Improving health through upstream social interventions

Research, education, and policy change

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The Upstream Lab is a non-profit research lab based at MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We are dedicated to improving health and well-being of the population through addressing issues related to social determinants of health.

Who We Are

What are the social determinants of health?

According to WHO, social determinants of health (SDOH) are non-medical factors that have an influence on our health, particularly the social and economic conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live and age. Some examples include income and social status, job insecurity, food insecurity, and education. SDOH also includes the wider system that can foster health inequity, such as discriminative policies and social norms, and historical trauma.

Our Research Streams

Integrating Health and Social Care

Interventions addressing social needs of individuals in healthcare settings.

Population Health Management

Interventions addressing social needs at community and policy levels.

Data to Enable a Learning Health System

Leveraging data and technology to improve the health systems.

Featured Projects

Our Funders

Our Collaborators

Community Members

Our lab works with many incredible and diverse individuals who provided valuable insights on our projects. Get to know some of our wonderful community members.

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Founded by Dr. @AndrewDPinto and based at @MAP_Health, we evaluate interventions that tackle social factors that impact health #SDOH #SDH #Upstream

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andrewdpinto Andrew Pinto @andrewdpinto ·
24 Apr

Wonderful to see this profile of my colleague @dnblane and @deependgp who have inspired us @upstreamlab and many others around the world #primarycare #HealthEquity #SDOH

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maureenchats Maureen Smith @maureenchats ·
23 Apr

Started the day with much reflection and ending the same way! Great forum with plenty of time for questions. Alison Paprica, Andrew Pinto, Cécile Legrand ⁦@hdrn_rrds⁩

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drug_evidence Therapeutics Initiative @drug_evidence ·
22 Apr

5/ Ongoing #COVID19 treatment trials:

The large ongoing PANORAMIC trial in the UK and the similar #CanTreatCOVID trial in Canada may provide further information within 1-2 years.

👉🏽 http://ti.ubc.ca/letter149

#MedEd #COVID #prescribing #antivirals

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hdrn_rrds HDRN Canada - RRDS Canada @hdrn_rrds ·
23 Apr

What would you trust #AI to do in health care/health research? #HealthData4AllOfUs Panelists @AndrewDPinto/ @upstreamlab, Dr. Cécile Petitgand/ Data Lama & @paprica_alison/@ihpmeuoft mention admin work, pattern recognition & the automation of time consuming tasks.

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