Health Inequities
Ensuring infectious disease research and response reach everyone, equitably.
Infectious disease burden is never distributed evenly. The same pathogen can have vastly different consequences depending on who it reaches and what supports they can access. This cluster centers equity in infectious disease research, working with community partners, social scientists and public health researchers to understand how infection intersects with social determinants of health, and to design responses that benefit the communities most affected.
EPIC Health Inequities News
New research aims to improve access to research capacity through on-site biomanufacturing
Pardee lab graduate student Quinn Matthews demonstrates local production of enzymes in the Yukon, including producing and purifying proteins using the cell-free system and a 3D-printed centrifuge on a mountain outside Whitehorse. 1 June 2026 By Eileen Hoftyzer New...
Advancing Equity in Public Health Emergencies: Collective Futures Roundtable
November 27, 2025 By The Institute of Health Emergencies and Pandemics This story was originally published on the Institute of Health Emergencies and Pandemics (IHEP) website. The ACCESS Lab, with support from an IHEP Knowledge Mobilization grant, recently launched...
Mpox online image atlas launches to help reduce stigma, improve representation and enhance access to care
From left: Darrell Tan, Sharon Sukhdeo, and Garfield Durrant 11 November 2025 By Betty Zou A team of clinicians at Unity Health Toronto and the University of Toronto has created a new resource to help health care providers detect mpox earlier and to help patients get...