and FCM (MPH and MScCH), and WPC students. Other students contact familymed.grad@utoronto.ca
for enrollment approval. Students must be licensed in a recognized health profession or a senior trainee therein
Note: Enrol in Fall term only
Abbas Ghavam-Rassoul
Judith Peranson
M-F 8:30am – 4:30pm In-person
CHL5610H S  Theory and Practice of Behaviour in Health Professional Settings
Open to MPH Nutrition & Dietetics Students

 

Maria Ricupero W 2 – 5pm In-person
CHL5613H S Leading Improvement in the Quality of Health Care for Community Populations
Dates: Please visit DFCM website
Priority to FCM (MPH and MScCH), or MScCH HPTE. Other students with permission; must be licensed in a recognized health profession or a senior trainee therein.
To enrol, contact: familymed.grad@utoronto.ca

Susanna Fung
Sheila Yuen
F 9am – 12pm In-person
CHL5614H S

Curriculum Foundations in Health Practitioner Field-​based Education
Dates: Please visit DFCM website
Priority to FCM (MPH and MScCH), or MScCH HPTE. Other students with permission; must be licensed in a recognized health profession or a senior trainee therein.
To enrol, contact: familymed.grad@utoronto.ca

Susan Glover-Takahashi
Giovanna Sirianni
T & R 9am – 3pm In-person
CHL5617H S Educational Technology for Health Practitioner Education
Dates: Please visit DFCM website
Priority to FCM (MPH and MScCH), or MScCH HPTE. Other students with permission must be licensed in a recognized health profession or a senior trainee therein.
To enrol, contact: familymed.grad@utoronto.ca
Heather MacNeill
Kataryna Nemethy
T 8:30am – 12:30pm In-person
CHL5624H S Historical, Ethical, and Philosophical Foundations of Public Health
Open to FCM (MPH-Advanced Standing, MPH & MScCH) and DrPH students; others with permission from instructor: ross.upshur@utoronto.ca
Ross Upshur M 2 – 5pm Online
Synchronous
CHL5630Y Y Wound Prevention and Care
Open to MScCH WPC students.
Note: Full-credit year-long course. Enrol in Fall term

Gary Sibbald W 8am – 5pm In-person
CHL5634H S Mental Disorder, Mental Health and Public Health
Open to MScCH AMH students
Branka Agic W 9-11am In-person
CHL5653H S Community Nutrition
Open to MPH ND and IH students
Eric Ng T 2 – 5pm Online Synchronous
CHL5656Y Y Nutrition & Dietetics Culminating Project
Open to students in their graduating year of the MPH N&D program
Note: 1.0 FCE, full-year course. Enrol in Fall term

Pierrette Buklis 9am-12pm In-person

GLOBAL HEALTH

CHL5700H S Global Health
Open to Masters students in the CSGH; others with permission from the instructor: shaza.fadel@utoronto.ca
Shaza Fadel T 1 – 3pm

In-person

 

CHL5701H Y Doctoral Seminar, Collaborative Specialization in Global Health
Open to PhD students in the CSGH; others with permission from instructor: e.diruggiero@utoronto.ca
Note: Half-credit course from Sept-April. Enrol in Fall term.
Erica Di Ruggiero R (Every other week) 10am – 12pm In-person
CHL5704H S International Human Rights Law and Global Health: The Right to Health in Theory and Practice
Open to all UofT Graduate students
Lisa Forman T 2 – 5pm In-person

BLACK HEALTH

CHL5140H S Fundamentals of Black Mental Health
Open to PHS students
Akwatu Khenti R 1-4pm In-person
CHL5821H S African/Black Health II: Chronic Diseases and Black Health; Sexual and Reproductive Health; Black Health Across the Lifespan
Open to MPH Black Health students
Ola Osman M 10am – 1pm In-person
CHL5822H S Decolonizing Theory and Methods in African/Black Health Research
Open to MPH Black Health students
Ola Osman R 10am – 1pm In-person
CHL5823H S African/Black Practicum Preparation
Open to MPH Black Health students
Ola Osman M 1:30 – 4:30pm Hybrid
CHL5825H S Black Resistance and Health: Interventions and Social Change
Pre-requisites:
5 core courses of the MPH in Black Health
Open to MPH Black Health Students
Roberta Timothy M 10am-1pm In-person

OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

CHL5903H S Environmental Health
Open to MPH OEH students with priority to those in the Environmental Public Health Emphasis. Others with permission from oeh.dlsph@utoronto.ca
TBD W 1 – 4pm In-person
CHL5905H S Clinical Studies in Occupational Health
Open to MScCH OHC Students
Aaron Thompson
Vince Spilchuk
M 9am – 12pm In-person
CHL5911H S Occupational and Environmental Hygiene II
Pre-requisite
: CHL5910H
Open to MPH OEH students.
TBD T 9am – 12pm In-person
CHL5914H S Physical Agents I – Noise
Pre-requisites:
CHL5910H and CHL5911H
Open to MPH OEH students
Victoria Arrandale W 9am – 12pm In-person
CHL5915H S Control of Occupational Hazards
Pre-requisite: CHL5910H
Open to MPH OEH students
TBD R 4:30-7pm  In-person
CHL5918H S Biological Hazards in the Workplace and Community
Open to MPH OEH students
James Scott R 1 – 4pm In-person
CHL5919H S Public Health Mycology
Open to PHS students
James Scott W 10am- 12pm In-person
CHL5920H Y Occupational and Environmental Health Doctoral Seminar Series
Open to PhD OEH students.
Jeremy Scott N/A N/A N/A
CHL5921H S Protecting the Public from Air Pollution
Open to MPH OEH students in the Environmental Public Health Emphasis or with permission from instructor

Jeffrey Brook

 

T 1 – 4pm In-person
CHL5922H S Climate Change and Health
Open to MPH OEH EPH Emphasis students or with permission from instructor 
Jeffrey Brook M 1-4pm In-person

COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMS

PAS3701H S Advanced Research Issues in Addiction
Open to all UofT Graduate students
Patricia Di Ciano
Kevin Shield
Sergio Rueda
M 2-4pm In-person

PRACTICUM CODES FOR MPH AND MScCH STUDENTS

CHL5620Y Y Required Medical Education Practicum in Family Medicine 1.0 FCE (8 weeks)
CHL5621H S Required Medical Education Practicum in Family Medicine Extension 0.5 FCE (4 weeks)
CHL5690H Y Required MScCH Practicum 0.5 FCE (4 weeks)
CHL5691H Y Optional MScCH Practicum 0.5 FCE (4 weeks)
CHL6010Y S Required MPH Practicum 1.0 FCE (8 weeks)
CHL6011H S Required MPH Practicum Extension 0.5 FCE (4 weeks)
CHL6012Y S Required MPH Practicum Long Extension 1.0 FCE (8 weeks)
CHL6013H Y Required MPH Advanced Standing Practicum 0.5 FCE (4weeks)
CHL6020Y S  Optional MPH Practicum 1.0 FCE (8 weeks)
CHL6021H S Optional MPH Practicum Extension 0.5 FCE (4 weeks)
CHL6022Y S Optional MPH Practicum Long Extension 1.0 FCE (8 weeks)