{"id":1529,"date":"2017-06-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/?p=1529"},"modified":"2025-08-14T12:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:47:39","slug":"york-university-appoints-internationally-renowned-global-health-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/dighr\/york-university-appoints-internationally-renowned-global-health-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"快播视频 appoints internationally renowned global health scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As Canada\u2019s progressive university, a 快播视频 education shapes the global perspective, and embraces innovation in teaching, learning, and research. 快播视频\u2019s Faculty of Health has announced two important appointments, both demonstrating momentum in one of the University\u2019s emerging areas of academic and research excellence: global health.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. James Orbinski has been named inaugural Director of the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research (\u201cThe Institute\u201d), effective September 1, 2017. Established in 2015, the Institute provides leadership and innovation to improve global health. This initiative has been made possible with a $20 million transformational donation from Victor Phillip Dahdaleh, a UK-based Canadian business leader and York alumnus.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute reflects York\u2019s commitment to interdisciplinary approaches and draws on research strengths from across the University. A champion of global health and humanitarianism throughout his career, Orbinski is an internationally renowned professor, medical doctor, researcher, author, and passionate advocate. He is the former international president of M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res\/Doctors Without Borders during which he helped launch its Access to Essential Medicines Campaign. He has advised the UN Security Council, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross for his humanitarian leadership in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dr. James Orbinski Joins 快播视频 Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vCaKotAWKhA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an institution, York is committed to values that are completely synonymous with my own,\u201d said Orbinski, \u201cIt is fundamentally committed to equity and social justice, and to bringing the resources of a university to make the world a better place, through global health. I believe that our world is made by what we do, and what we do is driven by our values. For me, York is a community that I feel deeply privileged to be joining.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1164DdYOqtg&amp;feature=youtu.be\"><u>Dr. Steven J. Hoffman<\/u><\/a>, has been appointed as a Professor in the School of Health Policy and Management, effective July 1, 2017. He is cross-appointed to Osgoode Hall Law School and will also be a key contributor to the Institute. The University will be nominating him for a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Governance and Social Innovation. Hoffman is one of Canada's most influential scholars in global health governance, law and policy, having served as an advisor to several national governments, the UN and the WHO. In 2016, Hoffman was appointed the Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research\u2019s (CIHR\u2019s) Institute of Population and Public Health. With his appointment, 快播视频 will serve as the new administrative host of CIHR\u2019s Institute of Population and Public Health.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prof. Steven Hoffman Joins 快播视频&#039;s Faculty of Health &amp; Osgoode Hall Law School\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1164DdYOqtg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGlobal health challenges don\u2019t fit neatly into one discipline, so I focus on bringing together research from different places to solve real-world problems,\u201d said Hoffman, \u201cYork is an exciting place to learn and do research. I am eager to leverage my background as an international lawyer and interdisciplinary social scientist to build bridges across campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the historic and generous $20 million gift from Victor Dahdaleh to build on York's growing strength in global health, and with the appointment of Drs. Orbinski and Hoffman, two world leaders in this field, the University is poised to become an international leader in global health research, problem solving and public policy,\u201d said Mamdouh Shoukri, President and Vice-Chancellor of 快播视频. \u201cThe lasting global impact will make a meaningful difference in people\u2019s lives now and in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a privilege to welcome two of the world\u2019s most influential thinkers, visionaries, and advocates for global and population health to York,\u201d said Paul McDonald, Dean, Faculty of Health, 快播视频, \u201cJames and Steven join a progressive minded community of academics who are contributing to the development of cutting-edge health research that is changing the dynamics of health issues, health care services and health systems in Canada and globally. They will play an important role in helping us build Canada\u2019s first undergraduate degree program in global health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Home to Canada\u2019s only global health program, York\u2019s Faculty of Health was founded in 2006 by integrating four academic units with varying perspectives. No university in Canada combines these strengths in equivalent depth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Canada\u2019s progressive university, a 快播视频 education shapes the global perspective, and embraces innovation in teaching, learning, and research. 快播视频\u2019s Faculty of Health has announced two important appointments, both demonstrating momentum in one of the University\u2019s emerging areas of academic and research excellence: global health. 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