Founded by Canadian businessman and philanthropist Victor Dahdaleh, the Victor Dahdaleh Foundation supports education, health and social development programmes around the world, taking an active role in the initiatives it funds. As a Canadian and an alumnus of York and McGill universities in Canada, Victor Dahdaleh also promotes closer ties between Canada and the UK through the work of the Foundation.
Delighted to see that a paper into the outcome of the MiST 1 work in mesothelioma research, part funded by Victor Dahdaleh Foundation, was recently published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine. It is encouraging to see positive news in this specialist area of research and the benefits of an innovative trials approach. Full details of […]
01/02/2021 
Victor and Mona Dahdaleh were delighted to attend a recent Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund (CCSF) online reception to celebrate the success of CCSF Scholarship recipients. The two latest Victor Dahdaleh Foundation Scholars for the 2020/21 academic year, Rebecca Clark (studying for a PhD in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical […]
21/12/2020
LONDON, Dec. 2, 2020 — Researchers at York University’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, in partnership with Médecins sans Frontières (MSF/Doctors Without Borders), have launched the Safe Water Optimization Tool (SWOT), the first concrete application of artificial intelligence for improving safe water supply in humanitarian operations. SWOT is a new web-based tool to help aid workers ensure […]
02/12/2020