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Methods, Impacts and PoRTs: Dr. Rosella’s 2017 SER Talk
At this year’s Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) 50th anniversary meeting in Seattle, Washington, Dr. Laura Rosella, recipient of the Brian MacMahon early Career Award, gave a brief presentation to the gathered researchers. The theme of Dr. Rosella’s...
Homicide: Preventable and Premature Death
Homicide and Public Health Deaths due to homicide are de-facto preventable and premature, but are not always framed this way. However, by discovering the upstream determinants and identifying the groups most at risk, we may come to better understand homicide as...
Minister Moridi Supports University of Toronto Research
Ontario Minister of Research, Innovation and Science, Reza Moridi, met with University of Toronto faculty members at the Kelley Laboratory last Friday to announce the province of Ontario’s support of 62 research projects here at U of T. The $25 million investment in U...
Dr. Laura Rosella Receives Brian MacMahon Early Career Epidemiologist Award
We are proud to announce that the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) is bestowing its 2017 Brain MacMahon Early Career Epidemiologist Award on our very own Dr. Laura Rosella! SER awards this prize to epidemiologists who are no more than seven years removed from...
Chris Tait Wins David Hewitt Award
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...
Newcomers to Canada benefit from ‘healthy immigrant effect,’ Toronto study finds
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....