# Public and Population Health
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[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Thursday, March 19, 2026
Beverley Essue receives Connaught Award to advance financial protection in cancer care
A cancer diagnosis is a devastating blow resulting in both physical and emotional turmoil, leaving patients and their families to...
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[Public and Population Health](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/public-and-population-health/)
[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Heart disease marker varies by African ancestry: BRN Faculty Fellow research
Cardiovascular disease remains the second leading cause of death in Canada, after cancer. One marker drawing increased attention is lipoprotein(a), a cholesterol-related...
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[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Tuesday, November 25, 2025
BRN IGNITE Grant helps researcher develop AI tool for community-based disease surveillance in Ethiopia
When Gelan Ayana Zewdie was growing up near Bedele in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, his community became deeply concerned when a...
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[Public and Population Health](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/public-and-population-health/)
[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Tuesday, September 23, 2025
U of T Engineering researcher, Alberta enterprise test AI tool to support nurses in First Nations communities
LaShawn Murray, a PhD student in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, is exploring how digital tools can improve...
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[Engineering and technology](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/engineering-and-technology/)
[Public and Population Health](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/public-and-population-health/)
[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Black Research Network members named to Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Two members of the Black Research Network have been named to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars,...
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[Black Excellence](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/black-excellence/)
[Humanities and the Arts](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/humanities-and-the-arts/)
[Public and Population Health](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/public-and-population-health/)
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[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Wednesday, July 16, 2025
From selling peanuts to saving lives: Researcher uses AI to combat health misinformation across Africa
At age 15 – a time when most teenagers are enjoying after-school activities and hanging out with their friends – Jude...
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[Black Excellence](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/black-excellence/)
[Computer and information sciences](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/computer-and-information-sciences/)
[Public and Population Health](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/public-and-population-health/)
[Events](https://brn.utoronto.ca/events) | Thursday, June 19, 2025
MPH Black Health Fireside Chat with Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs
Join the Master of Public Health in Black Health program for a fireside chat with Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs, New York...
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[Anti-Racism](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/anti-racism/)
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[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Onye Nnorom appointed associate chief medical officer of health for Ontario
Onye Nnorom, an assistant professor at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, has been...
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[Black Excellence](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/black-excellence/)
[Public and Population Health](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/public-and-population-health/)
[News](https://brn.utoronto.ca/news) | Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Developing database aims to improve access to Black health research in Canada
Rayshaun Whyte is part of an interdisciplinary team of student researchers, faculty and librarians developing the Black Canadian Health Research Database...
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[Events](https://brn.utoronto.ca/events) | Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Conversations About Health in Black Communities – Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program
The Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program (CDTRP) and the Caribbean African Regenerative Medicine (CARM) Project are proud to present a new webinar series focused on...
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[Public and Population Health](https://brn.utoronto.ca/category/public-and-population-health/)
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