Dalla Lana School of Public Health

What Dalla Lana School of Public Health does

Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) is a public health academic institution within the University of Toronto, established in 1927 as one of Canada's first schools of public health. It delivers graduate education (Master of Public Health and PhD programs) across five divisions — Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Social and Behavioural Health Sciences, Occupational and Environmental Health, and Clinical Public Health — and operates nine research institutes and centers covering health policy (IHPME), vaccines (CVPD), pandemics (IHEP), climate and sustainable care (CCCHSC), bioethics (JCB), global health (CGH), Indigenous health (WIIH), occupational disease prevention (CODP), and critical qualitative health research (CCQHR).

Notable proprietary infrastructure includes the UAMH Centre for Global Microfungal Biodiversity, the western hemisphere's largest archive of public health-relevant microfungi with over 11,750 living biospecimens representing 3,200+ species, and the development of electronic medication monitors for TB treatment adherence that signal patient behavior to cloud-based systems. The school also operates the Black Health Education Collaborative (with Dalhousie University) and delivers specialized MPH programs in Black Health and Indigenous Health.

Revenue mechanics are characteristic of a public university unit: federal and provincial government appropriations, tuition across graduate programs, competitive research grants from CIHR/SSHRC, and philanthropic donations (notably a $10M Dan family gift in 2014 for the Waakebiness Institute and a $1M Weston Family Foundation donation in 2026 for the UAMH biobank). Customer segments span graduate students, healthcare professionals, government and policy organizations, and other healthcare education institutions. DLSPH is governed by a Dean (Adalsteinn Brown, with Audrey Laporte currently serving as Acting Dean) and an Executive Committee, School Council, and External Advisory Committee.

Name

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Legal name

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Website

https://dlsph.utoronto.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1927

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Dalla Lana School of Public Health is a University of Toronto academic institution offering MPH and PhD programs across five divisions and operating nine research institutes/centers spanning health policy, pandemics, vaccines, climate, bioethics, Indigenous health, and global health, serving graduate students, researchers, and government health agencies.

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Product category

Public Health Education and Research

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Schools of Public Health (EDAHAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Global Health Institutes & Programs (EDAHAGAM), Health Administration & Health Policy Schools (MHA/MPH Policy) (EDAHAGAL), Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL)

Keywords

• Public health education
• Graduate public health programs
• Epidemiology research
• Health policy research
• Population health studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Primary revenue from federal and provincial government funding as a public university institution within the University of Toronto system
2. Tuition and Academic Fees: Revenue from graduate program tuition including MPH degrees across various specializations such as Black Health, Epidemiology, Indigenous Health, Nutrition and Dietetics
3. Research Grants: Funding from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), and other research granting agencies
4. Donations and Foundation Support: Charitable donations including the $10-million gift from Michael and Amira Dan for the Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health and $1 million from Weston Family Foundation for microfungal biodiversity

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Dalla Lana School of Public Health is an academic school within the University of Toronto that delivers graduate-level public health education (MPH and PhD programs across epidemiology, biostatistics, social and behavioural health sciences, occupational and environmental health, and specializations including Black Health and Indigenous Health) and conducts population health and health systems research through nine specialized institutes and centres. It also houses the Western Hemisphere's largest archive of public health-relevant microfungi and runs training initiatives such as the Canadian SORT IT program in partnership with WHO/TDR.

Product overview

Dalla Lana School of Public Health is an academic institution offering graduate education (MPH and PhD programs) and operating multiple research institutes and centers. Its portfolio includes academic programs in epidemiology, biostatistics, social and behavioural health sciences, and occupational/environmental health; research centers focused on vaccine-preventable diseases, pandemics, climate health, bioethics, global health, Indigenous health, and occupational disease prevention; educational resources like the Black Health Education Collaborative; and research infrastructure including the UAMH Centre for Global Microfungal Biodiversity biobank. The school also provides communication services through its eBulletin newsletter.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MPH: Black Health
• MPH: Epidemiology
• PhD: Epidemiology
• PhD: Biostatistics
• PhD: Social and Behavioural Health Sciences
• PhD: Occupational and Environmental Health
• Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation (IHPME)
• Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases (CVPD)
• Institute of Health Emergencies and Pandemics (IHEP)
• Collaborative Centre for Climate, Health + Sustainable Care (CCCHSC)
• Joint Centre for Bioethics (JCB)
• Centre for Global Health (CGH)
• Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health (WIIH)
• Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research (CCQHR)
• Centre for Occupational Disease Prevention (CODP)
• Black Health Education Collaborative (BHEC)
• UAMH Centre for Global Microfungal Biodiversity
• Canadian SORT IT Program

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Dalhousie UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 March 2024BHEC is based out of both University of Toronto and Dalhousie University in Halifax. The Black Health Primer was created by collaborators from both institutions and is available to learners across Canada for medical and health professional education.
• Black Health Education Collaborative (BHEC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024BHEC is a group of Black scholars and practitioners committed to transforming medical and health professional education. Supported by Dalla Lana, Temerty Medicine, and Dalhousie University, it developed the Black Health Primer educational tool.
• World Health Organization (WHO) / TDRcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024SORT IT is a global partnership based at TDR (Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases of WHO). DLSPH is hosting the inaugural Canadian SORT IT program for vaccine confidence research capacity building.
• Ontario HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Ontario Health partners with DLSPH to co-host the Ontario Health System and Quality Innovation Awards, recognizing achievements in the Ontario health system.
• Ontario Hospital Association (OHA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024OHA partners with DLSPH to co-host the Ontario Health System and Quality Innovation Awards.
• Ontario Medical Association (OMA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024OMA partners with DLSPH to co-host the Ontario Health System and Quality Innovation Awards.
• McGill University Epidemiology and BiostatisticsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Co-sponsored the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) 2024 Mid-Year Meeting hosted by DLSPH.
• Data Sciences Institute (University of Toronto)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Co-sponsored the SER 2024 Mid-Year Meeting on Innovative Data Science Applications in Epidemiology.
• Temerty Faculty of Medicine (University of Toronto)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Temerty Medicine supports the Black Health Education Collaborative and Black Health Primer development and launch.
• Collaborative Centre for Climate, Health + Sustainable Care (CCCHSC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Initiative of four faculties: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, and Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, launched November 2023 to catalyze climate and sustainability action for health.
• University of Leeds (UK)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Collaboration with professors John Walley and Joseph Hicks from University of Leeds on implementation science to change health practice and policies. Team co-designed interventions with patients, village doctors and TB doctors to improve TB care quality in Tibet.
• Shigatse Centre for Disease Control, Tibet, ChinamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Shigatse CDC oversees all public health activities in the prefecture. Collaborated with DLSPH researchers on TB treatment adherence study, providing local expertise and patient access for the 5-year randomized controlled trial.
• Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation (IHPME)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014IHPME, a global leader in health policy, health services and clinical epidemiology, joined the School in 2014, creating one of the world's largest public health schools with shared vision of improving health and health systems. IHPME translates experience into evidence to set best practices and deliver better health outcomes.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Largest and oldest US school of public health with comparable scope across epidemiology, biostatistics, global health, health policy and environmental health; operates similar research institutes and graduate degree programs.
• Columbia Mailman School of Public Health: Top-tier US public health school with similar department structure (epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy) and an explicit focus on health equity and social determinants of health.
• University of Washington School of Public Health: Comparable US public health school with similar departmental divisions (epidemiology, biostatistics, health systems, environmental/occupational health) and global health research programs.
• Yale School of Public Health: US public health school with parallel offerings in epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy and environmental health sciences, plus active global health research.
• Emory Rollins School of Public Health: Major US public health school with strong global health, epidemiology and infectious disease programs — comparable to DLSPH's vaccine, pandemic and global health centers.
• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Elite US public health school with overlapping epidemiology, biostatistics, global health and health policy programs; comparable scale of research output and government/policy partnerships.
• University of Michigan School of Public Health: Major US public health school with overlapping department structure, equity-focused research and similar institute model.
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: Internationally focused public health school with comparable global health, epidemiology and tropical disease research footprint; similar international research collaboration model.

Regional players

• University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health: Canadian peer public health school at UBC with overlapping department structure, equity-focused research and provincial government health partnerships comparable to DLSPH's Ontario Health collaborations.
• McGill School of Population and Global Health: Canadian peer public health school at McGill University in Montreal with overlapping epidemiology, biostatistics and global health programs; co-hosted the 2024 SER Mid-Year Meeting with DLSPH.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCx3Rvd1EbAhlaH1OWO7Lwqg
• Facebookfacebook.com/DallaLanaSchoolOfPublicHealth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/dalla-lana-school-of-public-health-university-of-toronto
• Instagraminstagram.com/uoft_dlsph

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Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries9 records

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