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New Digital Platform Supporting Online Well-Being Launches This Spring
A first-of-its kind digital wellness platform, created at York University’s Young Lives Research Lab, will launch this spring to help Canadians navigate the challenges and complexities of the internet and social media. Originally published in YFil...

Recap — Addressing Challenges Faced by Seniors and Individuals with Dementia, with Shital Desai
On December 4, Dahdaleh faculty fellow Shital Desai led a seminar on empathy driven design, focusing on life centered solutions for seniors and individuals with dementia. Desai explored participatory and co-design methodologies to address systemic chal...

Recap — Fifth Annual Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholars Symposium
The Dahdaleh Institute proudly supports 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 5th Annual Global Health Graduate Schol...
Hot off the Press — Can Systems Analysis Help Avoid Potential Policy Failure for Emerging Zoonoses and Pandemic Prevention?
Dahdaleh Institute research fellows Chloe Clifford Astbury and Kirsten Lee, faculty fellows Shital Desai, Tarra Penney, and Cary Wu, and interim director Mary Wiktorowicz recently published a paper in BMJ Global Health titled, "Wildlife policy, th...

Recap — Bridging Local and Global Applications of Clinical Public Health, with Ross Upshur
On November 13, the Dalla Lana Chair in Clinical Public Health Dr. Ross Upshur presented an insightful seminar on the integration of clinical medicine and public health, highlighting its potential to transform health systems. He began by describing his...
Hot off the Press – Protecting the Safe Water Chain in Refugee Camps: An Exploratory Study of Water Handling Practices, Chlorine Decay, and Household Water Safety in South Sudan, Jordan, and Rwanda
A new article has been authored by experts from the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research and Médecins Sans Frontières in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, exploring factors that protect or compromise the safe water chain i...

Recap — Collaborative Action Research for Community-Centered Emergency Health Response in Latin America, with Jeannie Samuel
On November 27, Dahdaleh faculty fellow Jeannie Samuel presented an ongoing project in Guatemala. This initiative, conducted in partnership with the civil society organizations CEGSS, RED-C Salud, and Laboratorio de Datos in Guatemala and York Universi...

Recap — Global Insights on Equity in AMR Surveillance, with Mary Wiktorowicz
On November 20, Dahdaleh associate director Mary Wiktorowicz delved into the topic of equity in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance, offering insights into how equity can be embedded in global surveillance systems. The discussion emphasized equ...

2024 Year in Review
Thank you for your continued support, engagement, and invaluable contributions to our global health research community here at the Dahdaleh Institute. Happy holidays and cheers to a new year! 1. Nineteen Exceptional Scholars Awarded 2024-2025 Dahdaleh...
“Non-Violent Kitchen Table”: Another Way of Knowing and Belonging in the Space of the Global Tuberculosis Response
On November 12-16, 2024, I joined thousands of researchers, scientists, health professionals, government officials, civil society and Tuberculosis (TB) affected communities at the annual international event, The Union World Conference on Lung Health (T...