Global Health

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The new and innovative Graduate Program in Global Health is an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural and interprofessional M.Sc. degree program. The program strives for synergy in global health, integrating education and research from the Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, and DeGroote School of Business. It is designed to prepare students for the global workforce providing a solid foundation in global health issues through blended learning and experience in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Students will receive education in the major topics of global health ranging from globalization and management issues, to studies of disease and policy response. The M.Sc. is offered as either course-based or thesis-based depending on the goals of the student.

McMaster University has established a partnership that includes collaborative international learning experience with Maastricht University, The Netherlands. McMaster and Maastricht offering two core courses-Global Health Foundations I and II online by faculty members at both universities. Students from both universities will also join together for the learning symposium/field orientation (service learning) in Term 3 at Manipal University in India. Alternatives will be found for students with disabilities or for whom travel to India might cause undue hardship.

Term 2 will provide students the opportunity to choose from one of the following three fields of the Global Health program: Globalization and Development, Global Health Management, and Global Diseases.

On completion of this Master’s program, graduates will qualify for positions with global health and development agencies.

Enquiries: 905-525-9140 Ext. 22045
Fax: 905-522-5493
Email: globhth@mcmaster.ca
Website: http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/globalhealthprogram/

Faculty/Fall 2015

Professors

Virginia Aksan, Ph.D. (Toronto)
Andrea Baumann, B.Sc.N. (Windsor), M.Sc.N. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Brian Cameron, MD (Queens)
Laurie Elit, M.Sc., MD, FRCSC
Delsworth Harnish, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Queens), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Anne Holbrook, M.Sc., Pharm.D., MD, FRCPC
John Lavis, M.Sc. (LSE), Ph.D. (Harvard), MD (Queens)
David Price, B.Sc., MD, CCFP, FCFP
Harry Shannon, B.A. (Oxford), B.Sc. (Birmingham), Ph.D. (London)

Associate Professors

Mohit Bhandari, M.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Sweden), MD (Toronto), FRCSC
James Dunn, B.ArtsSc., M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)
Martha Fulford, B.Sc., B.Ed., M.A., MD, FRCPC
Lindsey George, B.A., M.E.S, MD, FRCPC
Magdalena Janus, M.Sc. (Jagiellonian), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Padman Jayaratne, B.Sc. (Colombo), Ph.D. (Guelph)
Anne Klassen, B.A. (Waterloo), D.Phil. (Oxford)
Chris Longo, B.A. (York), M.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Chris Mackie, B.Sc. (Winnipeg), M.H.Sc. (British Columbia), MD (Manitoba)
Christina Moffat, Ph.D. (McMaster)
Ally Prebtani, B.Sc.Phm. (Toronto), MD (McMaster), ABIM, FRCPC
Glen Randall, B.A., M.A., M.B.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Lisa Schwartz, B.A., M.A. (McGill), Ph.D. (Glasgow)
Ruta Valaitis, B.A., B.Sc.N. (Windsor), M.H.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Patricia Wakefield, B.S. (Alberta), M.S. (Cornell), M.P.A. (New York), D.B.A. (Boston)
Anne Wong, Ph.D., MD, FRCPC

Assistant Professors

Noori Akhtar-Danesh, B.Sc. (Ferdowsi), M.Sc. (Shiraz), Ph.D. (Newcastle)
David Goldfarb, MD (Dalhousie)
Christy Gombay, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Andrea Hunter, MD (McMaster)
Sandra Isaacs
Christian Kraeker, B.A., B.Sc., M.Sc., MD, FRCPC, DTM&H
Michael Ladouceur, B.Sc.N. (Victoria), M.P.H. (Boston)
Gillian Mulvale, B.A. (Waterloo), M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Patricia Murphy
David Musson, Ph.D., MD
Robby Nieuwlatt, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Maastricht)
Timothy O’Shea, M.P.H. (Harvard), MD (McMaster), FRCPC
Jon-David Schwalm, MD (McMaster), FRCPC
Dyanne Semogas, B.N. (McGill), M.N. (Washington)
Eli Tshibwabwa, B.Sc., M.D., M.Med (Kinshasa), Ph.D. (Leuven)
Rahim Valani, M.M.E. (Dundee), MD (Queens)

Associate Members

Norman Archer (DeGroote School of Business-Information Systems)
Noori Akhtar-Danesh (Nursing)
Laura Banfield (Nursing)
Mohit Bhandari (Surgery)
Brian Cameran (Surgery)
Hertzel Gerstein (Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Medicine)

Andrea Hunter (Paediatrics)

Karyn Kaufman (Midwifery)

Christian Kraeker (General Internal Medicine, Medicine)

Michael Ladouceur (Nursing)

John Lavis (Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics)

Christopher Longo (DeGroote School of Business-Strategic Market Leadership & Health Services Management)

Stacey Marjerrison (Paediatrics)

Bruce Newbold, (Geography & Earth Sciences)

Tim O’Shea (General Internal Medicine, Medicine)

Glen Randall (DeGroote School of Business-Strategic Market Leadership & Health Services Management)

Lynda Redwood-Campbell (Family Medicine)

Holger Schunemann (Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics)

Corrine Schuster-Wallace (Geography and Earth Science)

Harry Shannon (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)

Fiona Smail (Pathology and Molecular Medicine)

Patty Solomon (Rehabilitation Science)

Eli Tshibwabwa (Radiology)

Richard Tytus (Family Medicine)

Olive Wahoush (Nursing)

Patricia Wakefield (DeGroote School of Business-Strategic Market Leadership & Health Services Management)

Anne Wong (Anesthesia)

Programs

• Global Health, M.Sc.

• Global Health Courses

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