The Dahdaleh Institute is delighted to announce this year's recipients of the 2025-2026 Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarships, and we extend our warmest congratulations to the following recipients: "We are proud and elated to support seventeen exceptional graduate scholars whose research will advance impactful scholarly and real-world contributions to global health across a diverse range […]
Position title Part-Time Graduate Research Assistant – Machine Learning & Environmental Health Supervisor Dr. Godfred O. Boateng Stipend $5,082.50 CAD Total Term 4 months Location In-office, Global & Environmental Health Lab, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research (York University) Start date 8th September, 2025 End date 8th December, 2025 Position Overview We are seeking a highly […]
Originally published by News@York (21 August 2025). By Emina Gamulin York researcher says with significant cuts to humanitarian funding in 2025, demand for cost-effective, evidence-based solutions is growing TORONTO, Thursday, Aug. 21 – A new study finds a dramatic increase in safe drinking water when a machine learning-enabled tool created by York University researchers is used to optimize chlorination levels […]
The climate crisis is not just a scientific issue. It’s emotional, cultural, and personal. At York University, a new kind of student response is taking shape: The Climate Collective (TCC). Founded by students in the Global Health program, and supported by the Wellness Impact Lab and the Dahdaleh Institute, TCC is York’s first student-led climate […]
The Dahdaleh Institute proudly support intern positions, graduate research, and scholarly and creative activities in line with the three themes of planetary health, humanitarianism, and foresighting at York University. We held our inaugural Global Health Trainee Symposium on August 20, 2025. The presenters and their seminar titles are as follows, with time stamps to view […]
Our world today faces a “Wicked Problem” in addressing humanitarian action amidst a confluence of polycrisis. Beyond armed conflict, the world is increasingly faced with environmental degradation, the spread of new zoonotic diseases, growing economic disparities, unstable financial systems, funding cuts, mass migration often due to forced displacement, extreme ideological rhetoric, social and political unrest, […]
On July 10, 2025, the Wellness Impact Lab at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research (DI), York University, hosted a deeply moving World Café event titled “Navigating Climate Change, Identity, and Belonging.” Led by Sara Ferwati (DI Community Fellow) and co-facilitated by Susan Harris (DI Community Fellow) and Sarah Merghani (DI Research Assistant), the […]
Global and Environmental Health Lab interns Hefot Ahmed and Amoian S. F. Kouatin, skillfully guided by Dr. Godfred Boateng at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, showcased their groundbreaking research at the 2025 Undergraduate Summer Research Conference, held on August 13 at York University. The conference attracted a diverse audience of faculty members and […]
The Humanitarian Water Engineering Lab is happy to announce a new publication entitled “Training for the test: Using multi-objective training to improve ANN ensemble forecasts of household residual chlorine in emergencies” in the journal PLOS Water. The paper co-authored by Michael De Santi, Syed Imran Ali, Jean-François Fesselet, Matthew Arnold, Dawn Taylor, and Usman Khan […]
We are pleased to formally announce the initiation of a new partnership development grant funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), under the leadership of Dr. Amrita Daftary of the School of Global Health, Faculty of Health. This project, entitled "Developing a Global Framework to Address Gender-Based Violence in Women Affected by […]