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Thinspo, eating disorders and the seedy underbelly of The Internet

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: April 14, 2014

Category: Determinants of health, Epidemiology, Nutrition, Social Media | Tagged anorexia, communication, eating disorders, epidemiology, health care, Health Disparities, infectious disease, interventions, public health, Social Determinants of Health, stigma | Leave a comment

Cell-to-cell spread of HIV and its possible implications for antiretroviral therapy

By Lindsay Kobayashi
Posted: March 27, 2014

Category: Determinants of health, Epidemiology, Guest Posts, Health systems, Infectious disease | Tagged epidemiology, Guest Post, Health Disparities, HIV, infectious disease, outbreak, prevention, Social Determinants of Health, virus | Leave a comment

Where I politely explain to a politician that they’re wrong

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: February 24, 2014

Category: Determinants of health, Epidemiology, Science Outreach, Time trends | Tagged communication, epidemiology, health care, Health Disparities, interventions, minority health, prevention, privilege, public health, Social Determinants of Health | 2 Comments

Dengue: Why You Need to Know About It

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: February 12, 2014

Category: Determinants of health, Epidemiology, Guest Posts, Nutrition | Tagged Climate change, epidemiology, global health, health care, Health Disparities, infectious disease, Jessica Taaffe, minority health, mosquito, outbreak, prevention, public health | 1 Comment

The Biggest Public Health Stories of 2013

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: December 30, 2013

Category: Cancer, Determinants of health, Epidemiology, History of Public Health, Industry, Science Outreach, Social Media, Time trends | Tagged cancer, epidemiology, health care, Health Disparities, infectious disease, interventions, minority health | 2 Comments

On Men’s Health and Moustaches

By Atif Kukaswadia
Posted: November 26, 2013

Category: Cancer, Determinants of health, Epidemiology, Health systems | Tagged epidemiology, health care, Health Disparities, infectious disease, knowledge translation, movember, public health, Social Determinants of Health, stigma, Stories | 7 Comments

Why we should all place our babies to sleep in cardboard boxes… or just give up and move to Scandinavia

By Lindsay Kobayashi
Posted: June 11, 2013

Category: Determinants of health, Health systems, Maternal health | Tagged breastfeeding, Health Disparities, interventions, Life Chances, maternal health, prevention | 8 Comments

Cultural Comic Books for Educating Asian Americans about Hepatitis B

By Viet Le
Posted: May 24, 2013

Category: Cancer | Tagged Asian American, Health Disparities, infectious disease, interventions, minority health, public health, virus | 3 Comments

Médecins Sans Frontières Scientific Day 2013

By Lindsay Kobayashi
Posted: May 14, 2013

Category: Science Outreach, Social Media | Tagged communication, conference, health care, Health Disparities, income inequality, infectious disease, interventions, outbreak, research ethics | 1 Comment