MPH graduate Steven Lam named recipient of CESEF Graduate Scholarship Program

Posted January 18, 2021

Congratulations to Steven Lam, MPH graduate and current PhD student in Population Medicine (Public Health), for being named the recipient of the Canadian Evaluation Society Education Fund (CESEF) Graduate Scholarship Program.

What is Public Health?

Posted January 18, 2021

What is Public Health?

Working at PHAC to keep COVID Under Control

Posted January 18, 2021

January 3rd 2020, marked my return to work after the winter holidays. Up until this point, I had been working for five months as an epidemiologist at the Public Health Agency of Canada, within the Influenza and Emerging Respiratory Infectious Surveillance team. I had been responsible for monitoring emerging respiratory pathogens along with my work colleague and supervisor; a small team of three. 

A Project on Climate Change at Durham Region’s Health Department

Posted January 18, 2021

Back Row (L to R): Alexandra Swirski, Jasantha Naidoo, Sherri Deamond, Kaitlin Bradley, and James Lane

Front Row (L to R): Fangli Xie, Mary-Anne Pietrusiak, Karen Wall, Anjali Pandya

Reflecting on a Multifaceted Virtual Practicum with the Public Health Agency of Canada

Posted September 8, 2020

A smorgasbord of national enteric outbreak investigations, video chats with accomplished epidemiologists, data visualization activities, statistical analyses, a COVID-19 surveillance rotation… What could this delightful array of experiences be? You guessed it – my virtual summer practicum with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)!

Responding to COVID-19 Abroad: Health Protection in the European Epicentre of the Pandemic

Posted September 8, 2020

There is no question the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the greatest public health challenges of our time, but it has also provided those of us working in public health with one of the greatest learning opportunities of our time. It has tested our strengths, exposed our weaknesses, and forced us to figure out how to improve together as a system. And on a personal level, it has given me a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain real-life pandemic response experience.

Courtney Primeau wins NCCPH Knowledge Translation Award

Posted August 28, 2020

Congratulations to Courtney Primeau, an MPH and PhD in Population Medicine (Epidemiology) graduate for being announced as one of the three winners of the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health 2020 Knowledge Translation student award. Courtney and her fellow award winners will be part of a webinar on September 3rd.

Steven Lam receives NCCPH Knowledge Translation award

Posted April 3, 2019

Congratulations to Steven Lam, one of three receipts of this year’s National Collaborating Centres for Public Health (NCCPH) NCCPH Knowledge Translation Awards. This award recognizes the efforts of graduate students in Canada for their outstanding work in knowledge translation.

Alex Sawatzky is the first to defend PhD in Population Medicine (Public Health)

Posted January 21, 2019

Alex Sawatzky successfully defend her PhD work on December 16, 2018. Her excellent and interesting work titled "The Best Scientists are the People That's out There”: Inuit-Led Integrated Surveillance for Place-Based Health Adaptation to Climate Change" was the first in the field of Public Health within the Department of Poulation Medicine. Alex's unique blend of art and science will serve her well into the future.

Robbie D’Addazio wins the Dr. Robert Clarke Public Health Prize

Posted February 1, 2018

The Ontario Veterinary College Alumni Association continues to provide funding for the Dr. Robert Clarke Public Health Prize, awarded to the student with the best poster. There were many great posters on display at the 9^th Annual MPH Public Health Forum, but there could only be one winner. This year, Robbie D’Addazio was awarded this prize.