Global Health

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The Master of Science in Global Health is an innovative interdisciplinary program designed to prepare students for the diverse global health workforce and further professional and post-graduate education. Students will develop the necessary skills through participating in international collaboration, blended learning, and practical research and/or field experiences in global settings.

The program is offered in coordination with Maastricht University in the Netherlands and affiliated universities, and features collaborative blended-learning courses with students from Maastricht and the possibility of student exchanges in the Winter term. McMaster and Maastricht offer two core courses - Global Health Foundations I and II - with faculty members from both universities. Innovative technologiesare used to promote transcontinental teaching/learning. Students from both universities all participate in the Global Health Learning Symposium/Field Orientation at the end of the winter term at Manipal University in India. For students with disabilities or for whom travel to India might cause undue hardship, alternatives will be arranged in accordance with university policies on accessibility and accommodations.

The program is designed as a full-time three-semester program (Fall, Winter, Spring/Summer) on campus.

In the Fall term, students are introduced to current and emerging challenges in globalization and health. Through these required core courses, all students learn to critically investigate health policy; analyze research methods; and collaborate effectively with peers and tutors in virtual transcontinental learning teams.

In the Winter term, students choosing the thesis-stream stay at McMaster and take one course related to their thesis while those in the course-based stream must choose from one of the following six fields of study:

• Globalization and Equity
• Global Health Management
• Global Health: Disease Burden, Challenges and Changes
• Implementing Innovations on a Global Scale (in Maastricht)
• Global Health Leadership and Organisation (in Maastricht)
• Global Transitions within Local Communities. Small Places. Big Changes. (in Norway)

Upon completion of this Master’s program, graduates will be eligible 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 2019

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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