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Jennie Phillips & A.M. Viens Awarded COVID-19 Funds by YorkU
York University has awarded $300,000 in research grants to advance 20 new research projects dedicated to Canada’s fight against COVID-19 and its impacts. The University recently announced a $250,000 research fund and call for proposals to support immed…
Director James Orbinski Panelist on the Future of Drug Development in Emerging Economies
Director James Orbinski spoke on a panel titled COVID-19 Response: New Opportunities & Implications for the Future of Drug Development in Emerging Economies on 7 March 2020. Event Description Description provided by event organizers COVID-19 Respon…
Student Opportunity: Research Assistant, Modelling Health Impacts of Climate Change
Job ID: 16840 Full Time Research Assistant Eligibility Requirements: sfs.yorku.ca/work-study-programs $16/per hour 30 hours/week Start: May 11th End: August 28th Application Deadline: Sunday April 26th @11:59pm Applications are only accepted through th…
Student Opportunity: Research Assistant, Humanitarian Engineering
Job ID: 16845 Full Time Research Assistant Eligibility Requirements: sfs.yorku.ca/work-study-programs $16/per hour 30 hours/week Start: May 11th End: August 28th Application Deadline: Sunday April 26th @11:59pm Applications are only accepted through th…
Student Opportunity: Research Assistant, Health Emergency and Disaster
Job ID: 16849 Full Time Research Assistant Eligibility Requirements: sfs.yorku.ca/work-study-programs $16/per hour 30 hours/week Start: May 11th End: August 28th Application Deadline: Sunday April 26th @11:59pm Applications are only accepted through th…
“The Geo-Doc” Tops List of Documentary Books to Read in 2020
The Geo-Doc: Geomedia, Documentary Film, and Social Change has been ranked #2 among the Best Documentary Film eBooks to Read in 2020 by BookAuthority. BookAuthority is the world’s leading site for nonfiction book recommendations. Written by Dahdaleh In…
Dahdaleh Institute Members Contribute to Doctors Without Borders Internal Newsletter
Three articles in the March 2020 edition of the internal Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) newsletter on water and sanitation were written or co-written by two Dahdaleh Institute members. Dr. Syed Imran Ali, Global Health and Hum…
Dahdaleh Distinguished Chair Makes over 100 Media Appearances About COVID-19
Dahdaleh Distinguished Chair in Global Governance & Legal Epidemiology Steven J. Hoffman has acted as a leading public expert on the global governance of COVID-19. Appearing publicly over 130 times since late January 2020, he has provided commentar…
Director James Orbinski Comments on COVID-19 on CTV
Director James Orbinski spoke on a panel of experts on CTV’s Power Play on 11 March 2020, the same day the Director-General of the World Health Organization declared the spread of coronavirus to be a pandemic. Several weeks before, on 26 February 2020,…
Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research Statement on COVID-19
Given the evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research has postponed all international meetings, workshops, and conferences for March 2020. Regular daily research activity continues at the Dahdaleh Institu…