Congratulations to PhD Epidemiology candidate Chris Tait on his David Hewitt Award win! This award, given to students who have “contributed substantially to the intellectual and social life of the Public Health Sciences body” acknowledges both Chris’ adeptness as a...
By NICHOLAS KEUNG Wed., March 15, 2017 Immigrants are 60 per cent less likely to die during a given time period than native-born Canadians and long-term residents in Ontario, says a new study that examines mortality rates based on immigration and socioeconomic status....
Congratulations to PhD Epidemiology candidate Chris Tait on receiving the 2017 CIHR Silver Award of Excellence! Chris presented his study concerning “Diet Quality and Mortality Risk in Canada” on June 7th at the University of Manitoba. His study is the first of...
Event: John Frank @ U of T – May 4th, 2017, 12:00pm Written by: Nicholas Fazio Room HS106’s full house on Thursday demonstrated the strength of epidemiologist John Frank’s reputation in Toronto’s health-science circles. Over the next hour, he reminded attendees...
Event: Rod Jackson @ U of T – May 3rd, 2017, 11:00am Written by: Nicholas Fazio Shortly after graduating from medical school, University of Auckland’s Professor Rod Jackson leapt fully into the arena of cardiovascular epidemiology. Over 265 peer-reviewed papers later,...
Treating the top 5% of users of Ontario’s health system — 662 248 patients in 2011 — accounted for more than half the provincial health budget, say a team of Toronto-based researchers who are probing data on so-called high-cost users. Publication date: 2014 May 20....
