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
October 26, 2020
By Alisa Kim When University of Toronto philosopher Marshall McLuhan famously said, “the medium is the message,” he meant that we need to think about the impact of a given technology (the medium) over and above its content (the message).… Read more
September 28, 2020
By Alisa Kim Hazards related to climate change have significant implications for human health and health systems. Rising atmospheric and oceanic temperatures, for instance, are linked to more frequent and severe storms, floods, wildfires, heat waves and infectious diseases that… Read more
September 23, 2020
By Alisa Kim In Canada, people with one or more chronic conditions are often hospitalized, discharged when they are stable, and then re-hospitalized as their health takes a turn… Read more
September 17, 2020
By Alisa Kim Six researchers at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, including four from the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), were awarded funding from the COVID-19 Immunity Task Force (CITF). Collectively, they… Read more
September 3, 2020
By Alisa Kim Efforts to reform the health system and provide Canadians with more patient-centred care require a clearer understanding of the needs, values and perspectives of all its users. That is the rationale behind a new study published jointly… Read more
September 1, 2020
By Heidi Singer and Nicole Bodnar Meena Andiappan and Jay Shaw received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, joining a group of DLSPH researchers who are claiming an increasing presence in the social science space. Their success… Read more