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A fourth-year Health and Society Student is one of the recipients of The Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) 2023 Inspire Summer Studentships.

In a new article in Contexts, Department of Health and Society Associate Professor Michelle Silver examines expectations around retirement and concludes that they need to be updated.

Department of Health and Society student Abigail Ralph is one of 30 students from 10 countries to be awarded the prestigious McCall MacBain Scholarship.

The latest volume of Health Perspectives, the University of Toronto Undergraduate Health Studies Journal, features several articles from Department of Health and Society Students.

Research suggests as many as 1 in 8 pregnancies are to people with disabilities. So why is there so little training available to help provide perinatal care for this group?

A Department of Health and Society professor has been recognized with an award from a national organization of medical educators.

The Department of Health and Society is proud to announce the winners of the 2022/23 Black Student Excellence Award.

Cassandra Hartblay recalls a time in graduate school when a senior scholar in her field wasn’t able to give feedback on a research presentation she gave at an academic conference. The scholar, it turned out, missed the session because a requested accommodation wasn’t available.

A new study co-led by a Department of Health and Society Professor aims to shed light on the role that the complex interplay between airborne microbes and air pollutants have in causing or preventing the triggers of asthma by turning the focus on Canada’s North.

Natalie Scime became a women’s health epidemiologist because of stories. Stories from family members who went through difficult pregnancies, stories from friends whose symptoms were misdiagnosed, stories of delays and barriers to health-care.