Join us and CBC Ideas on May 5 for the 2026 Boehm Lecture “Our Wellness Codes”, featuring Dr. Jehannine (J9) Austin as she examines how genomics and lived experience intersect to shape health and behaviour.
Register: https://ow.ly/Z4BR50YMJtj
#PublicHealth #Genomics #DLSPH
Congratulations to DLSPH @ihpmeuoft.bsky.social's Altaf Stationwala, President and CEO of @unityhealthto.bsky.social, for receiving the CCHL Distinguished Leadership Award — the College's highest honour. 👏
🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/Vnpq50YIgth
#DLSPHFaculty #Leadership #PublicHealth #UofT
Join us for PHS Health Futures on April 15! The Dean’s Alumni Advisory Council Co-Chair Jennifer Mary Bell shares why this evening of conversation, connection and inspiration is not to be missed.
Register: https://ow.ly/BCh050YGsA2
#PublicHealth #DLSPHalumni
📣 Attention early- and mid-career health professionals: learn how to navigate complex ethical challenges in professional settings in our MHSc in Bioethics program (@utjcb.bsky.social).
Apply by May 8: https://ow.ly/2ReL50YECEv
#Bioethics #PublicHealth
Our esteemed faculty member Dr. Farhan M. Asrar, a space medicine researcher, was interviewed by ABC News about the Artemis II mission sending the first Canadian into lunar orbit.
🎥 Watch the interview: https://abcnews.com/video/131624619/
#DLSPH #ArtemisII #UofT #UofTDefyGravity #SpaceResearch
Your Public Health Sciences degree didn’t end at graduation! Reconnect with peers and faculty at our new alumni event, Health Futures, on April 15! Enjoy drinks, appetizers and pick up DLSPH swag.
Buy your tickets:
https://ow.ly/UFU150YBYfS
#DLSPHalumni #DLSPH #UofT
New research led by DLSPH's Xiaolin Wei, Zhitong Zhang, Shishi Wu, Hongyu Huang and Adalsteinn Brown demonstrates a promising way to combat antimicrobial resistance in low- and middle-income countries.
Read more: https://ow.ly/YXEL50YBjFy
#PublicHealth #AMR
We're accepting applications for the 2026 NHP Graduate and Trainee Awards, which support interdisciplinary research in cardiometabolic health, chronic disease prevention, and health equity. Learn about the @uoftdlsph.bsky.social Graduate Award:
healthypopulationsnetwork.utoronto.ca/nhp-graduate...
Thank you for supporting #UofTGivingDay! Your generosity strengthens DLSPH. We’re grateful for every donor who made it a success.
Giving Day is over, but you can still support our students and the future of public health: https://ow.ly/146550YAEla
#GiveBack #DLSPH
Overlaid white text reads: “DLSPH Associate Professor receives 2026 Global Educator Award, celebrated for diverse and inclusive pedagogy.” In the foreground, Erica Di Ruggiero sits at a table with a drink cup, looking slightly to the right side.
DLSPH Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Research & Innovation, Erica Di Ruggiero received University of Toronto’s 2026 Global Educator Award, recognizing her outstanding contributions to diverse and inclusive pedagogy. 🎉
Read more: https://ow.ly/lRmf50YzOmC
#PublicHealth #UofT
Complete the Grad Student Experience in Research University (gradSERU) survey by May 5 for a chance to win one of seven $3k bursaries.
Complete the survey: https://ow.ly/BuIC50YzpKE
#UofTStudent #UoT
Get ready #UofTGivingDay is almost here! There’s still time to double your impact. Gifts to featured DLSPH funds will be matched. Learn more and make your gift to DLSPH here: engage.utoronto.ca/site/SPageServer
#GivingDay
The Ontario Health System Quality and Innovation Awards nominations are now open!
Nominate individuals or teams who influenced the Ontario health system.
Deadline to submit is June 8, 2026, at 5 p.m. E.T.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/sRvI50Yy584
#OHSQIA2026
Congrats to #DLSPH's Dr. Blair Bigham on receiving the 2026 Agnes Macphail Award, one of @toronto.ca’s highest honours recognizing a commitment to equity, social justice & public service.
🔗 https://ow.ly/HX6650Yy4g3
#PublicHealth #Toronto #UofT #HealthEquity
On March 19, Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon presided over the Order of Canada Investiture Ceremony. Congrats to C. P. Shah (invested as Officer on Mar. 19) & Alison McGeer (named a Member in Dec. 2025). 🔗 Event recap: https://ow.ly/Vm8650YxPfA #PublicHealth #OrderOfCanada
Public Health Sciences Associate Dean Carol Strike received $2 million from the CIHR to launch a national harm reduction network for people who use substances. “This project… builds on decades of partnership, innovation and capacity building…” 🔗 https://ow.ly/61sX50YxNE2 #DLSPH #PublicHealth
Welcome to the 50 high school students joining our Health Professionals Career Week, with @uoftmedicine.bsky.social and @utsc.utoronto.ca! Students will visit UTSC, @mghtoronto.bsky.social and Scarborough Health Network to discover public health careers.
🔗 ow.ly/J74150Yw35M.
Donate by #UofTGiving Day and your gift can go twice as far! Until March 26, donations to featured DLSPH funds will be matched dollar-for-dollar (up to $1,000) while funds last.
Double your impact: https://ow.ly/E95150YrmQA
Don't miss the chance to join us for the 2026 Vohra Miller Lecture for an invigorating discussion on how inequities shape access to primary care during public health emergencies.
When: Thursday, March 12 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm ET
Learn more & register: https://ow.ly/vIHR50YrUal
Get ready for this year’s #UofTGivingDay! From March 1 - 26, donations to featured DLSPH funds will be matched 1:1 (up to $1,000) while funds last.
Double your impact by donating here:
https://ow.ly/LV7750Yq99T
We are excited to share that Global Affairs Canada has awarded DLSPH's Centre for Global Health $3.5 million to evaluate and improve global health initiatives.
Learn more about the difference this funding will make: https://ow.ly/FXjZ50Yh4bc
#GlobalHealth #DLSPH
“Moving the collection would have been an irrecoverable loss to Canadian science,” says Dr. James Scott, Director of the UAMH Centre for Global Microfungal Biodiversity. Read about the fungal biobank and its future: www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/2026/02/04/d....
We are pleased to share that the UAMH Centre for Global Microfungal Biodiversity at DLSPH will remain at its location, thanks to a generous donation from the Weston Family Foundation. The collection risked being sent overseas where regulations would limit Canadian researchers’ access to it.
“You’ve got to be brave. You've got to be bold.”
That’s #healthcare executive and @ihpmeuoft.bsky.social alumna Lisa Alcia’s advice for current and future #publichealth students.
Read what that looked like for her: https://ow.ly/3XCV50Y6suS
#CareerAdvice
In October, the Centre for Global Health team met with colleagues overseas for the first-ever DLSPH and Mastercard Foundation’s Africa Health Collaborative Partnered Workshop in Kigali, Rwanda.
#2025DLSPHwrapped #GlobalHealth
Last summer, students from the DLSPH Outreach and Access Program’s Summer Institute visited The Stop’s Green Barn to explore how sustainable farming practices connected to their case study on climate change & its impacts on public health.
#2025DLSPHwrapped #SustainableFarming
DLSPH Students: Please check Quercus to see if your in-person IHPME/PHS classes scheduled for today (Monday, January 26, 2026) have been moved to a virtual format, or if they have been cancelled.
For updates on our St. George campus, please check here: https://www.utoronto.ca/campus-status
New research from the Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases reveals how RSV can impact adults, who are at risk for severe infection and the importance of the RSV vaccine.
🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/5nhB50Y21Y7
#RSV #Research #PublicHealth
We asked the DLSPH community to share their 2025 highlights:
PhD Candidate Carlos Sanchez-Pimienta visited the Australian National University for a two-week leadership program on governance for planetary health equity.
#2025DLSPHwrapped #PhDcandidate
In June 2025, CanPath’s first Synthetic Dataset Workshop, hosted at CRIS, brought together students, instructors & clinician scientists from the academic health community for training in its trusted research environment, with partners from Lifebit. #2025DLSPHwrapped
