I am grateful for the opportunity to attend the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 2025 conference that was held in Atlanta, Georgia between February 20-23. My abstract which summarized my work on the effects of particulate matter on lower respiratory tract infections was selected for a poster presentation. This was my first paper […]
On March 19, 2025, Dahdaleh faculty fellow Cary Wu delved into the pressing issue of suicide within China’s scientific community, highlighting the urgent need for a public health approach tailored to this context. Drawing from a working paper co-authored with students from the University of Science and Technology in Beijing, Wu presented findings from a […]
On March 12, 2025, Ramesh Banadakoppa Manjappa, Assistant Professor at the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba, delved into India’s progress in improving maternal and neonatal health. He explained that this research was part of the Exemplars in Global Health initiative funded by Gates Ventures, which examines countries that have achieved […]
On March 26 Dr. Chiara Camponeschi, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the Dahdaleh Institute, convened a two-part session at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers in Detroit, MI in collaboration with Dr. Natalie Gulsrud of Copenhagen University, in Denmark. A key theme of Dr. Camponeschi’s postdoctoral project titled Turning Moments of Crisis […]
On March 5, 2025, Veena Sriram, Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, delivered a seminar examining how health worker protests evolved during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. She explored global protest trends, their political and systemic influences and the role of unions in shaping workforce policies. Using data from the Armed Conflict Location […]
Job ID: 77373 Job Title: Humanitarian Water Engineering Lab RAY Student Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 @ 11:59 p.m. ET Applications are only accepted through the Career Centre. Go to the Experience York portal through Passport York and search for the posting with the Job ID listed above. Note: applicants must be eligible to participate in […]
This year, the American Association of Geographers (AAG) held their annual conference in Detroit around the theme “Making Spaces of Possibility,” encouraging participants to reflect on how geographers can contribute to making spaces of possibility, spaces that allow for imagining and enacting more equitable worlds, that are tuned into local and global processes, and respect […]
On February 26, 2025, Dahdaleh Graduate Student Scholar, Hillary Birch, explored the urban governance of water quality in Lusaka, Zambia. A PhD candidate in Environmental Studies at York University, Birch presented findings from her six-month fieldwork, examining how water quality is contested, measured and shaped by governance structures, particularly in response to recurrent cholera outbreaks. […]
The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research is accepting applications for the 2025 Seed Grants for Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health Research. York graduate students and research fellows are welcome to apply with the support of a York faculty member as the principal investigator. The 2025 competition will award three seed grants valued up […]
On February 12, 2025, Arne Ruckert, Director of Research at the Global Strategy Lab’s Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Policy Accelerator, delved into the role of One Health (OH) governance in combating AMR. The seminar explored how integrated, multi-sectoral governance structures can enhance surveillance and policy implementation to address AMR. Ruckert emphasized that One Health governance is […]