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New Publication: Dahdaleh Institute researchers publish groundbreaking study on safe water and public health in refugee camps
The top water science and engineering journal Water Research has just published a paper led by Syed Imran Ali, Dahdaleh Institute Research Fellow, with contributions from Syed Saad Ali (DIGHR) and Jean-Francois Fesselet fr…
Dahdaleh Institute Fellow Syed Imran Ali featured on the Globe and Mail as part of their “Stepping Up” series
The Globe and Mail have been highlighting the work of many Canadians as part of the Stepping Up series, which aim to introduce Canadians to their country’s new sources of inspiration and leadership. As part of its coverage last week, Syed Imran Ali, Da…
Opportunity: Post-Doctoral Fellow – Fluid Sensors for Global Public Health
Background The Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN) at the University of Toronto is inviting applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellow position in global engineering and biofluid mechanics. The successful candidate willcontribute to the project “Latrine…
Opportunity: Two Postdoctoral Fellowship positions in mathematical/statistical modelling of the COVID-19 pandemic
Background During different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, real-time delivery of reliable and comprehensive information is critical to predict spread and impact, and to guide governmental strategic policies and best practice. This require…
Safe Water Optimization Tool featured in two national magazines
Water Canada and Smart Water Magazine have featured articles about the Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT), a new web-based tool aims to help aid workers ensure that water is safe to drink in refugee and internally displaced persons camps. Read the Sma…
Opportunity: Conference Rapporteur, Sustainable and Inclusive Internationalization conference
York University is hosting the Sustainable and Inclusive Internationalization Virtual Conference, co-organized by York International, the UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Education Towards Sustainability and international partners, from January 20th to 22nd…
Innovative new data analytics technology to help improve access to safe water in refugee camps
York University’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research launches first of its kind web-based tool TORONTO, November 5, 2020 – A new web-based tool will help aid workers ensure that water is safe to drink in refugee and internally displaced pers…
Opportunity: Associate/Full Professor, Experiential Learning in Global Health
The School of Global Health in the Faculty of Health at York University invites highly qualified candidates to apply for a teaching stream, tenure-track position at the Associate or Full Professor level in Experiential Learning in Global Health to comm…
Research on AI in humanitarian crises featured in Brainstorm
Tino Kreutzer, PhD candidate based at the Dahdaleh Institute, was featured in Brainstorm, a special issue of YFile which showcases research and innovation at York University. Kreutzer is building a tool which uses Natural Language Processing, a form of…
Project Launch: Digital technologies and local food security in the context of COVID-19
The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research has been awarded a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant COVID-19 Special Initiative. The grant will support Digital technologies and local food security: Smallholder farmers in Odisha, India, in the context o…