#Budget2024 💰 makes the largest investment in 20+ years for grad students & postdocs! It will support financial needs, boost mental well-being, allow focus on research, & promote diversity by easing barriers for underrepresented groups. 🎉💪🏽#SOSBudget2024

Please join us on June 18 to hear more about our report on pregnancy care for people with disabilities in Ontario -- and to hear more from an expert panel on equity and inclusion in pregnancy care. Details below:

BREAKING: The Lancet has just published this article "conservatively" estimating that the death toll in the Gaza genocide could be 186,000 people or more. That's 8% of the population, obliterated. These are apocalyptic figures. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Are you a #PatientPartner, clinician or researcher & been involved in forming a #RareDisease patient registry in Canada? As part of my PhD, I’m conducting semi-structured interviews to learn about these experiences. Please email [email protected] to learn more!

We teamed up with 10+ youth advisors (also co-authors!) to explore barriers & best practices for #YouthEngagement in health research. Together, we share real strategies for meaningful collaboration. Katherine Bailey (she/her) Brooke Allemang, PhD, RSW Read here: rdcu.be/dSMjJ

On July 1st, CSEB-SCEB welcomed its new Board of Directors - Hilary Brown, Eduardo Franco, Xiangfei Meng, Laura Duncan, Fareha Nishat, Brianna Frangione, Lisa Lix, Iwona Bielska, Marie-Claude Rousseau, Anita Koushik, Laura Anderson. Congratulations to everyone on your 2 year terms!

Risk ratios, odds ratios and the risk difference #Education by @racherichardson Dr Kerry Dwan @afkanellopoulou Cochrane @cochranemthds Link: bit.ly/3XL7H03

The Annex has fewer residents today than in 1971. The towers of Crescent Town have far more. @simonlewsen on how the uneven, illogical densification pattern of the last 50 years created today’s Toronto. thelocal.to/density-the-an…

LAST CALL for participants! The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) researchers in the @iOUCHLab are seeking kids & teens aged 12-18 to test their Power Over Pain Portal, an online platform designed to help young people manage #ChronicPain⚡👶 Visit: tinyurl.com/5fbn3cte

Congrats to the recipients of the 2024 Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children Studentship Award! 🎉 To read the full announcement and learn more about their research, visit our website: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/news/five-stud…

Cervical cancer mortality in US women younger than 25 years significantly declined between 2016 and 2021, likely due to the widespread adoption of HPV vaccination. ja.ma/4i9ghPC

* Call for Submissions * The University of Toronto Journal of Public Health UTJPH is seeking contributions to a Special Issue on Women's Health. Full call for abstracts: lnkd.in/eVSMVCu4 Author submission instructions: lnkd.in/eKhAVW2g

Research Article Lived Education Experience of Young Adults With Childhood- and Adult-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Multicenter Canadian Qualitative Study 📖 jrheum.org/cgi/content/fu… Fareha Nishat Dr. Diane Lacaille Umut Oğuzoğlu Zahi Touma, MD, PhD Dr. Jennifer Stinson #education #lupus

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Stinson, the first nurse to receive the Gairdner Foundation Momentum Award! 🏆 Recognized for her #SKResearch on the use of digital therapeutics to improve how #ChronicPain is assessed and managed in children and youth. Read ⤵️ sickkids.ca/en/news/archiv…

Canadian doctors who served in Gaza call for arms embargo, sanctions against Israel ctvnews.ca/canada/article…

15 #UofT doctoral students receive Connaught PhDs for Public Impact fellowships ➡️ uoft.me/bFm

Since the 7th of October 2023, Israel has killed an average of 27 children per day.

Calling all experts, advocates and changemakers on health equity for persons with disabilities! World Health Organization (WHO) is building a global Network to advance health equity for persons with disabilities, and we want YOU to be part of it! This is your chance to work collaboratively with key

✨The Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Children 2025 Symposium is just 2-weeks away! Join us on October 9 for a day of inspiring conversations on the intersection of #childhealth and #education, with a focus on equity-driven research. Register to secure your spot! leongcentresymposium.ca

🌟 We’re excited to feature Studentship recipient Fareha Nishat (Fareha Nishat) in our latest newsletter! She studies how youth with disabilities face higher rates & faster accumulation of chronic diseases - calling for more inclusive, youth-focused care: leongcentre.utoronto.ca/news/understan…