MIHE & ARMS Co-Hosted Invited Speaker Event: Dr. Nav Persaud

Join us for the latest MIHE and ARMS Seminar: “Income and Health: What has COVID changed?”.

Presented by Dr. Nav Persaud, an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, and co-hosted by MIHE and ARMS, The pandemic focused attention on inequities because COVID-19 spreading among disadvantaged people threatened those with privilege. At the same time, inequities that exacerbated the pandemic are still present, leading to questions such as:

•    What has the pandemic changed with respect to the relationship between income security and health?
•    What policy changes are needed now and during the next pandemic?

Reflecting on equitable COVID-19 pandemic recovery, the effect of a one-time cash transfer on physical distancing by low-income individuals, as well as his experience at St. Michael’s Hospital, Dr. Persaud will discuss results of a clinical trial of income supports during the pandemic and evidence from prior to the pandemic.

When: Oct. 31, 2022 between 2:30 and 3:30 PM EST
Where: Remote via Zoom

Register today: https://bit.ly/3eM79EF

About MIHE

MIHE is a research institute at McMaster University that encourages new inter-disciplinary understandings of the social, economic, cultural, political and bio-physical forces that lead to health inequities.

Our goal is to investigate health inequities, and use research to achieve health equity, take leadership in encouraging evidence-based action on health inequities. MIHE develops a body of expertise in evidence focusing on reducing health inequity interventions, promoting health equity, and stimulate and support knowledge mobilization, student engagement and collaborative partnerships from local to global contexts.

About ARMS

ARMS takes a unique interdisciplinary approach to lead the way for advanced research on mental health from a social science perspective.