Professors Benedict Weobong and Godfred Boateng will lead the $5.5M HEATSCAPE-Africa project, funded by The Wellcome Trust, to study how climate-related heat impacts sleep and mental health across Africa www.yorku.ca/news/2025/10...

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Population Health and Implementation Science - come join the York community! Deadline: October 31, 2025 www.yorku.ca/vpepc/facult...

Did you know that the food system plays a major role in driving antimicrobial resistance (AMR)? 🦠🍽️ AMR Policy Accelerator Research Associate Chloe Clifford Astbury explains how. Learn more: bit.ly/46gPn4m youtu.be/s5xIoJl6kXg @dighr-yorku.bsky.social @yuglobalhealth.bsky.social

Professor Godfred Boateng and SGH students, Ann Kwarteng, Salwa Regragui, and Tricia Tetteh, co-authored a study on how child welfare & justice encounters impact Black youth mental health. Findings: this population experienced psychosocial weathering, hypervigilance, and insecurity.

Bhutila Karpoche spoke to our Global Health Ethics course about her personal & professional journey from studying public health to entering politics and about the political determinants of health. A wonderful kickoff to exploring conditions that shape the ethics of global health!

Dr. Madhukar Pai will be giving a talk entitled "You Can't See What You've Never Had to Love" - Expanding the Imagination and Solution Space in Global Health on October 8, 2025 at 1 p.m. Register here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/expanding-...

Humanitarian action is not just an act of aid - it’s an act of solidarity. On World Humanitarian Day, we reflect on our role as global health learners and leaders in shaping a more compassionate and just future.

Pashtana Fakhrizada, global health student and recipient of a Dean's Undergraduate Research Award, presents "Assessing National Malaria Plans Worldwide: Alignment with WHO Guidance" at the Faculty of Health's Undergraduate Summer Research Conference

Professor Amrita Daftary has been awarded a SSHRC partnership development grant to develop a framework for gender based violence in women affected by tuberculosis with TB survivor and community organizations in South Africa, Indonesia & Ukraine, as well as Dr Charity Oga-Omenka & Dr Carmen Logie.

York's School of Global Health is training the next generation of problem solvers with its new interdisciplinary PhD Global Health Program: tinyurl.com/4y5ejwjb Applications for the next cohort is December 1, 2025: www.yorku.ca/gradstudies/...

Professor Kerry Scott is a co-author on the paper "Representation, Activism, Health Promotion, and Communication: The Role of Art in Advancing Global Health and Social Justice" in PLOS Global Health journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Global health program alumnus Gabriel Fezza and Professor Mathieu Poirier presented research on how institutional, economic, and political factors shape the effectiveness of international laws at the International Political Science Association's 28th World Congress in Seoul, South Korea.

Global health program alumnus Ryan Gray and Professor Mary Wiktorowicz were co-authors on a piece on why Canada needs a “deep prevention” approach to respond to pandemic preparedness challenges that require concerted action policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ju...

Post-doctoral fellows, Chloe Clifford Astbury and Kirsten Lee, and Professor Tarra Penney were authors on the paper Awareness campaigns and strengthened prevention as alternatives to banning: Preventing zoonotic diseases from wildlife in the Democratic Republic of Congo, published in PLOS One.

Congrats to our Global Health PhD student Rupsha Mutsuddi for being awarded the prestigious SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Program award to address loneliness & everyday activities in people with dementia, using a design, technology & equity lens. www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etu...

What a joy to celebrate our graduates alongside their families, friends, and professors! 🎓💫 A few highlights from our post-convocation celebration with those who made the journey possible. Our community is one of a kind - and even after convocation, you're still a part of it.

You're not just a graduate – you're now part of our growing global health alumni community 🌍 Stay connected, share your path, and join us on LinkedIn: ca.linkedin.com/in/global-he...

We’re thrilled to see Nicole Wilson’s outstanding work recognized in York University’s YFile! Learn more about her well-deserved Faculty of Health Dean’s Staff Award and the impact she makes every day in the School of Global Health 👏 🔗 www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/0...

Hearty congratulations to Global Health student Nafanta Fadiga for being awarded the prestigious McCall MacBain Scholarship, where she will purse a MSc in family medicine (specializing in global health) at McGill University. www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/0...

Congratulations to Dr. Shital Desai, faculty member of the Global Health graduate program, for being awarded the President’s Emerging Research Leadership Award in Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts. Congrats, Shital! www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/0...

Administrative Assistant Nicole Wilson received the Faculty of Health Dean’s Staff Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions, leadership, professionalism, dedication to social justice, and significantly contributing to a culture of collaboration and inclusive community. Congrats, Nicole!

Hearty congratulations to Global Health alum Richard Wu for being awarded the prestigious McCall MacBain Scholarship, where he will undertake a MSc in Experimental Medicine at McGill University. reporter.mcgill.ca/30-mccall-ma...

Professor Amrita Daftary publishes with her postdoctoral scholar, Dr. Nancy Bedingfield, on qualitative perspectives in #TB health promotion research in the American Journal of Health Promotion journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Professor Amrita Daftary contributes to an essay on the necessity of community engagement in TB research endeavours in @plosglobalpublichealth.org, led by TB survivor Nandita Venkatesan, with a record 60+ TB research leaders, patient champions & community advocates journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

York University’s School of Global Health is preparing the next generation of health leaders by immersing students in real-world challenges and fostering practical skills www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/0...