Global health | The Harriet Tubman Institute

Tareq Al Khalaf

rebsl — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:18:31 +0000

Tareq is a PhD student in Health at 91��ɫ under supervision of Prof. Farah Ahmad. His research examines the lived experiences of family caregivers of racialized autistic children in Canada. Tareq’s work focuses on how collaborative community-centred approaches, particularly those aligned with Social Prescribing (SRx) models, can enhance caregivers’ health and well-being through equitable partnerships between healthcare providers and community organizations. His study aims to facilitate knowledge translation that informs and strengthens systems of care in Canada, with broader applicability in glocal context. His research interests also include social prescribing, autism, caregivers’ health, interprofessional collaboration, primary health care, and healthcare quality improvement.

Keywords: global health, interprofessional collaboration, health systems, autism

Minakshi Das

rebsl — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 20:36:20 +0000

Experienced educator, researcher and community development leader with 20 years of professional experience in Social and Public policy. I have been doing strategic policy and socio-economic research work since last fifteen years. My roles have focused extensively on social and human service issues, including health equity, violence prevention, indigenous health and ecology, governance, child rights and gender justice. I have been particularly interested in the development of strategic and tactical initiatives that address the factors of structural inequities impacting disadvantaged and marginalized populations. To this effect, I have led complex policy and data analyses to inform evidence based policy frameworks.
Excellent command over qualitative and mixed method research. Extensive global fieldwork experience with disadvantaged region and vulnerable communities.
Minakshi has working experience with London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K, 91��ɫ Canada, University of Toronto, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNDP, UNHCR, DFID, and DANTB. She provides professional leadership to the Board of Directors on community development and well-being. Dr. Das develops strategies and action plans to meet organizational objectives, anticipates, analyzes and resolves problems. She has good command over digital fluency and considerable numbers of international and national publications are relevant credentials. Dr. Das possesses a certificate on conflict resolution and peace management.

Keywords: Global health governance, Health Equity, Environmental health and community engagement, Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding

Oghenowede Eyawo

rebsl — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 22:27:23 +0000

Dr Oghenowede Eyawo is an Assistant Professor of Global Health Epidemiology at the Faculty of Health. With training in epidemiology, population and public health, Dr Eyawo’s research interest is focused on precision-based global health and the application of epidemiological methods to examine patterns of morbidity, mortality and their potential effects among vulnerable populations of children, women and men. Much of his work has focused on examining the health journey and patterns of health outcomes among HIV-positive individuals in North America and globally, as they age with other comorbidities in the era of antiretroviral therapy. More recently, his research interest has evolved to focus on underserved diseases and the social, political, and economic determinants of health among marginalized populations. His work seeks to broaden our understanding and management of the many intersecting issues (e.g., poverty, health inequity, weak health systems etc.) affecting marginalized populations around the world and to solutions that may help us meet the challenges ahead. He is interested in infectious diseases, particularly in child health, and non-communicable diseases in Africa. He is also interested in the methodological aspects of study designs in observational and experimental epidemiology,

and how to improve the use of linked health administrative data in research. Dr Eyawo is an expert advisor to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD), the largest accumulation of health data in history. He is seeking graduate students with a keen interest in topics of global importance.

Amrita Daftary

rebsl — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 00:47:27 +0000

Amrita Daftary (she/her) is associate professor at the School of Global Health, Faculty of Health. Amrita applies participatory, qualitative and implementation science approaches to address the social drivers and impacts of infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis and HIV. She partners with researchers and communities in South Africa, Indonesia, Ukraine, Canada. and other global settings. She is founder of a borderless social science TB network, sshiftb.org. Amrita holds an honorary appointment at the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal, and status-only appointment at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Her principle teaching and supervision commitments are at 91��ɫ's School of Global Health.

Keywords: global health, tuberculosis, HIV, community-engagement, qualitative methods, implementation science, gender, equity, South Africa