School of Graduate Studies Calendar, 2026-2027
Global Health
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The Global Health graduate program is an innovative, interdisciplinary program designed to prepare students for the diverse global health workforce and further professional and post-graduate education. Forward-thinking, responsive, and proactive, the Global Health program has been recognized for innovative programming and academic excellence. Designed to prepare graduates for careers in a globalized world, the program immerses students in an experiential learning environment that stresses high quality transdisciplinary research and global team work, gained by first-hand experience in international collaboration.
The program offers two degree options:
- the award-winning 12-month M.Sc., and
- the Ph.D. that includes an innovative cotutelle option where students can elect to complete a joint doctoral degree with a partner institution.
The program brings together faculties of social sciences, health sciences, business and humanities, and links with institutions across multiple continents. Working with an evolving consortium of academic institutions around the world (https://gh-consortium.org/), the McMaster Global Health program shares in the commitment to providing an equitable, inclusive, and high-quality education to create a globally competent workforce.
In 2015, the MSc program received the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) Panorama Award for Outstanding International Education (Academic category). In 2016, it was also awarded Distinctive Quality Feature Internationalisation by the independent Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO). And, in 2017, the MSc program was ranked 2nd in the accredited Health Sciences category of Keuzegids, an independent consumer guide published annually by the Dutch Higher Education Information Centre.
Together with our growing network of global partners, the Global Health program is working in support of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Graduates from the Global Health graduate program will be eligible for positions with government agencies, with public and private industry, and with global health and development organizations.
Enquiries: 905-525-9140 Ext. 22861
Fax: 905-522-5493
Email: askglobalhealth@mcmaster.ca
Website: https://globalhealth.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/programs/
Faculty/Fall 2026
Professors
Sonia Anand MD, PhD (McMaster)
Shrikant Bangdiwala, PhD (N. Carolina), MS (N. Carolina), BS (N. Carolina)
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)
Elizabeth Darling, BArtsSc (Hons), BHSc, MSc, PhD
Anne Holbrook, M.Sc., Pharm.D., MD, FRCPC
Magdalena Janus, M.Sc. (Jagiellonian), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Lydia Kapiriri, MD (Uganda), PhD (Norway)
Anne Klassen, B.A. (Waterloo), D.Phil. (Oxford)
David Koff, MD (Paris)
Christopher Longo, B.A. (York), M.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Christina Moffat, Ph.D. (McMaster)
Gillian Mulvale, B.A. (Waterloo), M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Robby Nieuwlaat, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Maastricht)
Robert O’Brien, PhD
Tony Porter, PhD (Carleton)
Ally Prebtani, B.Sc.Phm. (Toronto), MD (McMaster), ABIM, FRCPC
David Price, B.Sc., MD, CCFP, FCFP
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)
Anne Wong, Ph.D., MD, FRCPC
Zhou Xing, MD, M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Rachel Zhou, M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Associate Professors
Noori Akhtar-Danesh, B.Sc. (Ferdowsi), M.Sc. (Shiraz), Ph.D. (Newcastle)
Elizabeth Alvarez, M.D., MPH, Ph.D., CMCBT
Zain Chagla, MSc, MD, FRCPC, DTMH
Russell Jude De Souza, R.D., ScD
Nancy Doubleday, PhD (Queens)
Martha Fulford, B.Sc., B.Ed., M.A., MD, FRCPC
Amiel Joseph, Ph.D (York), MSW (Wilfrid Laurier), BA (Waterloo)
Hupfer Maureen, PhD
Lawrence Mbuagbaw, MD (Cameroon), M.P.H. (Israel), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Patricia McNiven, MSc, PhD, RM
Padman Jayaratne, B.Sc. (Colombo), Ph.D. (Guelph)
Christian Kraeker, B.A., B.Sc., M.Sc., MD, FRCPC, DTM&H
Tim O’Shea, M.P.H. (Harvard), MD (McMaster), FRCPC
Jeffrey Pernica, MD, FRCPC
Olive Wahoush, RN, RSCN, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Assistant Professors
Daniel Ambrosini, BA, LLB/BCL, M.Sc, Ph.D. (McGill)/Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Sandi Azab, BA Pharma (Alexandria), MPharma (Alexandia), PhD (McMaster)
Neil Barr, BA (Western), MSc (McMaster), PhD (McMaster)
Esther Chin, MD(McMaster), MGSC, FRCSC
Mary Crea-Arsenio, MSc (Guelph), PhD (McMaster)
Deborah DiLiberto, MSc (LSHTM), PhD (LSHTM)
Alexander Drossos, MD, MBA, MED, BESC, BSC
Sandra Isaacs, B.Sc.N. (Western), MSc. (Western), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Sujane Kandassamy (Global Health)
Om Kurmi, PhD (University of Aberdeen, UK)
Rani Malhi, MD (Nottingham)
Amanda Sim, BA (New York), MA (Tufts), DPhil (Oxford)
Ryan J Van Lieshout, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)
Adjunct Professors
Christy Gombay, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Associate Members
Sandi Azab (HEI)
Vishnawath Baba (School of Business)
Ellen Badone (Anthropology)
Laura Banfield (Nursing)
Marshall Beier (Political Science)
Paula Butler (Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition)
Sonya de Laat (Global Health)
David Goldfarb (Pediatrics)
Emmauel Guindon (HEI)
Magdalena Janus - (Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences)
Charu Kaushic (Pathology and Molecular Medicine)
Mark Loeb (Pathology and Molecular Medicine)
Cynthia Lokker (HEI)
Bhandari Mohar (Surgery)
Beth Murray-Davis (Midwifery)
Bruce Newbold (Geography & Earth Sciences)
Lynda Redwood-Campbell (Family Medicine)
Alison Fox Robichaud (Medicine)
Fiona Smail (Pathology and Molecular Medicine)
Ryan Van Lieshout - (Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences)
Emeritus Faculty
Norman Archer (DeGroote School of Business-Information Systems), BSc. (UAlberta), MS (New York U), PhD (McMaster)
Harry Shannon, B.A. (Oxford), B.Sc. (Birmingham), Ph.D. (London)
Ruta Valaitis, B.A. (Windsor), B.Sc.N. (Windsor), M.H.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto)
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