“Nagasaki Outcome Statement” to accelerate progress on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
On May 12th, the eve of the G7 Health Ministers’ Meeting, global health leaders from around the world convened in Nagasaki to call for...
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THREADS Lab
- Jan 11
- 1 min
Exploring Patterns of Non-Participation Across Multiple Health Campaigns - Results of the project
The results of our project "Exploring Patterns of Non-Participation Across Multiple Health Campaigns - A Qualitative Study in Ghana and...
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THREADS Lab
- Oct 31, 2022
- 1 min
Conference season is here... check out this year's posters and oral presentations!
If you are in Seattle, Toronto, Ottawa, and/or Benin, do check out the following posters and presentations, put together by our amazing...
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THREADS Lab
- Sep 26, 2022
- 1 min
4th annual Faculty of Medicine Research Day 2022
The 4th annual Faculty of Medicine (at uOttawa) Research Day 2022 was held on Friday, September 23rd. Congratulations to Kruti Patel and...
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THREADS Lab
- Sep 16, 2022
- 1 min
Nursing Now Challenge Webinar on FGS
On Monday, September 12, 2022, the FAST Package team participated in a Nursing Now Challenge webinar to raise awareness on Female Genital...
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THREADS Lab
- May 27, 2022
- 1 min
New grant - Acceptability study preceding mass drug administration in Belitung, Indonesia
Our Lab has received a new subgrant to explore lymphatic filariasis elimination in Indonesia in partnership with colleagues at Washington...
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THREADS Lab
- May 19, 2022
- 1 min
Paint-along social at the Lab!
Every few weeks, our team gets together on Friday for a social event. In May, we painted tulips just in time for the Canadian Tulip...
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THREADS Lab
- Apr 25, 2022
- 1 min
Congratulations Kruti and Moussa!
Congratulations to Moussa Sangare and Kruti Patel on their well-deserved awards! Moussa received the Bruyère Research Institute Graduate...
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THREADS Lab
- Apr 1, 2022
- 1 min
Women's history month - Highlighting Women who Advance Health through Groundbreaking Research
For Women's history month, The Task Force of Global Health celebrated Dr. Alison Krentel for advancing health breakthroughs and breaking...
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THREADS Lab
- Mar 11, 2022
- 1 min
Health worker training on #FGSchisto in Ghana
Dr. Alison Krentel and Dr. Kazeem Arogundade were part of a health worker training on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Female...
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THREADS Lab
- Feb 17, 2022
- 1 min
Calling Ottawa to Kigali: an opportunity for Canada to fight neglected tropical diseases
As part of World NTD Day, Dr. Alison Krentel and Senator Stanley Kutcher co-authored an op-ed in the Hill Times on the importance of...
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THREADS Lab
- Jan 30, 2022
- 1 min
#WorldNTDDay!
Our Threads Lab members braved the Ottawa cold on this #WorldNTDDay to show they are #100PercentCommitted to #EndTheNeglect and #beatNTDs!
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THREADS Lab
- Jan 26, 2022
- 1 min
Blog: Climate Financing and the Power Asymmetries between Global South and Global North
Kruti Patel's blog, published on the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) website, highlights the barriers faced by...
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THREADS Lab
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Congratulations Professor Margaret Gyapong! 🎉
The Threads Lab is delighted to celebrate our colleague Professor Margaret Gyapong, who has won the European and Developing Countries...
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THREADS Lab
- Sep 7, 2021
- 1 min
Welcome to James!
The Threads Lab welcomes James Kotuah Sakeah to the team! James has joined the School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of...
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THREADS Lab
- Sep 6, 2021
- 1 min
Practicum experience by Jacie Liu
Our summer practicum student, Jacie Liu, recently wrote a blog on her experience working with the iCHORDS Community of Practice. She...
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THREADS Lab
- Aug 27, 2021
- 1 min
Social Prescribing to combat the effects of isolation
Congratulations to our research partners Drs. Sue Bennett and Heather Dunlap at the Children's Hospital at Eastern Ontario who have...
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THREADS Lab
- Aug 27, 2021
- 1 min
COVID-19 isn’t the only infectious disease needing Canadian global health investment
It’s been a tough year for global efforts to beat Neglected Tropical Diseases. Community health workers supporting NTD programs were...
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THREADS Lab
- Aug 11, 2021
- 1 min
Neglected Tropical Diseases Remain Neglected by Canada
Our Threads Lab summer practicum student, Jinisha Panjwani, worked with the Canadian Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases (CNNTD) to...
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THREADS Lab
- Jul 21, 2021
- 1 min
iCHORDS Community of Practice has been launched!
The Threads Lab team supports iCHORDS (Improving Community Health Outcomes through Research, Dialogue and Systems Strengthening) - a new...
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