What does it actually mean to be healthy? This is one of the questions that this year’s Critical Perspectives in Global Health Workshop sought to address and, more importantly, challenge. Anthropologist Kristina Baines raised this question in her keynote on the importance of Maya and Garifuna approaches to health and the limitations of biomedical understandings […]
Over the course of the 2024-2025 academic year, the Dahdaleh Institute collaborated with a group of outstanding students as part of the Internship Program. In recent years, our internship program has expanded to include research positions across disciplines progressing towards novel and innovative global health research. Through this program, our global health interns have the […]
The World Health Assembly Simulation (WHA SIM) 2025 conference, held at York University’s Second Student Centre from April 30 to May 1, was a resounding success. Hosted by the School of Global Health, with support from the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, the event brought together students, experts, and global health leaders to tackle […]
The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research is delighted to welcome Professor Benjamin Ewert as a new member, who joins the Institute as a visiting scholar for one year starting June 2025. Prof. Dr. Benjamin Ewert is a political scientist with a specialization in health and social policy, currently serving as Professor of Politics for […]
The Wellness Impact Lab (WIL), co-founded in 2023 by Dr. Harvey Skinner, PhD (Senior Fellow) and Susan Harris, MSW (Community Fellow), is rooted in the mission of “healing ourselves, healing others, healing our world.” Over the past two years, WIL has grown into a vibrant hub promoting evidence based integrated wellness practices that inspire personal […]
On April 9, 2025, Julia Rodgers, a PhD candidate in Political Science at Dalhousie University, delved into the complexities of public engagement in health policy, drawing from her dissertation and work at the Global Strategy Lab. She challenged the dominant narrative that engagement is inherently positive, arguing instead that without clear purpose and context, engagement […]
From February 20th to February 23rd, 2025, I had the incredible opportunity to attend the 16th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Conference in Atlanta, United States. The Global & Environmental Health (GEH) Lab had a strong showing at this year’s conference, presenting a total of 11 different projects that include studies examining […]
On April 28, 2025, the DI Scholars Club hosted an intensive Quantitative Methods Workshop at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research. The workshop, led by Dr. Gabriel Dusing, brought together ten graduate students and researchers from the Dahdaleh Institute and the Global Strategy Lab for a deep dive into practical statistical techniques and causal […]
AI4PEP Senegal has been prominently featured in the 2025 Q1 “AI in Africa” Summary Report by Convergence AI, under the AI for Digital Transformation section. The recognition highlights the team’s efforts to apply artificial intelligence in strengthening community-based epidemiological surveillance systems across Senegal. Led in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Social Action, AI4PEP Senegal’s […]
On April 2, 2025, Dahdaleh research fellow Dr. Chiara Camponeschi opened a timely seminar by exploring the role of public innovation in addressing complex and overlapping global challenges. She framed the discussion around “infrastructures of care” calling for a deeper understanding of how care can be embedded into systems and policies in ways that are […]