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| June 11, 2026

Ebola and the growing reality of polycrises

As the current Ebola outbreak unfolds, it is exposing a familiar but pressing reality: health emergencies rarely occur in isolation. Experts increasingly describe these overlapping and interconnected crises as a "polycrisis".

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| June 8, 2026

First in her family, forging her own path in research

First-generation students don’t always have a clear roadmap for navigating university or pursuing research careers. U of T PhD graduate Kuganya is the first in her family to earn both an undergraduate degree and a doctorate. A Graduate Studentship awardee with the Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics (IHEP), based at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, she studied how viruses spread in the GTA.

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| May 27, 2026

How interdisciplinary efforts can change the face of emergency preparedness: IHEP’s 2026 Interdisciplinary Symposium

An interdisciplinary approach is essential to strengthening emergency preparedness, yet it remains underused in practice. At IHEP’s 2026 Interdisciplinary Symposium, speakers from across fields, from clinical care and data science to community advocacy, highlighted how gaps in data, trust and system design can be addressed through collaboration. Together, their insights underscored a central message: meaningful progress in preparing for future health crises depends on bringing diverse expertise to the same table.

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| November 30, 2025

Early Flu Spike Could Strain Hospitals: Here’s how to stay protected

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| November 18, 2025

Spotlight: David Kormos

David Kormos, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Health Emergencies & Pandemics, is advancing indoor air quality and pandemic resilience through low-cost filtration and aerosol transmission research. With a background spanning microbiology, engineering, and public health, David brings practical and scalable solutions. In this spotlight, he shares how his hands-on approach and global collaborations are shaping the future of health emergency preparedness.

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| October 30, 2025

Spotlight: Nadha Hassen

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| October 27, 2025

Prescribing Connection: Strengthening Communities for Health Crises

What if nature was part of your prescription? At the University of Toronto, Dr. Nadha Hassen is investigating how community-led nature prescribing, connecting people to nature-based activities like walking groups and community gardening, can support public health and prepare communities for future emergencies.

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| March 24, 2025

IfP Graduate Studentship Award recipient explores new methods for investigating long COVID

Priyonto Saha, Institute for Pandemics Graduate Studentship Award recipient, aims to quantify the impact of health disparities on long COVID across Canada’s diverse subpopulations.

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| December 4, 2024

Graduate Studentship Award recipient investigates protectiveness of respirators for emergency service workers during workplace associated tasks

Rachel Tyli, Institute for Pandemics Graduate Studentship Award recipient, studies how respirators fit emergency service workers while they do simulated work tasks to inform respirator design and fit evaluation.

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| November 28, 2024

Transatlantic Conference: Community Engagement and Local Knowledge are Crucial to Pandemic Response

Trainees together during the conference "Exploring International Pandemic Responses through a Social Science Lens: Decolonial Paradigms and Solidarity Networks"

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