WINTER TERM 2024
Congratulations to Aiman Ramizy for being awarded the Harvey Skinner Excellence in Global Health Prize, which is given to the full-time undergraduate student enrolled in the Specialized Honours or Honours Global Health program who received the highest grade in the first year of their program.
Congratulations to Lisa Freire and Soltani Mohammadi for being awarded the Paul McDonald Excellence in Global Health Prize, which is given to the full-time undergraduate student enrolled in the Specialized Honours or Honours Global Health program who received the highest grade in the second year of their program.
Congratulations to Catherine Tsasis for being awarded the Lesley Beagrie Excellence in Global Health Prize, which is given to the full-time undergraduate student enrolled in the Specialized Honours or Honours Global Health program who received the highest grade in the third year of their program.
Congratulations to Stephanie Tenkorang for being awarded the Beryl Pilkington Excellence in Global Health Prize, which is given to the full-time undergraduate student enrolled in the Specialized Honours or Honours Global Health program who received the highest grade in the fourth year of their program.
Congratulations to Nurzha Abam and Gurher Sidhu for being awarded the Firdosi Mehta Service in Global Health Prize, which is given to undergraduate students enrolled in the Specialized Honours or Honours Global Health program in any year who has demonstrated excellent and impactful service to the School of Global Health, Faculty of Health, 快播视频, and/or the community in being an agent of change.
Professor Godfred Boateng presented his paper 鈥淔ood Insecurity and Psychosocial Well-Being: A Malawian 快播视频鈥 at the 2024 .
Professor Tarra Penney is part of the team that has been funded by the New Frontiers in Research Fund for their project BioCAM4 鈥 Biodiversity Integration in Climate Adaptation & Mitigation Actions for Planet, People & Human Health.
Professor Steven Hoffman will join the , the world鈥檚 third-largest foundation supporting global health research, for an 18-month secondment as .
Professor A.M. Viens has been reappointed as a member of the Public Health Agency of Canada鈥檚 , which provide advice on ethical issues and questions related to agency programs and services, and issues of national significance to the practice of public health in Canada, including issues arising both nationally and internationally.
Two global health undergraduate students, Ann Kwarteng and Hafsa Ugas, were awarded Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) supporting undergraduate students to gain research experience. Ann Kwarteng, a SSHRC USRA recipient, will be exploring intergenerational experiences with mental health and policing among Black families in Ontario. Hafsa Ugas, a CIHR USRA recipient, will be investigating the relationship between respiratory illness and housing insecurity among people living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya. Both will be supervised by Professor Godfred Boateng.
Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Chloe Clifford Astbury presented on One Health innovations taking place in China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Philippines at a World Health Assembly side event on One Health and pandemic prevention in practice, co-organized with the and .
Professor Mathieu Poirier presented a poster at the showcasing the team's findings from an evidence review on .
Professor Mathieu Poirier is joining the in New York City, contributing to the preparatory process for the high-level meeting on AMR. Discussions will focus on key priorities, challenges, and solutions for addressing AMR globally.
Professor Godfred Boateng facilitated the inaugural workshop for the Canadian-African-Central-American One Health Monitoring and Evaluation (CAfCA-OHME) network at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research.
The School of Global Health has launched its search for a Sessional Assistant Professor in Global Health (teaching stream) to commence January 1, 2025 (application deadline: July 1, 2024).
The Global Strategy Lab, who has a number of investigators who are SGH Faculty, including Professors Hoffman, Penney, Poirier, and Viens, is celebrating its .
Professor Godfred Boateng presented a poster at the 2024 in Philadelphia. This presentation explored the .
The (WHA SIM) will take place between May 2 and 3.
Professor A.M. Viens co-organized the symposium at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Professor Mary Wiktorowicz and global health alumna Fiona Harris were co-authors on an article entitled .
Professor Amrita Daftary, with colleague Dillon Wademan from the Desmond Tutu TB Centre at Stellenbosch University, publishes on the chronicity of tuberculosis disease in the edited collection . The chapter is featured on World TB Day 2024 by the South African news outlet, .
For , Professor Amrita Daftary speaks on the social dimensions of drug-resistant tuberculosis at the symposium at Columbia University Irving Medical Centre and Mailman School of Public Health.
For , Professor Amrita Daftary writes with South African colleagues on addressing the epidemiology, determinants and impacts of drug-resistant tuberculosis in the .
Professors Mary Wiktorowicz and A.M. Viens, along with post doc Chloe Clifford Astbury, attended the research meeting of their funded research project Designing One Health Governance for Antimicrobial Stewardship (DESIGN) to present research results and discuss progress on the project objectives.
The Government of Canada has issued a new Canada Research Chair (CRC) appointment to Professor Godfred Boateng in Global Health and Humanitarianism. As a CRC, Dr. Boateng will address global health priorities by focusing on anticipatory, instead of reactionary, approaches. Notably, he will look to further understand the synergistic epidemics of food, water, energy, and housing insecurity and their compounding effects, as well as the impact of environmental degradation and changes in climatic conditions on the health of older adults in sub-Saharan Africa and Canada.
Professors Mathieu Poirier and Steven Hoffman, and post doc , have been awarded funding from the for their project on .
Global Health undergraduate student Richard Wu, Global Health alumna Mirianna Georges, and World Health Assembly Simulation Research Coordinator Megan George were all at the 2024 annual conference in Los Angeles presenting their research.
Adjunct Professor Patrick Fafard and colleagues were awarded the 2023 for the best article judged to represent excellence in the field published in Policy & Politics, for their paper .
Professor Mathieu Poirier and Adjunct Professor Susan Rogers Van Katwyk joined Canadian experts and government representatives at the Pandemic Agreement Regional Engagement Series to discuss .
Professor Mary Wiktorowicz discusses the global rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the policies that have been passed surrounding AMR in the latest issue of the .
The All in Good Health Podcast team has officially released their first episode, now available on and . In the inaugural episode, they explore the foundations of global health, aiming to introduce this complex field in an accessible and engaging manner. All in Good Health is a student-led podcast at 快播视频 dedicated to fostering conversations about health equity on a global scale.
Professor Mary Wiktorowicz recently co-authored a paper entitled in Social Science & Medicine.
Professor Mathieu Poirier recently published a paper on in Nature Scientific Reports.
Professor Amrita Daftary publishes a systematic in the Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseaes with School of Global Health undergraduate students/alum, Rumia Owaisi and Leah Goldschmidt.
Professor Amrita Daftary, together with Dr Jeremiah Chikovore at the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa, writes a telling , in her role as an invited guest editor for .
Congratulations to Aiman Ramizy, Lisa Freire, Sandra Taghizadeh Toossi, and Ravneet Kaur Manoria on being awarded the Global Health Entrance Scholarships! These scholarships are dedicated to promoting excellence in the undergraduate Global Health program at 快播视频, with a value of $5000 each selected on the basis of academic merit.
Professor Oghenowede Eyawo has been featured for his work with the Black Students Mentorship Program.
Professor Godfred Boateng will be a panellist at the Harriet Tubman Institute鈥檚 2024 . This year's theme and discussions are focussed around Black Educators and Black Education.
Professor A.M. Viens will join the 's on January 30 from 6-8pm (Calumet 100)
Professor Godfred Boateng was successful in obtaining funding from the and for his two-year project on Household Energy Insecurity, Health and Sustainable Livelihoods in Colombia.
FALL TERM 2023
Professor A.M. Viens was invited to participate in a meeting with other academics working on human rights with Commissioner Margarette May Macaulay, President and Country Rapporteur for the , as part of her visit to Canada.
Professor James Orbinski published an opinion piece in the Global and Mail newspaper on why .
Professor Amrita Daftary co-directed a meeting on from November 20-22 together with social science scholars, community members, and global leaders. Yuliya Chorna (PhD Anthropology) was among her featured students.
Professor Amrita Daftary chaired a plenary on AI-generated Tuberculosis Care and Prevention and at the in Paris (November 15-18), among a number of featured presentations.
Global health undergraduate student Richard Wu was part of a group awarded the Best Overall Project for their project.
Postdoctoral Fellow Chloe Clifford Astbury and Professor Tarra Penney, along with SGH colleagues Kristen Lee, A.M. Viens, and Mary Wiktorowicz, share the findings from a in Globalization and Health.
The School of Global Health has launched its search for an Assistant Professor in Experiential Education in Global Health (teaching stream) to commence July 1, 2024 (application deadline: November 1, 2023).
The School of Global Health has launched its search for an Assistant Professor in Global Health Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Science (professorial stream) to commence July 1, 2024 (application deadline: November 1, 2023).
Professors Mathieu Poirier and A.M. Viens will join the 's Meet the Professors event on November 2 from 6-8pm at Bethune College (BC 203A)
, PhD candidate from the University of Bristol Law School, provided a guest lecture on Neoliberalism, Globalisation, and Antimicrobial Resistance in our Global Health Ethics course (GH 4010), as part of his overseas institutional visit.
Dr. Amrita Daftary has been featured in , profiling her work on reducing tuberculosis stigma through partnership in India.
Professors Ahmad Firas Khalid and A.M. Viens were featured in about how the provides a chance to students to experience first-hand how global health policymakers at the World Health Organization make decisions.
Professor Mathieu Poirier presented on evaluating national border closures to control COVID-19 at the .
Professor Tarra Penney is the recipient of the Dean鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Research, which recognizes faculty members undertaking ground-breaking research in the .
Professor Jessica Vorstermans is the recipient of the Dean鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Teaching, which recognizes faculty members providing quality teaching in an inclusive and supportive environment in the .
Join us for a guest lecture that explores the transformative journey from student life to firsthand experiences in the realm of global health, which will be moderated (Research Fellow, ). is happening on October 20th at 1pm in Accolade West, Room 106 at 快播视频 (registration required).
Dr. Susan Rogers Van Katwyk鈥檚 (Adjunct Professor) Health and Hope event with at the UN General Assembly was a success!
Professor Steven Hoffman (Global Health) and Professor (Cinema and Media Arts) were successful in the funding of their SSHRC grant application
Professor A.M. Viens and Victoria Cassar (global health undergraduate student) co-authored a peer-reviewed paper entitled in the journal Law & Policy.
(undergraduate global health student) was successful in the funding of her CIHR grant application examining the gendered differences in the relationship between housing insecurity & diarrheal infection in Kenyan informal settlements, supervised by Dr. Godfred Boateng.
Essete Tesfaye (global health undergraduate student) has been awarded the , given to a graduating undergraduate student in recognition of outstanding academic excellence and contributions to 快播视频.
Victoria Cassar (global health undergraduate student) has been awarded the Gold Medal for Academic Excellence & Outstanding Leadership, given to a graduating undergraduate student in the Faculty of Health who has demonstrated academic excellence and outstanding contributions to undergraduate student life at 快播视频.
Essete Tesfaye (global health undergraduate student) has been awarded the Gold Medal for Academic Excellence & Outstanding Leadership, given to a graduating undergraduate student in the Faculty of Health who has demonstrated academic excellence and outstanding contributions to undergraduate student life at 快播视频.
Asma Adam (global Health undergraduate student) has been awarded the Silver Medal for Outstanding Leadership, given to a graduating undergraduate student in the Faculty of Health who has demonstrated outstanding leadership skills and potential through involvement and initiative in Faculty of Health organizations and activities.