Ringing the alarm on Black health disparities
Working with Black communities for change

Welcome to The BHEL

The Black Health Equity Lab ( The BHEL) is a community-based social science research lab led by Dr. Notisha Massaquoi at the Department of Health and Society, University of Toronto, Scarborough. The BHEL brings together students, researchers, and community-based organizations committed to working with and for Black communities to conduct rigorous health research and develop advocacy tools, strategies, and programs to improve health outcomes, well-being, and success in Canadian systems.

Welcome to the BHEL

The Black Health Equity Lab ( The BHEL) is a community-based social science research lab led by Dr. Notisha Massaquoi at the Department of Health and Society, University of Toronto, Scarbrough. The BHEL brings together students, researchers, and community-based organizations committed to working with and for Black communities to conduct rigorous health research and develop advocacy tools, strategies, and programs to improve health outcomes, well-being, and success in Canadian systems.
Meet Our Team

What's new?

The Black Health Equity Lab (BHEL), University of Toronto Scarborough and its partners at the CO-CREATH Lab, University of Ottawa and University of Windsor, are recruiting 5 dynamic individuals to work as Peer Equity Navigators (PENs) to increase awareness about African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) community health issues.
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What's new?

Join Our Team‍

The Black Health Equity Lab (BHEL), University of Toronto Scarborough and its partners at the CO-CREATH Lab, University of Ottawa and University of Windsor, are recruiting 5 dynamic individuals to work as Peer Equity Navigators (PENs) to increase awareness about African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) community health issues
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Our Lastest Projects
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Projects
Reimagining Black Health in Canada: critical interdisciplinary engagement in societal and infrastructural factors in Black Canadian health outcomes to support domain knowledge toward the reduction and elimination of Black health disparities
Mentored Midwifery Research
Projects
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response on chronic disease management and quality of life (QOL) in Indigenous and Black communities in Ontario
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