Jan 28, 2022 — Today’s episode is the audio from a presentation I gave to Occupational Health Clinics For Ontario Workers Inc, or OHCOW, all about Rapid Antigen Tests, or […]

COVID-19: Should You Give Your Child the Vaccine (Podcast Episode)

May 28th, 2021 9m 16s

May 28, 2021 — It’s a question I get a lot these days: should I give my child the COVID-19 vaccine? Well, it’s ultimately a personal decision that you should […]

COVID-19: Interview With Sweden’s Dr Anders Tegnell

May 11th, 2021 29m 7s

Dr Raywat Deonandan and Dr Ziad El-Khatib interview Dr Anders Tegnell about the COVID-19 situation in Sweden.

COVID-19: Answering Your COVID Vaccine Questions (podcast episode)

Dec 12th, 2020 1h 6m

Drs Erling Rud and Raywat Deonandan answer the public's questions about the new COVID-19 vaccines.

COVID-19: Pandemics Are Worse For the Poor (podcast episode)

Dec 12th, 2020 5m 42s

Those at the lower rungs of the socio-economic ladder are always disproportionately affected by public health crises, never more so than with an infectious disease epidemic.

COVID19: Elimination, Suppression, or Mitigation? (Podcast Episode)

Nov 14th, 2020 17m 23s

The vaccine data are compelling and there's a light at the end of the tunnel. But the tunnel is long and dark. So how do we manage until the vaccine gives us herd immunity? Right now all across Canada there is a call for a comprehensive strateg

COVID19: Why Are Cases Increasing But Deaths Are Not? (Podcast Episode)

Sep 24th, 2020 8m 36s

Right now in Canada, new daily cases of COVID-19 are increasing seemingly exponentially. But we are not seeing a similar increase in either hospitalizations or deaths. Why?

COVID19: What’s All This “Second Wave” Business? (Podcast Episode)

Sep 22nd, 2020 14m 51s

What do Epidemiologists mean by a "second wave" of COVID-19?

COVID19: Keeping Schools Safe (Podcast Episode)

Sep 13th, 2020 15m 43s

Sep 13, 2020 — I’ve been ignoring this podcast of late and focusing more on writing COVID-related blog posts. So I’ve decided to triple-down on the messaging and am recording […]

What’s the Hook? Knowledge Translation and Media Best Practices for Researchers

Apr 30th, 2019 1h 16m

how to turn one's research into an opinion-editorial article

Indigenous Health in Canada and Guyana

Mar 6th, 2019 1h 51m

All about my research with indigenous peoples in the rainforests of Guyana.

Introduction to Systematic Reviews

Mar 6th, 2019 56m 54s

An introduction to systematic reviews.

Truth and Dare

Jan 26th, 2019 1h 1m

This is the audio of the 2019 keynote address of the University of Ottawa Healthcare Symposium. The topic of the presentation was the epistemology of truth.

Science Communication: Community Based Research

May 29th, 2018 2h 14m

This is the audio of a lecture I gave to a graduate class in Community Outreach and Media Relations in the Sciences. The topic was communication in community based research, featuring anecdotes from my global health & development work.

Are Things Getting Better Or Worse?

Sep 30th, 2017 40m 36s

Poverty, health, life expectancy, population growth, climate change, food production... on a global level, are things getting better or worse?

Global Health Ethics: CHEO Grand Rounds

Sep 27th, 2017 46m 44s

Are global health electives a new kind of colonialism?

Research Ethics: Why You Need It

Jun 29th, 2017 56m 20s

June 29, 2017 — This is the third of three presentations I gave to the attendees of a summer institute on social justice, hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology […]

Systematic Reviews: What Are They and How to Do Them

Jun 28th, 2017 1h

June 28, 2017 — This is the audio of a presentation I gave to attendees of a special summer workshop on social justice, hosted by the Indian Institute of Technology […]

Measuring Poverty

Jun 27th, 2017 45m 56s

There are many ways to measure poverty, each with advantages and disadvantages.

Psychotherapy for HIV/AIDS Patients in Uganda

May 29th, 2017 16m 5s

Michelle Brazeau, Jessica Colbourne and Fallon Melville analyze a study titled, "Group support psychotherapy for depression treatment in people with HIV/AIDS in northern Uganda: a single-centre randomised controlled trial."The post Psychothera

Hazardous Alcohol Drinking in Russia

May 29th, 2017 30m 51s

Anika Suri and Patrick Van Loon examine "Hazardous alcohol drinking and premature mortality in Russia: a population based case-control study."The post Hazardous Alcohol Drinking in Russia appeared first on deonandia.

Maybe Baby? The Quest for Fertility Services Domestically and Abroad

Apr 25th, 2017 15m 34s

Reproductive Tourism, the act of traveling to other countries to create families, is a billion dollar global industry. This presentation summarizes the major issues introduced by this phenomenon.The post Maybe Baby? The Quest for Fertility Ser

Refugee Health

Mar 9th, 2017 26m 9s

On March 8, 2017, I gave a brief talk to students of the Medlife initiative at the University of Ottawa on the topic of refugee health. The post Refugee Health appeared first on deonandia.

2016 OCUFA Teaching Award

Oct 30th, 2016 14m 48s

Oct 30, 2016 — I’m quite honoured to be one of the five 2016 recipients of the prestigious OCUFA Teaching Award, which is given to exceptional professors from Ontario universities. The awards ceremony was yesterday at the Westin Harbour Castl

Defining Low Income and Poverty

Oct 22nd, 2016 46m 46s

Audio of a presentation given at the 2016 Dalla Lana School of Public Health conference in Toronto, on methods of defining poverty.The post Defining Low Income and Poverty appeared first on deonandia.