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 2017

Professors

Andrea Baumann, B.Sc.N. (Windsor), M.Sc.N. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Mohit Bhandari, M.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Sweden), MD (Toronto), FRCSC
Brian Cameron, MD (Queens)
Laurie Elit, M.Sc., MD, FRCSC
Anne Holbrook, M.Sc., Pharm.D., MD, FRCPC
David Price, B.Sc., MD, CCFP, FCFP
Kenneth Rosenthal, B.Sc. (Illinois), M.Sc. (Illinois), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Harry Shannon, B.A. (Oxford), B.Sc. (Birmingham), Ph.D. (London)
Zhou Xing, MD, M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Salim Yusuf, MD, DPhil, MRCP

Associate Professors

James Dunn, B.ArtsSc., M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Simon Fraser)
Martha Fulford, B.Sc., B.Ed., M.A., MD, FRCPC
Magdalena Janus, M.Sc. (Jagiellonian), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Padman Jayaratne, B.Sc. (Colombo), Ph.D. (Guelph)
Lydia Kapiriri, M.B. (Bachelor of Medicine, Uganda), M.PH., Ph.D.
Anne Klassen, B.A. (Waterloo), D.Phil. (Oxford)
Chris Longo, B.A. (York), M.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Christina Moffat, Ph.D. (McMaster)
Timothy O’Shea, M.P.H. (Harvard), MD (McMaster), FRCPC
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)
Lehana Thabane, B.Sc. (Lesotho), MSc. (England), Ph.D. (Western)
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, B.Sc.N. (Western), MSc. (Western), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Christian Kraeker, B.A., B.Sc., M.Sc., MD, FRCPC, DTM&H
Michael Ladouceur, B.Sc.N. (Victoria), M.P.H. (Boston)
Lawrence Mbuagbaw, MD (Cameroon), M.P.H. (Israel), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Gillian Mulvale, B.A. (Waterloo), M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (McMaster)
David Musson, Ph.D., MDcb
Robby Nieuwlatt, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Maastricht)
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)
Laura Banfield (Nursing)
Hertzel Gerstein (Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Medicine)
Andrea Hunter (Paediatrics)
Karyn Kaufman (Midwifery)
Michael Ladouceur (Nursing)
Stacey Marjerrison (Paediatrics)
Bruce Newbold, (Geography & Earth Sciences)
Lynda Redwood-Campbell (Family Medicine)
Holger Schunemann (Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics)
Corrine Schuster-Wallace (Geography and Earth Science)
Fiona Smail (Pathology and Molecular Medicine)
Ranil Sonnadera (Surgery)
Patty Solomon (Rehabilitation Science)
Richard Tytus (Family Medicine)
Olive Wahoush (Nursing)
Patricia Wakefield (DeGroote School of Business-Strategic Market Leadership & Health Services Management)

Programs

• Global Health, M.Sc.

• Global Health Courses

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