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An Ode to the Class of 2021
DLSPH students Deanna Pinder (MPH, Nutrition and Dietetics), Dr. Sina Moin (PhD, Health Services Research), Dr. Nakia Lee-Foon (PhD, Social and Behavioural Health Sciences) and Steven Winkelman (MPH, Social and Behavioural Health Sciences) reflect back on the last two years.
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LEADERSHIP CORNER
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"Throughout the pandemic, IHPME faculty have been researching the impact of the COVID-19 health crisis on all segments of society, from young children to older adults living in long-term care facilities and in the community."
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Meet DLSPH’s New Indigenous Health Lead
Asst. Prof. Angela Mashford-Pringle is DLSPH’s first-ever Indigenous Health Lead. She says her goals are “very simple”: “I want to create a safe and welcoming environment for Indigenous students, faculty, Elders and Knowledge Keepers and their guests.” Read more
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DLSPH NEWS
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He works with national governments and world bodies, but Adj. Prof. Garry Aslanyan always maintains a simple question in the back of his head: ‘What does this mean for the health of a person?
Queer and Trans people living in poverty face poor health outcomes, DLSPH researchers discovered through an extensive scoping review of Canadian studies.
Asst. Prof. Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco is DLSPH’s online engagement guru – a surprising new role for the long-time AIDS activist and community-based researcher.
Lorraine Lipscombe has been selected to lead a “powerhouse” research network that will impact the global fight against diabetes and other serious chronic diseases.
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IN DEPTH STORY
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“I hope I’ll be able to bring a voice for public health much more broadly across the country and to many other tables,” Vivek Goel says. “In other countries they have figured out ways to insulate the public-health infrastructure from politics. We need people to talk about how to protect and sustain them, and there’s a role for academic institutions in that process.”
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Vivek Goel’s Public Health Vision
Prof. Vivek Goel – his career, and academic evolution — is deeply entwined with DLSPH and its emergence as Canada’s top public health school. As the former U of T provost and emeritus IHPME professor prepares to become president of the University of Waterloo, he leaves a faculty that he played an outsized role in creating. Read more
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MORE DLSPH NEWS
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Thirteen individuals, groups and organizations have been named Pillars of the Pandemic by DLSPH in partnership with Closing the Gap Healthcare.
Apondi Judith Odhiambo received the Canadian Association for HIV Research 2021 New Investigator Award last month.
Assistant Prof. Erica Di Ruggiero is calling on all levels of government to adopt an integrated strategy that recognizes public health as a truly global phenomenon.
Students have found that an influential paper may have overstated the safety of three feet of physical distancing to protect against COVID-19.
Prof. Fiona Miller has been awarded $6 million from Environment and Climate Change Canada to lead a project that aims to engage Canada’s health-care community in climate action.
CanPath's initial preliminary COVID-19 Antibody Study results show a high degree of variability in the level of antibodies produced by a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
IHPME Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator Aviv Shachak, can add one more title to his CV.
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ALUMNI Q&A
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“If you don’t understand why hospitals behave the way they do, you do not know how to create a culture that is conducive to high quality,” says Nusrat Farhana who graduated with a PhD from the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation’s Health Services and Research.
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Nusrat Farhana’s Story: Dissecting Healthcare Competitiveness in Canada
Nusrat Farhana spent the last six years understanding what drives hospitals to compete through the Ontario and Alberta healthcare systems. Read more
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Sarah Richter has been running non-stop. At the beginning of the pandemic, as DLSPH grappled with the fast move to online classes, Richter and the Public Health Students’ Association pivoted as well.
The Auduzhe Mino Nesewinong Vaccination clinic will have a full-time program logistic manager:: Devon Bowyer.
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WEBINARS
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HEADLINES
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“We’re actually moving to a point where Canadians are going ‘hey, I didn’t recognize how big a problem this is and let’s have a discussion so that we can move towards healing,’ because right now we’re not near healing if we can’t even talk about the truth of the genocide that’s happened in Canada,” said Prof. Angela Mashford-Pringle.
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INDIGENOUS HEALTH
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The University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium was transformed into the site of a vaccine pow wow over the weekend, with volunteers dancing and playing hand drums while community members received their shots. Read more
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VACCINE HESITANCY
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If we didn't have race-based data today, we might still be arguing whether Blacks and racialized populations have COVID disparities," said Prof. Akwatu Khenti.
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20 townhalls later, here's how Toronto's Black scientists' task force reduced vaccine hesitancy
Prof. Akwatu Khenti says the task force has plans to continue into the fall, with the goal of tackling two major issues. Read more
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CRITICAL ISSUES IN PUBLIC HEALTH
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“There’s a thing that we call sacrifice syndrome, because you sacrifice your own identity for the well-being of the work situation, the well-being of your family, and then that will lead to burnout,” said IHPME Asst. Prof. Abi Sriharan.
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Employers must show 'real support' as pandemic burnout overwhelms parents, caregivers: experts
Women, who traditionally take on most of the caregiving responsibilities, end up sacrificing themselves to keep their work and families afloat. Read more
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COVID HOT TOPICS
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"You do have some fraction of our schools that don't have any mechanical ventilation at all — poorly ventilated spaces," Prof. David Fisman said. "If we don't improve ventilation, we're not taking advantage of the ability to get infectious material out of the air that people are going to breathe in."
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Want safe classrooms in September? Get the ventilation right, experts say
The GTA's other school boards all reported similar efforts to bolster ventilation, especially in classrooms without HVAC systems. Those classrooms, said Prof. David Fisman are the ones parents should be most concerned about. Read more
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EVENTS
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Virtual Hereditary Cancer Series
Jan. 15 - Nov. 19 | Details
One on One with Steini
July 19 | Details
View more events here
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