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2024-2026 Strategic Plan

Context

Established in 2021, the Novo Nordisk Network for Healthy Populations (NHP) is a cross-disciplinary research network at the University of Toronto (UofT) that aims to reduce the risk and burden of type 2 diabetes and related cardiometabolic conditions. The NHP brings together experts from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, and the University of Toronto Mississauga—where the Network is based—to find new ways to support healthier urban living. In collaboration with community partners in Peel Region, these UofT researchers are creating locally relevant solutions that can help improve health outcomes for not just individuals but whole communities.

Core Aim

Reduce inequities in risk and burden of diabetes and related cardiometabolic conditions across the lifespan, through better care, lower risk factors and healthier living environments in Peel Region and beyond.

A circular diagram illustrating "Health Equity" at the center, surrounded by three components: "Building Research Capacity" (hands with a plant icon), "Creating Reciprocal Partnerships" (handshake icon), and "Advancing Knowledge" (lightbulb icon). Outer text highlights "Generating Impact" and "Demonstrating Impact."

Priorities

  • Ensure the work we do is shared broadly with local, national and international partners 
  • Create solutions that are scalable to other settings 
  • Learn locally, share globally 

Purpose

Our Strategic Plan lays out who we are as an organization and our mission and vision. It identifies our four primary goals as an organization, which support our core aim and which will guide all of our programs and planning over the next three years.

Primary Goals

Supporting faculty, trainees, community organizations, and students as they carry out research aligned with our goals.
Collaborating with stakeholders, community partners and decision makers to co-design and evaluate interventions that are feasible, relevant, sustainable, equitable, and scalable.  
Promoting cross-disciplinary and intersectoral collaboration to create and share innovative ideas and novel research findings.
Measuring and evaluating outcomes to show impact from our programs, interventions and initiatives.

Read Our Strategic Plan!

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