Congratulations and thank you to all the interns for contributing to another successful year!

2025–2026 Interns

Experiential Learning

Guided by faculty and research fellows, interns explored a broad spectrum of urgent global health challenges, learning how to approach them with effectiveness, equity, and excellence. The program, coordinated by Theresa Dinh, paired trainees with researchers and supported them throughout their experiential learning journey.

This year, seven interns shared their experience in the internship program at the 2026 Dahdaleh Institute Intern Symposium on April 22:

• Hanna Hemmati Roozbehani, Youth Voices in Climate Governance: Exploring Youth Perceptions and Participation in Global Climate Spaces –
• Mahnoosh Jalilzadeh and Yasmin Husen, Mapping Mediators and Moderators in the Relationship Between Extreme Heat Exposure and Mental Health in LMICs –
• Gordane Calloo, Shelter to Survival: Unpacking the Health Impacts of Housing Insecurity Across the Life Course –
• Esha Mahmood, Behind the Scenes: My Experience as a Global Health Special Projects Assistant –
• Lisa Freire, Knowledge Translation: The Science of Communication – ��
• Kritnaaz Arora, Mapping Gendered Differences in Smoking Behaviors: A Global Intersectional Scoping Review –

Watch the full symposium here:

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2024/2025 Interns

Experiential Learning

Guided by faculty and research fellows, interns explored a broad spectrum of urgent global health challenges, learning how to approach them with effectiveness, equity, and excellence. The program, coordinated by Theresa Dinh, paired trainees with researchers and supported them throughout their experiential learning journey.

This year, five interns shared their experience in the internship program at the 2025 Dahdaleh Institute Intern Symposium on April 16:

• Sarah Merghani & Sophia Bryan Carbonell, The Power of Climate Cafés in Universities (-)
• Hanna Lum-Gerry, Supporting Social Scientists in the Field of Tuberculosis Research (-)
• Syed Haider, Working on Detecting Anomalies for Dementia Oriented Patients (-)
• Ailiya Rizwan, Exploring the Nutritional Impacts of Energy Insecurity on Afro-Colombian Households (-)

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Congratulations, and thanks to all the interns for a job well done!

The Dahdaleh Institute’s 6th Summer Global Health Intern Symposium, held on Wednesday, August 21, showcases the work of eight of these remarkable student interns who shared their experience working under the mentorship of Dahdaleh faculty and fellows. Interns delivered a five-minute presentation on the following topics:

• Ann Kwarteng () Intergenerational Beliefs of Policing and Mental Health and its Implications for Mental Healthcare among Black Youth
• Pashtana Fakhrizada () Equitable Global Health Research - RAY Internship
• Shreya Pandrala ) The Impact of Qi Gong on Wellness
• Laura Rosa Pereira () Integrating Gender in Tobacco Control
• Lauratou Bah () Knowledge Translation & Acceleration as a Determinant of Health
• Arabi Rajan () AMR and Food Systems
• Serina Noori () Systems-Informed Evaluation of Canada's Food and Nutrition Surveillance System
• Shah Kheradmand () Cell Culture on Collagen Scaffolds with Basement Membrane Lining

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Congratulations and thank you to all the interns for contributing to another successful year!

2023/2024 Interns

Experiential Learning

Guided by faculty and research fellows, interns explored a broad spectrum of urgent global health challenges, learning how to approach them with effectiveness, equity, and excellence. The program, coordinated by Theresa Dinh, paired trainees with researchers and supported them throughout their experiential learning journey.

This year, the following eight interns shared their experience in the internship program at the 2024 Dahdaleh Institute Intern Symposium on April 17.

• Gurher Sidhu (5:11): Assisting Social Science Research in Tuberculosis  
• Shamim Samadi and Laura Rosa Pereira (10:08): Global Health: Wellness Impact Lab 
• Shaista Alokozai (17:16): Internship Experience Overview at the Dahdaleh Institute
• Gaurika Agarwal (20:06): Designing for Global Health at the SaTS Lab
• Yashi Papola (38:19): Methodologies for Analyzing Experiences with Chronic Pain 
• Ravjot Chana (42:25): Water System Challenges in the Canadian North
• Amen Okungbowa (45:49):  Equitable and Resilient Community-Based Emergency Response Strategies in Rural Guatemala

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Congratulations, and thanks to all the interns for a job well done!

The Dahdaleh Institute’s 5th Summer Global Health Intern Symposium, held on Wednesday, August 30, showcases the work of nine of these remarkable student interns who shared their experience working under the mentorship of Dahdaleh faculty and fellows. Interns delivered a five-minute presentation on the following topics:

• Stephanie Hychar (13:10): Impact of Human Behaviour on Antimicrobial Resistance
• Laura Logan (19:13): Experiences and Emotions of People With Chronic Pain
• Kanako Isobe (25:06): Mental Health of Agricultural Workers in Costa Rica
• Megan George (31:47): Contributions to the World Health Assembly Simulation and Investigating the Importance of Experiential Simulation-Based Learning
• Gurher Sidhu (1:02:34): Expanding on Social Science and Health Innovation for Tuberculosis Research
• Sepinoud Siavoshi (1:06:46): Post-Pandemic Public Health Reforms
• Shamim Samadi (1:15:01): Global Health: Wellness Impact Lab
• Mirianna Georges (1:24:19): Gendered Differences in the Relationship Between Housing Insecurity and Diarrheal Diseases in the Informal Settlements in Kenya
• Richard Wu (1:32:20): The Effect of Housing and Energy Insecurity on Psychosocial Health Outcomes Amongst Those Living in Urban Informal Settlements in Ghana

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Congratulations and thank you to all the interns for contributing to another successful year!

2022/2023 Interns

Experiential Learning

Under the guidance and mentorship of faculty fellows and research fellows, interns learned about a wide range of pressing global health challenges and how to address them using effectiveness, equity, and excellence in research. The internship program is coordinated by , who matched trainees with researchers and guided them throughout the experiential learning journey.

This year, the following ten interns shared their experience in the internship program at the 2023 Dahdaleh Institute Intern Symposium on April 19.

• Michelle Tieu (11:10): Global Health Design Seminar Series with Bruce Mau
• Gurher Sidhu (18:25): Supporting the Institute and EcoSalud Project
• Gabriel Fezza (23:05): Lessons from the Montreal Protocol for International Policymaking
• Georgina Birago Odoom (29:13): House Insecurity Among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya
• Urmi Sheth (57:11): The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Non-Communicable Disease Prevention Policy
• Sundas Begum (1:00:22): Global Health Lending Library at the Dahdaleh Institute
• Taylor Cargill (1:06:55): Coordination of COVID-19 Decisions Across Canadian Post-Secondary Schools
• LaToya Hinds (1:13:50): Communications and Global Health at the Dahdaleh Institute
• Yashini Ravindran (1:22:34): Global Health Sub-website System at the Dahdaleh Institute

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We wish them the very best in their future endeavours. Congratulations, and thanks to all the interns for jobs well done!

The Dahdaleh Institute’s 4th Summer Global Health Intern Symposium, held on Wednesday, August 10, highlighted the work of seven of these exceptional student interns who, under the mentorship of Dahdaleh Institute faculty and fellows, contributed to research addressing critical global health challenges. We heard a three- to five-minute presentation from each intern, followed by a lively and fascinating discussion period.

@ War, Disaster, and Climate Change, with Victoria Cassar

@ COVID-19 Urban Equity, with Kaysie Ngo

@ Global Antimicrobial Resistance, with Noor Aman

@ One Health Governance Aspects of Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance, with Fiona Harris

@ Healthcare Litigation in Brazil and its Impacts on Healthcare Inequality and Access, with Michelle Mao

@ VR & Specialized Dentistry: Using Virtual Reality to Manage Pain and Anxiety in Patients, with Dementia and Stroke, with Essete Makonnen Tesfaye and Isabella Garito

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2021/2022 Interns

Learnings & Doings

Mentored by faculty fellows and research fellows, interns learned firsthand about a range of today’s global health challenges and how to address them through excellence in research. The internship program is coordinated by , who matched trainees with researchers and guided them throughout the experiential learning experience.

Hear from the interns themselves. The following students presented their work at the 2022 Dahdaleh Institute Intern Symposium on April 20, attended by Dahdaleh Institute fellows, faculty members, and staff:

• Victoria Cassar (9:40): War, Disaster, and Migration
• Yasmin Al-Sahili (15:34): Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization Within the School of Global Health 
• Niloufar Nazemzadeh (23:22): A Systematic Review on Integrated Climate-Biodiversity Action: Contributions to the Early Stages
• Tieneke Dykstra (31:32): SMART Conservation in Belize
• Anshika Kumar (55:42): The Global Governance of Antimicrobial Resistance
• Christabel Agbor & Lucy Shrestha (1:01:32): Scoping Review on Performance Accountability in TB Antenatal Healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Ryan Jeevanayagam (1:05:43) Select Topics in Medical Humanitarianism

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Congratulations and thank you to all the trainees for jobs well done!

2020/2021 Interns

Learnings & Doings

Mentored by Faculty and Research Fellows, student interns learned firsthand about today’s priority global health challenges and how to address them through excellence in research. The internship program is coordinated by , who matched trainees with researchers and guided them throughout the experiential learning experience.

Hear from the Interns themselves. These presentations were made at the 2021 Dahdaleh Institute Summer Intern Symposium on August 25 in which the Interns were able to share what they did and learned at the Dahdaleh Institute, and what they plan to do next. The event was attended by Dahdaleh Institute fellows, faculty members, research team and staff.

Presenters and Title for presentations:

• Niloufar Nazemzadeh - The Climate–Health Nexus in Canada
• Tieneke Dykstra - COVID-19 and Inequity in Latin American and Canadian Cities
• Christabel Agbor and Yeonjoo Lee - Performance Accountability in Maternal Care in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Tiana Putric - Design and Global Health: An Overview
• Ryan Jeevanayagam - Improving Medical School Curriculum Design
• Leah Goldschmidt - Developing and Growing the Social Science & Health Innovation for Tuberculosis Centre
• Ryan Gray - Regulating Wildlife Trade to Prevent Zoonotic Spillover
• Anna Subic - Systems Thinking and Planetary Health Risks: An Analysis of Urban Agriculture

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Application Deadline: Friday, September 3, 2021 @11:59pm

Eligibility Criteria:

Applications are only accepted through the Career Centre. Go to and search for the posting with the Job ID (listed above).

Hourly Wage: $16.25 per hour

Weekly Hours: 6.5 hours per week

Start Date: September 13, 2021

End Date: April 29, 2022

Job Description

Under the supervision of Dr. James Stinson and Dr. Mary Wiktorowicz, the Decolonizing Planetary Health RAY student will:

• Support the development of a decolonized planetary Health research agenda
• Support Dr. Stinson’s SSHRC funded research project “Planetary Health Partnership: Anishinaabe youth guardians, land-based learning, and the practice of living well with the world.”
• Attend and actively participate in a weekly transdisciplinary seminar series on planetary health and environmental research
• Any other duties as assigned

Specific research activities the student(s) will be engaged in:

• Create a structured and annotated bibliographic review of existing literature;
• Create a digital research archive of PDFs of identified papers;
• Create a series of draft PowerPoint presentations that capture the core conceptual content.
• Mobilze research results for public audiences via social media

Type of research experience the student(s) will receive:

• Critical thinking
• Conducting literature review; Creating annotated bibliography; Tabulating data;
• Preparing presentations and written outputs of research; Editing and formatting drafts; Correspondence with partners and workshop invitees;
• Professional communication, including international and cross-cultural professional interaction and communication
• Knowledge mobilization for public audiences

Type of training and support that will be provided to the student(s) in carrying out these research activities:

•  Methodological training on data analysis
• Subject matter training on Indigenous Peoples, environmentalism, and Global Health.
• Training in the use of reference management software
• Day-to-day supervision by DIGHR Postdoctoral Fellow
• Regular status meetings with your supervising Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. James Stinson

Qualifications

• Current undergraduate 91��ɫ student (we encourage applicants from diverse programs of study and Indigenous applicants are especially encouraged)
• Demonstrated interest in Indigenous Peoples, Environmentalism, and/or Global Health
• Demonstrated skills, experience, and familiarity with conducting literature reviews
• Experience working with people from a variety of backgrounds/cultures
• Excellent communication skills: professional email/phone correspondence, public speaking, and presentation proficiency
• Excellent computer skills (word processing, email, database management, spreadsheets)
• Demonstrates an eagerness to learn and take on initiative
• Demonstrates organizational and time management skills
• Ability and willingness to work both independently and as part of a team with researchers, students, and staff

List of applications materials:

• Cover Letter
• Resume
• Writing Sample

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