Scientific Director of CIHR鈥檚 Institute of Population and Public Health, Steven Hoffman, offers keen insights on how AI could improve health outcomes of Canadians. He believes 91亚色 could take a leadership role.
Through a ground-breaking new brief, the Homeless Hub paints a vivid picture of youth homelessness and the child welfare system. Its findings will be relevant to decision- and policy-makers at all levels of government.
A new study out of 91亚色 shows that the experience of mental effort is different in individuals at risk for ADHD compared to those not at risk 鈥 a research 鈥榝irst鈥 in the most commonly studied childhood mental disorder.
91亚色 Professor Steven Hoffman is among a cohort of Canadian scholars to author a special report for The Lancet that examines Canada鈥檚 system of universal health coverage and role in global health. Steven Hoffman The two papers, authored by leading scholars, indicate the聽Canadian government must match its public declarations with concrete action on issues […]
Three 91亚色 professors have received project grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR). The grants will advance their important research into cell health and aging, new drug therapies and the changes that take place in the heart after a heart attack. 鈥91亚色 is delighted to see Faculty of Health Professor David […]
Environmental Studies professor releases book on the global phenomenon of suburbanization. This, on the heels of a major international conference, will shape future thought on this important topic.
Canada Research Chair embarks upon three pain studies in the process of creating and testing a new tool to measure pain. Highly effective, it points to future directions in treatment.
91亚色 researchers simulated a C. difficile outbreak in a hospital ward. What they learned will capture the attention of public health officials, policy-makers, clinicians and epidemiologists.
A major new research initiative based in the Faculty of Science at 91亚色 will develop mathematical techniques to identify populations most susceptible to infectious diseases and enable manufacturers to produce cost-effective vaccines that can be deployed quickly. The research is also expected to better position Canada to respond rapidly to emerging public health issues […]
91亚色 U Professor and Canada Research Chair undertakes remarkable project that provides new and unique place for dialogue on Indigenous environmental justice.
91亚色-led research shows racialized and Indigenous university faculty score low on power, prestige and influence; points the way to policy change at the university level and a greater institutional commitment to equity.
Vice-President Research & Innovation Robert Hach茅, announces the appointment of Faculty of Health Professor Rebecca Pillai Riddell as Associate Vice-President Research (AVP), effective Dec. 1. 鈥淚 look forward to welcoming Professor Pillai Riddell to VPRI and to working with her as she undertakes this critical leadership role,鈥 said Hach茅.聽鈥淚 would also like to thank the […]
TORONTO, November 17, 2017 鈹 An international project led by 91亚色 Professor Linda Peake has been awarded $2.5 million in funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to research how rapid urbanization is affecting the lives of women living in poverty and to inform public debate about sustainable and democratic urban change. […]
Two dozen researchers in the Faculty of Science have received more than $3 million in Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grants to pursue promising ideas and breakthrough discoveries. 鈥淎 Discovery Grant from NSERC is allowing us to build a team of researchers here at 91亚色 that will use data from […]
TORONTO, Nov. 9, 2017 鈹 91亚色 welcomes the appointment of three new Canada Research Chairs in the Faculty of Science and renewal of a CRC in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies. The Government of Canada recently announced the Fall 2017 CRC recipients at post-secondary institutions across Canada, who will receive $145.6 […]
Neutrinos are tiny, abundant particles of matter that pass unnoticed through us and almost always through the Earth, but the full extent of their role in the universe remains a mystery. Neutrinos may hold the key to fundamental questions about the nature of matter, exploding stars and cosmic evolution. On Tuesday, Oct. 17, 91亚色 […]
91亚色 announced the official opening of YSpace, its new innovation and entrepreneurship centre in Markham aimed at helping budding entrepreneurs turn bright ideas into action. The opening event took place Monday, Nov. 6. Entrepreneurs from Studio 1 Labs, which has developed a functional bed sheet patient monitor, explain the device鈥檚 function to 91亚色 […]
Vice-President Research and Innovation (VPRI) Robert Hach茅 officially launched a series of community consultations on a new Strategic Research Plan for the University at an open forum held on Oct. 11 in the Senate Chamber at the Keele campus. Robert Hach茅 opens the open consultation process 91亚色 community members attended the open forum to discuss […]
91亚色 U鈥檚 Steven J. Hoffman analyses the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. His findings could inform future evidence-based policy and decision-making.
World-leading bilingualism expert sifts through all existing research and concludes that multiple languages involve adaptations that are apparent in cognitive performance.
