The Dahdaleh Institute's summer students will present their work, learnings and experience as Research Assistants on projects in Global Health & Humanitarianism, Planetary Health and Global Health Foresighting.

Speakers

Shubhdeep Nagi is the Planetary Health Research Assistant. He is a Bachelor of Science Candidate at York University, with a focus in Global Health. In pursuit of his passion for health equity, leadership, and technology, Shubhdeep supports patients at his local hospital, and leads fundraising for, Hemoglobal®, a Canadian charity.

Ailya Salman received an Honours Specialized in Cognitive Science at York University. Alongside her work at the Dahdaleh Institute as the Global Health Foresighting Research Assistant, Ailya works on Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System at the Institute for Social Research at York University, collecting data for health units across Ontario. She volunteers as a Research Assistant at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and at Sherman Health Sciences Research.

Mariya Shireen is a fourth year student in Health Studies at York University. Passionate about health promotion, Mariya pioneered an 8-week nutrition program for seniors and has worked at the Vaughan Community Health Centre as a Health Promotions Programs Assistant. As the Global Health & Humanitarianism Research Assistant at the Dahdaleh Institute, Mariya supports a project pioneering new qualitative data collection methods in humanitarian crises. Alongside this work, she is completing a certificate course in public health promotion from John Hopkins University.

Image Credit: Four student interns at the First Student Symposium/Netta Kornberg/2019