FALL TERM 2026
We’re hiring: join our vibrant academic community as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Public Health, beginning July 1, 2027 – and play a key role in developing a new professional MPH with a concentration in Global Health.
Professor Donya Razavi has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association for Global Health. Congrats Donya!
The School of Global Health had a strong presence at the 32nd Canadian Conference on Global Health in Montreal. Five PhD students and four faculty members were in attendance and presenting their research.
Professor Benedict Weobong has been invited to serve on UNICEF’s Technical Advisory Group on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Measurement, where he will help shape and guide UNICEF’s strategic and technical work on CAMH measurement.
Applications to our PhD in Global Health for Fall 2027 are open now! Join our online information session on October 14th at 10 a.m. ET to learn about our unique PhD program, student pathways, funding, and admission requirements. Register: here.
PhD student Chelsea Williams Cleary was a co-author on Short-term exposure to air pollution and acute health effects in a low-pollution region, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, published in Environmental Sciences Europe.
Undergraduate student Lima Khoshal addressed the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council earlier this year, advocating for women’s education and the protection of human rights in Afghanistan. Lima is a human rights defender and advocate for girls' education whose work includes educational initiatives for Afghan girls and community leadership in Canada. Watch her address to the Council: here (beginning around 27:00).
PhD student Chelsea Williams Cleary was a co-author on Putting children at the heart of climate change adaptation policies via Allyship, Bias Recognition and Child Centeredness: A global qualitative interview study, published in PLOS Climate.
Professor Mathieu Poirier has authored a United Nations University Center for Policy Research policy memo on how the Independent Panel on Evidence for Action against AMR can become an effective and equitable science–policy interface.
Professor Kerry Scott was a co-author on the paper Youth Insights on Menstrual Health and Hygiene in Burkina Faso: A Comparison of Written versus Spoken Qualitative Text, published in PLOS Global Public Health.
Professor Mathieu Poirier was a co-author on the paper The Need for Measurable Targets in National Action Plans on Antimicrobial Resistance: Opportunities for Action published in Frontiers in Public Health.
PhD student Chelsea Williams has co-authored a new study examining how extreme heat and structural challenges affect community health workers and promoters in Kenya – and the measures needed to better protect them, published in Climate Change.