Register for the 2025 Solutions for Healthy Cities Symposium on Nov. 25, featuring Globe and Mail health columnist @picardonhealth.bsky.social: maphealth.ca/shc2025/
Join us in Toronto on Nov 25 for the 2025 Solutions for Healthy Cities Symposium!🎉
Theme: The Science and Practice of System Change.
Keynote: @picardonhealth.bsky.social
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Theme: The Science and Practice of System Change.
Keynote: @picardonhealth.bsky.social
Learn more and register now: maphealth.ca/symposium
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Register for the 2025 Solutions for Healthy Cities Symposium on Nov. 25, featuring Globe and Mail health columnist @picardonhealth.bsky.social: maphealth.ca/shc2025/
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These patients have a family doctor, but they’re hours away. The hidden health-care struggle for thousands in Ontario
These patients have a family doctor, but they’re hours away. The hidden health-care struggle for thousands in Ontario
A study published Monday measured how geographical distance between family doctors and their patients might affect quality of care.
www.thestar.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
These patients have a family doctor, but they’re hours away. The hidden health-care struggle for thousands in Ontario
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Distance to primary care:
More than 1 in 10 patients in urban or suburban regions who were rostered to a family physician in a patient enrolment model in Ontario lived farther than 30 km from their family doctor.
➡️ www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250265
More than 1 in 10 patients in urban or suburban regions who were rostered to a family physician in a patient enrolment model in Ontario lived farther than 30 km from their family doctor.
➡️ www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250265
Distance to primary care and its association with health care use and quality of care in Ontario: a cross-sectional study
Background: In Canada, patients who move may choose to stay on their original family physician’s roster, creating long distances to seek primary care. We sought to explore how distance to primary care...
www.cmaj.ca
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Distance to primary care:
More than 1 in 10 patients in urban or suburban regions who were rostered to a family physician in a patient enrolment model in Ontario lived farther than 30 km from their family doctor.
➡️ www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250265
More than 1 in 10 patients in urban or suburban regions who were rostered to a family physician in a patient enrolment model in Ontario lived farther than 30 km from their family doctor.
➡️ www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.250265
Canada's #primarycare crisis: Upstream Lab scientist Dr. Archna Gupta's new study, published in @cmaj.ca, shows that #Ontario patients who have a family doctor may still face barriers to accessing healthcare, such as travelling long distances to see their doctor: doi.org/10.1503/cmaj...
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Canada's #primarycare crisis: Upstream Lab scientist Dr. Archna Gupta's new study, published in @cmaj.ca, shows that #Ontario patients who have a family doctor may still face barriers to accessing healthcare, such as travelling long distances to see their doctor: doi.org/10.1503/cmaj...
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth today at the BioHubNet symposium in Toronto to chat about PREPARED! One of PREPARED's goals is to partner with the #biomanufacturing industry to develop vaccines, treatments and diagnostic tests faster. Sign up for newsletter: mailchi.mp/495f5d882d99...
October 31, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth today at the BioHubNet symposium in Toronto to chat about PREPARED! One of PREPARED's goals is to partner with the #biomanufacturing industry to develop vaccines, treatments and diagnostic tests faster. Sign up for newsletter: mailchi.mp/495f5d882d99...
Meet a member of our PREPARED team: James White has joined PREPARED, our national initiative aimed at creating a coordinated early warning system for pandemics across Canada, as a project manager. Learn more about James & see updates on PREPARED in our October newsletter: mailchi.mp/4c842198505b...
October 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Meet a member of our PREPARED team: James White has joined PREPARED, our national initiative aimed at creating a coordinated early warning system for pandemics across Canada, as a project manager. Learn more about James & see updates on PREPARED in our October newsletter: mailchi.mp/4c842198505b...
New guidelines for using #MachineLearning in #PopulationHealth and #PublicHealth: Upstream lab director @andrewpinto.bsky.social and a diverse team of experts from multiple fields have 5️⃣ key recommendations in a newly published research paper in @jmirpub.bsky.social :
doi.org/10.2196/68952
doi.org/10.2196/68952
October 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
New guidelines for using #MachineLearning in #PopulationHealth and #PublicHealth: Upstream lab director @andrewpinto.bsky.social and a diverse team of experts from multiple fields have 5️⃣ key recommendations in a newly published research paper in @jmirpub.bsky.social :
doi.org/10.2196/68952
doi.org/10.2196/68952
📣 Callout: We're seeking facilitators who can help shape short courses for PREPARED, our research study to help Canada prepare for a future pandemic: upstreamlab.org/facilitators...
To learn more, contact @benita-hosseini.bsky.social at benita.hosseini@utoronto.ca
To learn more, contact @benita-hosseini.bsky.social at benita.hosseini@utoronto.ca
October 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
📣 Callout: We're seeking facilitators who can help shape short courses for PREPARED, our research study to help Canada prepare for a future pandemic: upstreamlab.org/facilitators...
To learn more, contact @benita-hosseini.bsky.social at benita.hosseini@utoronto.ca
To learn more, contact @benita-hosseini.bsky.social at benita.hosseini@utoronto.ca
📺Watch: Several pharmacies in #Alberta are now offering free rapid testing for respiratory viruses through PREPARED, Upstream Lab's national research study to help prepare Canada for future pandemics: calgary.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
📍Locations: preparedcanada.org/locations/al...
📍Locations: preparedcanada.org/locations/al...
Respiratory virus season in Alberta
The weather is getting colder, which means we’re not only closer to winter but also respiratory virus cases going up. Edward Djan has more.
calgary.citynews.ca
October 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
📺Watch: Several pharmacies in #Alberta are now offering free rapid testing for respiratory viruses through PREPARED, Upstream Lab's national research study to help prepare Canada for future pandemics: calgary.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...
📍Locations: preparedcanada.org/locations/al...
📍Locations: preparedcanada.org/locations/al...
For patients with Type 2 #diabetes and food insecurity, can a monthly grocery store voucher for healthy foods help with diabetes control?🍎🥦See results of a randomized clinical trial of 390 adults in Toronto, published in @jamainternalmed.com & co-authored by @andrewpinto.bsky.social: ja.ma/4qm87rg
Voucher for Healthy Foods and Diabetes Control
This randomized clinical trial measures the effects of a monthly voucher that allows primary care patients with elevated hemoglobin A1c to access healthy foods.
ja.ma
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
For patients with Type 2 #diabetes and food insecurity, can a monthly grocery store voucher for healthy foods help with diabetes control?🍎🥦See results of a randomized clinical trial of 390 adults in Toronto, published in @jamainternalmed.com & co-authored by @andrewpinto.bsky.social: ja.ma/4qm87rg
📸 Former Upstream Lab summer student Sarah Ahmed presenting her poster, 'Patient Perspectives on the Collection of Demographic and Social Needs Data in Primary Care Clinics across Four Canadian Provinces,' at Trillium Primary Health Care Research Day. Learn more: sparktool.ca
October 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
📸 Former Upstream Lab summer student Sarah Ahmed presenting her poster, 'Patient Perspectives on the Collection of Demographic and Social Needs Data in Primary Care Clinics across Four Canadian Provinces,' at Trillium Primary Health Care Research Day. Learn more: sparktool.ca
A new research paper from the Upstream Lab finds that collecting and using data to address patients’ social needs – such as income, education, housing, and food security – may be associated with reduced healthcare costs and decreased health service use: upstreamlab.org/publication/...
#SDOH
#SDOH
Collecting and using social needs data in health settings: a systematic review of the literature on health service utilization and costs » Upstream Lab
upstreamlab.org
October 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A new research paper from the Upstream Lab finds that collecting and using data to address patients’ social needs – such as income, education, housing, and food security – may be associated with reduced healthcare costs and decreased health service use: upstreamlab.org/publication/...
#SDOH
#SDOH
The healthcare system can play a role in addressing the #HousingCrisis: A new research paper from the Upstream Lab identifies three ways healthcare providers can help refer their patients to stable housing: upstreamlab.org/publication/...
Addressing housing insecurity as a social determinant of health: A systematic review of interventions in healthcare settings » Upstream Lab
upstreamlab.org
October 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The healthcare system can play a role in addressing the #HousingCrisis: A new research paper from the Upstream Lab identifies three ways healthcare providers can help refer their patients to stable housing: upstreamlab.org/publication/...
In our September newsletter, Upstream Lab Scientist @benita-hosseini.bsky.social introduces the PEACH research project, which is using machine learning to predict #asthma flare-ups in children: mailchi.mp/fc6c669bf639...
September 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
In our September newsletter, Upstream Lab Scientist @benita-hosseini.bsky.social introduces the PEACH research project, which is using machine learning to predict #asthma flare-ups in children: mailchi.mp/fc6c669bf639...
We're getting PREPARED for cold and flu season and future pandemics.
Dr. @andrewpinto.bsky.social, director of the Upstream Lab at St. Michael's Hospital, @unityhealthto.bsky.social, shares an update on PREPARED: preparedcanada.org
Dr. @andrewpinto.bsky.social, director of the Upstream Lab at St. Michael's Hospital, @unityhealthto.bsky.social, shares an update on PREPARED: preparedcanada.org
September 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We're getting PREPARED for cold and flu season and future pandemics.
Dr. @andrewpinto.bsky.social, director of the Upstream Lab at St. Michael's Hospital, @unityhealthto.bsky.social, shares an update on PREPARED: preparedcanada.org
Dr. @andrewpinto.bsky.social, director of the Upstream Lab at St. Michael's Hospital, @unityhealthto.bsky.social, shares an update on PREPARED: preparedcanada.org
The Upstream Lab team at our September lab meeting! Our backgrounds include: medicine, public health, pharmacy, nursing, epidemiology, computer science & more. Meet our team: upstreamlab.org/meet-our-team/
September 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The Upstream Lab team at our September lab meeting! Our backgrounds include: medicine, public health, pharmacy, nursing, epidemiology, computer science & more. Meet our team: upstreamlab.org/meet-our-team/
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📣 A new scoping review funded by the Institute for Pandemics highlights how COVID-19 disproportionately impacted racialized communities in Canada—driven by longstanding structural inequities and systemic racism, worsened during public health crises.
July 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
📣 A new scoping review funded by the Institute for Pandemics highlights how COVID-19 disproportionately impacted racialized communities in Canada—driven by longstanding structural inequities and systemic racism, worsened during public health crises.
Check out our August newsletter ➡️ mailchi.mp/e2c2702379bc...:
In this issue:
Dr. @andrewpinto.bsky.social looks ahead to Upstream Lab's 10th anniversary
Community members and #UofT international students invited to get involved in research
And more!
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In this issue:
Dr. @andrewpinto.bsky.social looks ahead to Upstream Lab's 10th anniversary
Community members and #UofT international students invited to get involved in research
And more!
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August 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Check out our August newsletter ➡️ mailchi.mp/e2c2702379bc...:
In this issue:
Dr. @andrewpinto.bsky.social looks ahead to Upstream Lab's 10th anniversary
Community members and #UofT international students invited to get involved in research
And more!
➕ Sign up for our newsletter: eepurl.com/dcgbLH
In this issue:
Dr. @andrewpinto.bsky.social looks ahead to Upstream Lab's 10th anniversary
Community members and #UofT international students invited to get involved in research
And more!
➕ Sign up for our newsletter: eepurl.com/dcgbLH
WE'RE HIRING an experienced Project Manager II to lead the coordination, implementation, and operational oversight of the PREPARED initiative (Pandemic Preparedness Engaging Primary Care and Emergency Departments). Apply by Aug. 5: gen-ezjf9k52wb5ac52e-prd.tam.ca1.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/...
July 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
WE'RE HIRING an experienced Project Manager II to lead the coordination, implementation, and operational oversight of the PREPARED initiative (Pandemic Preparedness Engaging Primary Care and Emergency Departments). Apply by Aug. 5: gen-ezjf9k52wb5ac52e-prd.tam.ca1.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/...
Join us to hear Dr. Karen Nicolson from @uniofstandrews.bsky.social speak about Adverse Childhood Experiences (#ACEs) research from a primary care perspective:
July 23
Noon EDT in Toronto / 5 p.m. BST in St Andrews
In-person in Toronto & on Zoom
Contact to register: upstreamlab.comms@unityhealth.to
July 23
Noon EDT in Toronto / 5 p.m. BST in St Andrews
In-person in Toronto & on Zoom
Contact to register: upstreamlab.comms@unityhealth.to
July 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Join us to hear Dr. Karen Nicolson from @uniofstandrews.bsky.social speak about Adverse Childhood Experiences (#ACEs) research from a primary care perspective:
July 23
Noon EDT in Toronto / 5 p.m. BST in St Andrews
In-person in Toronto & on Zoom
Contact to register: upstreamlab.comms@unityhealth.to
July 23
Noon EDT in Toronto / 5 p.m. BST in St Andrews
In-person in Toronto & on Zoom
Contact to register: upstreamlab.comms@unityhealth.to
Featured in our July newsletter: Message from Dr. Archna Gupta ... Jobs and research opportunities ... Upcoming Upstream Lab Speaker Series event ... New publications & more ➡️ mailchi.mp/37f0e997e456...
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July 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Featured in our July newsletter: Message from Dr. Archna Gupta ... Jobs and research opportunities ... Upcoming Upstream Lab Speaker Series event ... New publications & more ➡️ mailchi.mp/37f0e997e456...
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Upstream Lab at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto is recruiting 1-2 Postdoctoral Fellows to work on the PREPARED study: Pandemic Preparedness Engaging Primary Care and Emergency Departments
NEW DEADLINE: July 4 at 5 pm ET
Learn more: upstreamlab.org/wp-content/u...
#publichealth #research #postdoc
NEW DEADLINE: July 4 at 5 pm ET
Learn more: upstreamlab.org/wp-content/u...
#publichealth #research #postdoc
June 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Upstream Lab at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto is recruiting 1-2 Postdoctoral Fellows to work on the PREPARED study: Pandemic Preparedness Engaging Primary Care and Emergency Departments
NEW DEADLINE: July 4 at 5 pm ET
Learn more: upstreamlab.org/wp-content/u...
#publichealth #research #postdoc
NEW DEADLINE: July 4 at 5 pm ET
Learn more: upstreamlab.org/wp-content/u...
#publichealth #research #postdoc
Attention master's students from @ihpmeuoft.bsky.social! Upstream Lab at St. Michael’s Hospital has two new paid research opportunities for master’s students. NEW DEADLINE: July 4 at 5 pm ET. Learn more:
1️⃣ upstreamlab.org/wp-content/u...
2️⃣ upstreamlab.org/wp-content/u...
#IHPME #UofT
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2️⃣ upstreamlab.org/wp-content/u...
#IHPME #UofT
June 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Attention master's students from @ihpmeuoft.bsky.social! Upstream Lab at St. Michael’s Hospital has two new paid research opportunities for master’s students. NEW DEADLINE: July 4 at 5 pm ET. Learn more:
1️⃣ upstreamlab.org/wp-content/u...
2️⃣ upstreamlab.org/wp-content/u...
#IHPME #UofT
1️⃣ upstreamlab.org/wp-content/u...
2️⃣ upstreamlab.org/wp-content/u...
#IHPME #UofT
WE'RE HIRING: Research Coordinator II. Join Upstream Lab to work on research projects focused on mental health & economic, food and housing security.
Learn more & apply: gen-ezjf9k52wb5ac52e-prd.tam.ca1.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/...
Closing date: June 23, 2025
Learn more & apply: gen-ezjf9k52wb5ac52e-prd.tam.ca1.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/...
Closing date: June 23, 2025
June 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
WE'RE HIRING: Research Coordinator II. Join Upstream Lab to work on research projects focused on mental health & economic, food and housing security.
Learn more & apply: gen-ezjf9k52wb5ac52e-prd.tam.ca1.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/...
Closing date: June 23, 2025
Learn more & apply: gen-ezjf9k52wb5ac52e-prd.tam.ca1.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/...
Closing date: June 23, 2025
Are you someone with lived or living experience of cancer, or a caregiver to someone who has faced cancer? We invite you to join the BEACON Study (Building and Evolving an Approach to Cancer Prevention by Integrating One Health) as a Patient Partner. Learn more: upstreamlab.org/get-involved/
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June 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Are you someone with lived or living experience of cancer, or a caregiver to someone who has faced cancer? We invite you to join the BEACON Study (Building and Evolving an Approach to Cancer Prevention by Integrating One Health) as a Patient Partner. Learn more: upstreamlab.org/get-involved/