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Hot Off The Press — International Research Consortium BioCAM4 Calls for Integrated Nature-Climate Action as COP30 Draws Near

To keep global warming to below 1.5 degrees and halt biodiversity losses, policies must put nature at the heart of ambitious climate actions, urges international research group BioCAM4 (Biodiversity Integration in Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Actions for Planet, People, and Human Health). The new article, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, calls for ‘Integrated […]

Seventeen Exceptional Scholars Awarded 2025-2026 Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarships

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 […]

Graduate Research Assistant – Machine Learning & Environmental Health with the Global and Environmental Health Lab

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 […]

York-led safe water tool nearly three times more effective than standard practice, new study finds

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 Collective: York’s First Climate-Focused Student Club

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 […]

Recap — Inaugural Dahdaleh Global Health Trainee Symposium

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 […]

Recalibrating and Reimagining Humanitarian Action

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, […]

World Café: Exploring Climate Change, Identity, and Belonging

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 […]

GEHLab Interns Present Oral Presentations at Undergraduate Summer Research Conference 2025 at York University 

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 […]

Hot Off The Press — How to Teach AI: Multi-Objective Water Quality Modelling for Emergencies

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 […]