January 12, 2021
By Alisa Kim As a medical student, Dr. Paul Kurdyak was drawn to psychiatry because of his love of stories. Providing mental health care, he says, involves not only identifying a particular condition, but also understanding how that illness affects… Read more
December 16, 2020
By Alisa Kim Drs. Fahima Dossa and Nathan Stall, PhD candidates at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), each received the 2020 Rising Star Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The award recognizes… Read more
December 10, 2020
CanCOVID is delighted to announce the appointments of Dr. Katrina Milaney, Dr. Louis Flamand, Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine and Dr. Sue Horton as its new theme leaders. “We are thrilled to welcome our new theme leads to CanCOVID to help contribute the best available evidence and expertise… Read more
December 7, 2020
By Alisa Kim We can’t just continue living as if there was no tomorrow, because there is a tomorrow. — Greta Thunberg It’s an uncomfortable reality that, barring major collective action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the world’s temperature… Read more
November 30, 2020
U of T researchers are offering COVID antibody tests to a sampling of health care workers in the Greater Toronto Area and other Canadian cities in an effort to better understand how many have been infected by the virus —… Read more
November 26, 2020
By Alisa Kim American president John F. Kennedy once said, “change is the law of life,” but adapting to change is seldom easy. This is especially true in health care. As the province launches Ontario Health Teams, significant challenges lie… Read more
November 23, 2020
By Alisa Kim The Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME) held its first virtual Research Day on Nov. 20, 2020. Two-hundred participants registered for the online conference, which showcases the work of the institute’s graduate students. Professor Audrey… Read more
November 17, 2020
By Geoffrey Vendeville Vivek Goel, a renowned public health expert who served six years at the head of the University of Toronto’s research division, is leaving U of T… Read more
November 3, 2020
By Alisa Kim For Dr. Beverley Essue, what was supposed to be one year at the University of Sydney to complete a Masters in Public Health, turned into a… Read more
October 29, 2020
By Alisa Kim The rallying cry at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic was “we’re all in this together.” More than half a year into the global health crisis,… Read more