eHealth

Program and Course Offerings

eHealth (also known as Health Informatics) is defined as “The knowledge, skills and tools which enable information to be collected, managed, used and shared to support the delivery of healthcare and to promote health” (taken from the UK National Health Service). The objective of the program is to produce Masters level graduates with high quality training in the broad interdisciplinary area that eHealth encompasses, emphasizing industry-relevant academic research, development and evaluation.

The program is based on a collaborative partnership among the Faculties of Health Sciences, Engineering and the DeGroote School of Business. It is administered by the DeGroote School of Business. Three Academic Units are major collaborators in the program: the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Faculty of Health Sciences), the Department of Computing and Software (Faculty of Engineering), and the Information Systems Area in the DeGroote School of Business. Many additional faculty members with eHealth interests from other departments also participate in the program.

Enquiries: 905-525-9140 Ext. 23950
Fax: 905-521-8995
E-mail: ehealth@mcmaster.ca
Website: http://mscehealth.mcmaster.ca/

Faculty/Fall 2015

Professors

David Armstrong, B.A. (Cambridge), M.B., B. Chir (Cambridge), M.A. (Cambridge), L.M.C.C., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.P.(C), F.A.C.G., A.G.A.F,/Medicine/Gastroenterology
David H. Chan, B.Sc.E.Eng. (Louisiana) M.D. (Toronto), C.C.F.P., M.Sc. (McMaster) F.C.F.P./Family Medicine
Donna Ciliska, B.Sc.N.,M.Sc.N (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Nursing
Maureen Dobbins, B.Sc.N. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Nursing
Douglas G. Down, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), P. Eng./Computing and Software
Franya Franek, M.Sc., RNDr. (Charles, Prague), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Computing and Software
Khaled S. Hassanein, B.Sc. (Kuwait), M.A. Sc. (Toronto), M.B.A. (Wilfred Laurier), Ph.D. (Waterloo), P.Eng./Chair Information Systems/Director, McMaster eBusiness Research Centre
R. Brian Haynes, B.Sc., M.D. (Alberta), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster), F.R.C.P.(C), Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics/Medicine
Milena Head, B.Math (Waterloo), M.B.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Information Systems
Anne Holbrook, B.Sc. Pharm. (Toronto), Pharm. D. (Philadelphia), M.D., M.Sc. (McMaster), F.R.C.P.(C)/Medical Sciences/Physiology/Pharmacology/Clinical Epidemiology and Biostastistics
Robert Issenman, M.D./Pediatrics
Ryszard Janicki, M.Sc. (Warsaw), Ph.D., D.Hab. (Polish Academy of Sciences)/Computing and Software
Thomas Maibaum, B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (London) / Canada Research Chair, P. Eng./Computing and Software
Ann McKibbon, B.Sc. (Guelph), M.L.S. (Western), Ph.D. (Pittsburg)/Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Ali Montazemi, H.N.D. (Teeside Polytechnic, U.K.), M.Sc. (Southampton), PhD. (Waterloo)/Information Systems
Joseph Tan, B.A. (Wartberg), M.S. (Iowa), Ph.D. (British Columbia) / Information Systems/Wayne C. Fox Chair in Business Innovation
Lehana Thabane, B.Sc. (Lesotho), M.Sc. (Sheffield), Ph.D. (Western)/Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Andrew Worster, B.Sc. (New Brunswick), M.Sc. (New Brunswick), M.D. (Dalhousie), M.Sc. (McMaster), C.C.F.P. (EM), F.C.F.P./Emergency Medicine
Yufei Yuan, B.S. (Fudan), Ph.D. (Michigan)/Information Systems

Associate Professors

Christopher Anand, B. Math (Waterloo), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill)/Computing and Software
Nick Bontis, B.A., Ph.D. (Western)/Strategic Market Leadership & Health Services Management/Director, Undergraduate Programs
Luis Braga, M.D (Brazil), Ph.D. (France), M.Sc. (McMaster)/Urology
Catherine Connelly, B.Comm. (Hons) (McMaster), M.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Queen’s)/Human Resources & Management
Kenneth R. Deal, B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D. (SUNY at Buffalo)/Strategic Market Leadership & Health Services Management
Catherine Demers, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.P.C./Cardiology
Lisa Dolovich, B.Sc. Pharm (Toronto), M.Sc. (McMaster), Pharm. D. (Toronto)/Physiology/Pharmacology/Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Thomas E. Doyle, B.E.Sc., B.Sc., M.E.Sc., Ph.D. (Western), P.Eng./Electrical & Computer Engineering
Elkafi Hassini, B.Sc., (Bilkent), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo)/Operations Management
David Koff, M.D. (Rene-Descartes),/Chair, Radiology
Ruth Lee, B.SC.N, M.SC.N., Ph.D. (Toronto)/Nursing
Lori Letts, B.Sc.(O.T.) (Western), M.A. (Waterloo), Ph.D. (York), OT Reg. (Ont.), F.C.A.O.T. /Rehabilitation Sciences
Anthony Levinson, M.D., M.A. (Sussex), M.Sc. (McMaster), F.R.C.P.(C)/John R. Evans Chair Health Sciences / Educational Research and Instructional Development/Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences
Christopher Longo, B.A. (York), M. Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Health Policy & Management
Robert Lloyd, M.D. (Toronto), F.R.C.P.(P)/Pediatrics
Teal McAteer, B.Comm (Queen’s), M.I.R.(Toronto), Ph.D. (Queen’s)/Human Resources and Management
Glen E. Randall, B.A. (Hons) (McMaster), M.A.(McMaster), M.B.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Chair, Health Policy & Management
Emil Sekerinski, Dipl.Inf.,Dr.rer.nat. (Karlsruhe)/Computing and Software
Ruta Valaitis, B.A., B.Sc.N. (Windsor), M.H.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Nursing
Patricia Wakefield, B.Sc. (Alberta), M.Sc. (Cornell), M.P.A. (NYU), Ph.D. (Boston)/Health Policy & Management
Alan Wassyng, B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Witwatersrand)/Computing and Software
Donald Willison, B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (McMaster), Sc.D. (Harvard)/Senior Scientist, Surveillance and Epidemiology Division, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Rong Zheng, B.S. (Tsinghua), M.S. (Tsinghua), Ph.D. (Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)/Computing and Software

Assistant Professors

Ilana Bayer, Ph.D. (Toronto)/Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Jan Brozek, M.D., Ph.D. (Kraków)/Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Fei Chiang, B.Sc. (Toronto), M. Math (Waterloo), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Computing and Software
Mark Morreale, B.Sc. (Toronto), M.Sc. (Queens) / Academic Program Manager, SAS
Reza Samavi, B.Sc. (Tehran), M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Toronto)/Computing and Software
Eli Tumba Tshibwabwa, B.Sc., M.D., M.Med (Kinshasha), Ph.D. (Leuven)/Radiology
Nancy Wilczynski, B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Ted Xenodemetropoulos, B.Sc. (Brock), M.D. (Edmonton), M.Sc. (McMaster)/Gastroenterology

Associate Members

Karim Keshavjee, B.Sc. (McGill), M.Sc. (Toronto), M.D. (Toronto), M.B.A. (Toronto), C.C.F.P./InfoClin
Karl Langton, B. Ed. (Western), B.Sc. (Hons.) (Concordia), B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc. (Guelph)/Hamilton Family Health Team
Marion Lyver, B.Sc. (Hons.), M.D. (Memorial), F.R.C.P.(C), F.C.F.P.C., Dip. ABEM, CPHIMS/Family Medicine
Rolf J. Sebaldt, B.Sc., M.D., C.M. (McGill), F.R.C.P.(C), F.A.C.P./Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics/Medicine
Marita Tonkin, R.Ph., B.Sc.Phm., Pharm. D., A.C.P.R./Hamilton Health Sciences

Professors Emeriti

Norman P. Archer, B.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (McMaster), M.S. (New York)/Information Systems

Programs

Master

eHealth, M.Sc.

Course Offerings

eHealth Courses