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Meet Tessa Parker, a Killam Fellow and neuroscience student at York University. Tessa is passionate about neuro-oncology, advocates for healthcare access, and leads outreach through Smile YEG in Edmonton. Tessa is driven by both scientific discovery and community impact!





I very much enjoyed my conversation yesterday with Dr. Edward Plimpton. This podcast episode of "Your Anxious Child" is on mattering as a core need. Our hour chat just zoomed by York University News YorkUHealth LaMarsh Centre for Child & Youth Research Association for Psychological Science Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Society for Research in Child Development podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/mat…

Canada has an opportunity to reimagine foreign aid and be a global leader in doing so, argues Faculty of Education Prof. Rachel Silver in a co-authored opinion piece in the Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail York University Education theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…


“We know that in terms of obesity rates, there’s large differences between ethnic groups,” Prof. Jen Kuk told the Toronto Star. “We thought it’s important to look at whether or not there are differences in the weight loss achieved as well.” thestar.com/life/health-we… YorkUHealth

“We know that in terms of obesity rates, there’s large differences between ethnic groups,” Prof. Jen Kuk told the Toronto Star. “We thought it’s important to look at whether or not there are differences in the weight loss achieved as well.” thestar.com/life/health-we… YorkUHealth





#YorkU Prof Elham Dolatabadi is senior author on a recent paper in Nature Digital Medicine on using AI to help with frontline crisis support in youth mental health services nature.com/articles/s4174… Lassonde School

“Some companies that are making inroads eliminating racial and gender biases might inadvertently revert to their previous ways,” says Prof. Valerio De Stefano on companies using AI to assist in the hiring process. Canadian Immigrant Valerio De Stefano osgoode.yorku.ca/faculty-and-st…

#York's 3,843-square-foot Taihua Wang Science Student Success Centre is now open thanks to a $1.6M gift from Chinese-Canadian entrepreneur and scientist Dr. Taihua Wang. It increases study space and helps students make informed decisions about their academic journey YorkU - Science


New research coming out of Global Strategy Lab ahead of World No Tobacco Day finds a lack of a gender lens in most tobacco control research, despite men and women having different smoking behaviours. yorku.ca/news/2025/05/2… Global Strategy Lab Dr. Mathieu JP Poirier YorkUHealth

“Those that have the greatest need are seeing the least effectiveness from the treatment,” says Prof. Jennifer Kuk on her latest study looking at ethnicity and weight loss. YorkUHealth YorkU KINE sean wharton yorku.ca/news/2025/05/1…

New research coming out of Global Strategy Lab ahead of World No Tobacco Day finds a lack of a gender lens in most tobacco control research, despite men and women having different smoking behaviours. yorku.ca/news/2025/05/2… Global Strategy Lab Dr. Mathieu JP Poirier YorkUHealth