
Welcome to the University of Toronto’s Institute for Pandemics
Forged by our experts’ experience fighting COVID-19, drawn from our deep history in public health and health systems, and ignited by the visions of DLSPH and University of Toronto, the Institute is urgently committed to help Canada and our planet.
IfP couples scientific advances with an intimate knowledge of public health, epidemiology, health systems, healthy policy, communication, and the intersectional social determinants of health — to better prepare for and respond to the complex challenges of pandemics and large-scale epidemics, and to influence change.  Universities must play a central role if we are to mitigate the human suffering, system disruption and socioeconomic devastation caused by these recurrent health crises.
Forged by our experts’ experience fighting COVID-19, drawn from our deep history in public health and health systems, and ignited by the visions of DLSPH and University of Toronto, the Institute is urgently committed to help Canada and our planet.
IfP couples scientific advances with an intimate knowledge of public health, epidemiology, health systems, healthy policy, communication, and the intersectional social determinants of health — to better prepare for and respond to the complex challenges of pandemics and large-scale epidemics, and to influence change.  Universities must play a central role if we are to mitigate the human suffering, system disruption and socioeconomic devastation caused by these recurrent health crises.