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Recap — Smoking Intensity, Gender and Contributing Factors, with Tina Nanyangwe-Moyo and Mehedi Hasan Rasel
On May 28, 2025, Tina Nanyangwe-Moyo and Mehedi Hasan Rasel, a postdoctoral research fellow and data analyst, respectively, from the Global Strategy Lab presented their findings from an upcoming research paper on cigarette smoking intensity and gender....
Applications Open! Humanitarian Water Engineering Online Intensive Course, Fall 2025
We are very excited to announce the sixth offering of the Humanitarian Water Engineering (HWE) Intensive Course – a comprehensive 12-week program focused on safe water supply in humanitarian emergencies. Participants will explore key topics including w...
Hot off the Press — First-Ever Academic Publication on Climate Cafés Released by Wellness Impact Lab
Lead Author Anna (Andy) De Jong The Wellness Impact Lab at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research is proud to announce its first major academic publication: “Climate Cafés as a Space for Navigating Climate Emotions: A Scoping Review”, publis...
Humanitarian Water Engineering Lab Kicks Off New Projects in Uganda
This June, researchers from the Humanitarian Water Engineering (HWE) Lab at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research travelled to Uganda to launch two new humanitarian health research collaborations in crisis-affected communities in Uganda. Dr...
The Global Health Class of 2025 Celebration
On June 18, 2025, the School of Global Health proudly hosted the Global Health Class of 2025 Celebration—a special post-convocation event that brought together graduating students, their families, and faculty for a joyful and memorable afternoon. The c...
Wrapping Up Water Safety Research Activities in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
A year after beginning a research project on drinking water safety in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholar Caroline Duncan, along with her supervisor Dr. Stephanie Gora from the Safe and Sustainable Water Research Group, retu...
New Research Presented at EGU and EEHF
This past month, Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholar, Michael De Santi, presented his newest research “ML-QMRA: A novel machine learning tool for linking water quality to health risk in humanitarian contexts” at the European Geosciences Union (EGU)...
Research Poster Presentation at ISHAM 2025 Conference, Brazil
I recently had the opportunity to participate in the 22nd Congress of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM), held in Iguaçu Falls, Brazil, from 20 to 24 May 2025. This global conference brought together basic scientists, clini...
UNITAR Global Water Academy offers free online courses on water sustainability
The UNITAR Global Water Academy invites you to enrol in three free courses on water sustainability: i) On Thin Ice: The Impacts of Climate Change on Freshwater Ice, ii) An Introduction to Indigenous Relationships to Water on Turtle Island, iii) Introdu...
Recap — Imagining Health Otherwise: Critical Perspectives in Global Health Workshop
Kristina Baines 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 quest...