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2025 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. Centering Palestinian Voices: Rethinking Global Health...
Hot Off The Press — Using a Board Game as Critical Design for Relational Communication in Dementia Care
This programme of research advances relational approaches to communication in dementia care through an interdisciplinary, community-engaged framework that brings together global health, design, and digital media. A defining feature of the work is the c...
Recap — Immersive Learning for Global Health: Bridging Data, Complexity, and Wisdom with Pravin Pillay
On November 5, 2025, Dahdaleh community fellow Pravin Pillay presented his work on immersive learning using embodied systems as a method of furthering sustainable development goals in global health. Pillay began with incorporating an immersive exercise...
The Role of the Arts at the Intersection of Climate Change and Public Health
DI Faculty Fellow Ian Garrett has just published an article in Art & Health on the role of the arts at the intersection of climate change and public health ahead of forthcoming WHO Policy Brief. This international survey study investigates how prac...
Associate or Full Professor & Director, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research - Faculty of Health, York University
The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research (DIGHR) and the Faculty of Health at York University invites highly qualified applicants for an Associate or Full Professor to commence July 1, 2026. The successful candidate will be appointed as Direct...
Announcement – Applications for 2026 Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarships Open!
The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research is excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2026-2027 Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarship! Join us in advancing global health research and making a lasting impact! Our Institut...
2025 Union World Conference on Lung Health: Reflecting on the Potential of Collaborations Between the TB Community and Academia
From November 18-21, Yuliya Chorna, PhD candidate in Social Anthropology and graduate global health scholar at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research at York University, participated in the 2025 Union World Conference on Lung Health, in Cope...
Recap — Centering Palestinian Voices: Rethinking Global Health and Humanitarian Responsibility in Gaza
On Wednesday, November 19, the Dahdaleh Institute was joined by experts in food systems, WASH, and health, Dr. Ahmad Abu Shaban, Dr. Reem Abu Shomar and Dr. Mohammed Al Barayka, for a session entitled “The Limits and Responsibilities of...
DI Members at the Global Union Conference on TB and Lung Health in Copenhagen
Thanks to the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health for the funding I received to attend and present my research at the 2025 World Conference on TB and Lung Health in Copenhagen (Nov 17-21, 2025). The event was a meaningful professional experience. I, a...
Recap — Screening Program for Adolescents in Communities in Cape Coast: Case Studies from Ghana, with Benedict Weobong
On October 22, 2025, Benedict Weobong, Dahdaleh faculty fellow and Global Mental Health epidemiologist and academic, presented his and his team’s research on reaching adolescents with health services, specifically in select communities in a secondary c...