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 2014

Professors

Andrea Baumann, B.Sc.N. (Windsor), M.Sc.N. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Kevin Brazil, B.A., M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Deborah Cook, M.D., M.Sc. (McMaster), F.R.C.P.(C)
Gordon Guyatt, B.Sc. (Toronto), M.D., M.Sc. (McMaster), F.R.CP(C)
Mark Loeb, B.Sc., M.D. (McGill), M.Sc. (McMaster)
Peter Szatmari, B.Sc., M.D., M.Sc. (McMaster)
Zhou Xing, M.D. (North Sichuan, P.R.C.), M.Sc. (Tongi, P.R.C.),Ph.D. (McMaster)

Associate Professors

Jonathan Bramson, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill)
Padman Jayaratne, B.Sc. (Colombo, Sri Lanka), Ph.D. (Guelph)
Paul Krueger, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Waterloo), M.H.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto)
John Lavis, M.D. (Queen’s), M.Sc. (London School of Economics),Ph.D. (Harvard)
David Price, B.Sc., M.D. (British Columbia)
Ruta Valaitis, B.A., B.Sc.,N. (Windsor), M.H.Sc. (McMaster),Ph.D. (Toronto)
Yonghong Wan, M.D., M.Sc. (Hubei Medical University)

Assistant Professors

Christy Gombay, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Susan Jack, B.Sc.N. (Alberta), Ph.D. (McMaster)

Associate Members

Norman Archer (DeGroote School of Business-Information Systems)
Noori Akhtar-Danesh (Nursing)
Vishwanath Baba (DeGroote School of Business- Human Resources& Management)
Mohit Bhandari (Surgery)
Brian Cameran (Surgery)
Wiliam Coleman (Political Science, Institute on Globalization and theHuman Condition)
Mahshid Dehghan (Population Health Research Institute, Medicine)
Daniel Drache (Political Science, York University) / Part time
Forough Farrokhyar (Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Surgery)
Shawn Forbes (Surgery)
Mabel Hunsberger (Nursing)
Andrea Hunter (Paediatrics)
April Kam (Paediatrics)
Charu Kaushic (Pathology and Molecular Medicine)
Camille Kolotylo (Nursing)
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)
Basanti Majumdar (Nursing)
Stacey Marjerrison (Paediatrics)
Atreyi Mukherji (Medicine)
Bruce Newbold (Geography)
Geoffrey Norman (Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics)
Robert O’Brien (Political Science, Institute on Globalization and theHuman Condition)
Lynda Redwood-Campbell (Family Medicine)
Tim O’Shea (General Internal Medicine, Medicine)
Tony Porter (Political Science, Institute on Globalization and theHuman Condition)
Glen Randall (DeGroote School of Business-Strategic Market Leadership & Health Services Management)
Aaron Schat (DeGroote School of Business-Human Resources &Management)
Harry Shannon (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
Eli Tshibwabwa (Radiology)
Patricia Wakefield (DeGroote School of Business-Strategic Market Leadership & Health Services Management)
Anne Wong (Anesthesia)
Jianping Xu (Biology)

Programs

• Global Health, M.Sc.

• Global Health Courses

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