CIHR- and NSERC-funded research identifies possible measures to control the mosquito population and the transmission of the West Nile virus in artificial ponds around the GTA. The findings could be used to guide programs in local health units.
Scientific Director of CIHR’s Institute of Population and Public Health, Steven Hoffman, offers keen insights on how AI could improve health outcomes of Canadians. He believes York could take a leadership role.
York University Professor Steven Hoffman is among a cohort of Canadian scholars to author a special report for The Lancet that examines Canada’s system of universal health coverage and role in global health. Steven Hoffman The two papers, authored by leading scholars, indicate the Canadian government must match its public declarations with concrete action on issues […]
Three York University professors have received project grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR). The grants will advance their important research into cell health and aging, new drug therapies and the changes that take place in the heart after a heart attack. “York University is delighted to see Faculty of Health Professor David […]
Canada Research Chair embarks upon three pain studies in the process of creating and testing a new tool to measure pain. Highly effective, it points to future directions in treatment.
York U’s Steven J. Hoffman analyses the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. His findings could inform future evidence-based policy and decision-making.
Three York University researchers awarded a combined $2,723,399 in funding from the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) will work to advance health-related investigations in areas of social/cultural health and biomedical health. Professors Peter Backx, Yvonne Bohr and Chun Peng each received a CIHR Project Grant, which is designed to capture ideas with the greatest […]
York Environmentalist examines how a group of Indigenous youth leaders embraced leadership in the context of HIV prevention.