Public Health

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• Program and Course Offerings

The Master of Public Health teaches students skills and knowledge in population and public health research and practice.

MPH students will learn to:

• analyze and interpret health and other relevant data and information from a number of sources relevant to policy, planning, evaluation and research in population and public health
• investigate issues of population and public health concern;
• evaluate and utilize evidence to identify options, make decisions and defend their position and
• consult regarding public health research methods, planning and evaluation, policy development and implementation, and public health program management.

Students pursue a general MPH degree and can explore other areas, such as health policy and management, epidemiology,
health economics, research methods, public health, health informatics, environmental health or health ethics.

Career Opportunities
Graduates of the MPH will be prepared to compete for positions in public health and health care organizations and apply for doctoral studies in population and public health related fields.

E-mail: askmph@mcmaster.ca
Website: https://healthsci.mcmaster.ca/hei-mph

Faculty/Fall 2024

Director of MPH
Elizabeth Alvarez, Associate Professor, MPH (Ohio), MD (Ohio), PhD (McMaster)

Director of Graduate Diploma in Community & Public Health
Laura Anderson, Associate Professor, MSc (Western), PhD (Toronto)

Professors
Julia Abelson, MSc (Harvard), PhD (Bath)
Sonia Anand, Department of Medicine, MD, PhD (McMaster)
Lauren Griffith, MS (Michigan), PhD (Toronto)
Mark Loeb, MD (McGill), MSc (McMaster)
Lisa Schwartz, MA (McGill), PhD (Glasgow)
Lehana Thabane, MSc (Sheffield), PhD (Western)  

Associate Professors
Romina Brignardello-Petersen,  DDS (Chile), MSc (Chile), MSc (Toronto), PhD (Toronto)
Jason Busse, Department of Anesthesiology, MD (Western), MSc (McMaster), PhD (McMaster)
Andrew Costa, PhD (Waterloo)
Rohan D’Souza, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, MD (Mumbai), M.Sc, PhD (Toronto)
Russell de Souza, MSc (Toronto), ScD (Harvard)
Dale Guenter, Department of Family Medicine, MD (Calgary), MPH (Harvard)
Emmanuel Guindon, MA (Victoria), PhD (McMaster)
Lawrence Mbuagbaw, MD (Cameroon), MPH (Israel), PhD (McMaster)
Nancy Santesso, MLIS (Western), PhD (McMaster)
Jennifer Walker, Department of HEI, PhD (Calgary)

Assistant Professors
Fatimah Jackson-Best, Department of HEI, PhD (Toronto)
Aaron Jones, Department of HEI​, MSc (North Carolina), PhD (McMaster)
Cynthia Lokker, MSc (McMaster), PhD (Windsor)
Jinhui Ma, M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Giulia Muraca, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, MPH (UBC), PhD (UBC)
Sarah Neil-Sztramko, PhD (British Columbia)

Associate Members
Gina Agarwal, Department of Family Medicine, MBBS (London), DFFP (London), PhD (McMaster)
Ellen Amster, Department of Family Medicine, MA (Pennsylvania), PhD (Pennsylvania)
John Cairney, Department of Family Medicine, MA (Queen’s), PhD (Western)
Sarah Dickson, Department of Civil Engineering, PhD (Waterloo)
Maureen Dobbins, Department of Nursing, PhD (Toronto)
Nancy Doubleday, Department of Philosophy
Jim Dunn, Department of Health Aging & Society
Lorraine Elit, Department of Oncology, MD (Western)  
Chelsea Gabel, Department of Health Aging and Society, MA (Windsor), PhD (McMaster)
Kathy Georgiades, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, MSc (Oregon), PhD (Oregon),
Saara Greene, Department of Social Work, MSW (Manitoba), MSW (McGill), PhD (Edinburgh)
Michel Grignon, Department of Political Science, MA (France), PhD (France)
Lydia Hatcher, Department of Family Medicine, MD (Memorial)
Magdalena Janus, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, MSc (Jagiellonian), PhD (Cambridge)
Fiona Kouyoumdjian, Department of Family Medicine, MD (Dalhousie), MPH (John Hopkins), PhD (Toronto)
Dominik Mertz, Department of Medicine, MD (Switzerland), MSc
Catherine Munn, Department of Psychiatry, MD (McMaster), MSc (McMaster)
Bruce Newbold, School of Geography and Earth Sciences
Tim O’Shea, Department of Medicine, MD (McMaster), MPH (Harvard), BSc (Guelph)
Julie Richardson, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
Zena Samaan, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, PhD (UK)
Hsien Seow,  Department of Oncology, PhD (Baltimore)
Marek Smieja  , Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, HSBc (Toronto), DC (Toronto), MSc (Toronto), PhD (McMaster)
Arthur Sweetman, Department of Economics (& CHEPA)
Meredith Vanstone, PhD (McMaster)
Olive Wahoush, School of Nursing, RN (Ireland), RSCN, MSc (Ireland), PhD (Toronto)
Susan Watt,   Department of Social Work
Andrew Worster, Department of Medicine, MSc (New Brunswick), MD (Dalhousie), MSc (McMaster) 

Professors Emeriti
Ann McKibbon, MLS (Western), PhD (Pittsburgh)
Paola Muti, Department of Oncology, MD (Pisa), MSc (Buffalo)
Holger Schunemann, MD (Hanover), MSc, PhD (Buffalo

HEI Part-Time Faculty
Emma Apatu, Dr.P.H (Tennessee), MPH (Emory)
Nazila Assasi, MD (Tabriz), PhD (McMaster)
Iwona  Bielska, PhD (Queens)
Fadi El-Jardali, PhD (Carleton)
Julie Emili, MD (McMaster), MSc (McMaster) 
Andrea Feller, MD (Johns Hopkins), MS
Matthew Hodge, Department of HEI, MSc (London), MDCM, PhD (McGill)
Steven Hoffman, JD (Toronto), PhD (Harvard), LLD ( Sciences Po Paris)
Jessica Hopkins, MD (Western), MSc (Toronto)
Valerie Jaeger, MD, PhD (McGill), MPH (Waterloo)
Hamidah Meghani, MPH (Columbia), MD (McMaster)
Rajibul Mian, PhD (Windsor)
Sandra Milicic, PhD (McMaster)
Sally Radisic, MSc (Ryerson), PhD (McMaster)
Steven Rebellato, MSc (Ryerson), PhD (Waterloo)
Elizabeth Richardson, MSc (Toronto), MD (Western)
Emma Richardson, PhD (Toronto)
Rachel Roy, MSc (Ulster)
Nigar Sekercioglu, PhD (McMaster)
Ayesha Siddiqua, PhD  (McMaster)
Mackenzie Slifierz, MSc (Guleph), PhD (Guelph)
Ryan Strum, PhD (McMaster)
Ninh Tran, MSc (McMaster), MD (Queens)
Hsiu-Li Wang, MD (Laval)
Xiaomei Yao, M.D., M.sc

Assistant Professors with other Departments and Faculty Part-Time
Sandy Isaacs, School of Nursing, MSc (Western), PhD (McMaster) 
Danielle Soucy, Department of Family Medicine, MA (Trent) 

Programs

• Public Health, M.P.H.

• Graduate Diploma in Community and Public Health

• Public Health Courses

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