Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Preventing Disease through AI

Laura Rosella is using machine learning to suggest ways to reduce diabetes rates – and save millions in potential health-care costs

Mental Health in the Workplace

Depression and anxiety affect about one in five. How do we help the person who could be affected in the cubicle next to us?

Drugs Other Than Cannabis Are Too Hazardous to Legalize

Not many people use cocaine, heroin or meth. Prohibition helps keep it that way

What Data Can Teach Us about Cities

Four examples of how researchers are harnessing technology to improve urban life and make cities smarter

Twice the Impact

Paul and Alessandra Dalla Lana give U of T a second $20 million for public health and health-care systems

Make No Mistake

Can a group of Toronto hospitals eliminate medical errors?

A New Life After Loss

Over more than two decades, Rena Arshinoff built a successful career in medical science. Then she felt a spiritual call

The City is Her Patient

Eileen de Villa targets opioids and homelessness as Toronto’s new medical officer of health

Bringing Up Baby

What U of T nursing students learn about infant care has changed a lot since the 1950s

For this Syrian Grad Student, a Fresh Start

Denied re-entry into the U.S. to complete his studies in public health, Khaled Almilaji finds a warm welcome at U of T

A Community Grapples with Cancer

Researchers at the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health have teamed up with a First Nation in northwestern Ontario to solve a generation-old medical mystery

High Time?

When it comes to legalizing marijuana, drug and public health experts caution that “the devil is in the details”

Spotlight on Dementia

An innovative blend of research and theatre is enabling scientists to reduce the stigma around a distressing disease

Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health

New Dalla Lana centre aims to improve health outcomes for aboriginal communities

Is Health a Human Right?

Recent cases in international law suggest the idea is gaining momentum

Robert Remis Was a Pioneer in HIV-AIDS Research

He made it his life's mission to track and prevent AIDS, saving countless lives

Birth of a Collaboration

Institute for Indigenous Health opens at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Public Health Gets a Promotion

The Dalla Lana School becomes the university’s newest faculty

The Myth of the Ivory Tower

New schools show U of T is engaged, adaptable and more relevant than ever

Saving Lives, One Death at a Time

What one of the world’s largest mortality studies is teaching us about public health

Ontario Signs Up for Health

New long-term study could translate into better health policy and clinical practice

Bar Brawls

It seems young men fight primarily to gain the approval of … other men

Waging Peace

Three of his daughters were killed by Israeli fire. In Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish’s new book, he calls for an end to the violence

Winter Really Is Bad for You

Cold climates are associated with early death and illness, according to new U of T research

Second Opinion

The real world offers many sources of medical advice. Soon virtual worlds may, too

A New Era in Public Health

For decades, the medical profession has favoured treatment over prevention. U of T's Dalla Lana School of Public Health is setting out to change that thinking

U of T Launches School of Public Health

$20-million gift from Paul Dalla Lana creates new medical hub