– Paul Dalla Lana
Below: Alessandra and Paul Dalla Lana
Dalla Lana Family Commits Second Gift ALMOST A DECADE AFTER making a $20-million gift to establish the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, Paul and Alessandra Dalla Lana doubled down on their investment in 2018 with an additional $20-million donation to the School. “It’s been amazing to watch the school grow and to see the impact its research is already having on critically important, but often overlooked public health and health systems issues across Canada and globally,” said Paul Dalla Lana, founder of NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT. Since the Dalla Lana family’s original donation — the largest gift ever given to public health in Canada — the School has grown into a global leader in public health, health policy and health systems education, research and service.
In addition to four endowed chairs, scholarships and dean’s fund created with the original gift, the new donation will provide funding for new initiatives in health systems improvement and policy innovation, and funding for projects to create healthier communities and improve quality across the health system. “We are extraordinarily grateful for Paul and Alessandra’s transformative gift, which will strengthen our academic excellence and enhance the School’s tradition of building stronger health systems and healthier communities,” said Adalsteinn Brown, Interim Dean of DLSPH and Dalla Lana Chair in Public Health Policy. “This gift will have an impact on all of our health and on our shared vision of leadership in education, research and service in public health and health systems in Toronto and beyond.”
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“It’s been amazing to watch the school grow and to see the impact its research is already having on critically important, but often overlooked, public health and health systems issues across Canada and globally.”
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