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: mph@mcmaster.ca
Website: https://mph.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/

Faculty/Fall 2026

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, MD, PhD (McMaster)
Joseph Beyene, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Western), PhD (Toronto)
Lauren Griffith, MS (Michigan), PhD (Toronto)
Steven Hanna, BSc, MD, PhD (Western)
Lydia Kapiriri, MBBS (Makerere), MPH (Royal Tropical Institute), PhD (Bergen)
Mark Loeb, MSc (McMaster), MD (McGill)
Lawrence Mbuagbaw, MD (Cameroon), MPH (Israel), PhD (McMaster)
Lisa Schwartz, MA (McGill), PhD (Glasgow)
Deborah Sloboda, BSc, MSc, PhD (Toronto)
Lehana Thabane, MSc (Sheffield), PhD (Western)
Jennifer Walker, PhD (Calgary)

Associate Professors
Teresa Bennett, MD, PhD
Romina Brignardello-Petersen, DDS (Chile), MSc (Chile), MSc (Toronto), PhD (Toronto)
Jason Busse, MD (Western), MSc (McMaster), PhD (McMaster)
Andrew Costa, PhD (Waterloo)
Rohan D’Souza, MD (Mumbai), M.Sc, PhD (Toronto)
Russell de Souza, MSc (Toronto), ScD (Harvard)
Emmanuel Guindon, MA (Victoria), PhD (McMaster)
Louise Lafortune, BSc (McGill) MSc (McGill), Dual PhD (Montreal & Université de Paris IX)
Cynthia Lokker, MSc (McMaster), PhD (Windsor)
Jinhui Ma, MSc, PhD (McMaster)
Kim Madden, BSc (Waterloo) MSc (McMaster), PhD (McMaster)
Giulia Muraca, MPH (UBC), PhD (UBC)
Nancy Santesso, MLIS (Western), PhD (McMaster)
Ellen Olive Wahoush, PhD (Toronto)

Assistant Professors
Laura Duncam, BA(Hons) (Oxford), MA (McMaster), PhD (McMaster)
Laura Erdman, BA (McMaster), PhD (Toronto)
Michelle Howard, MSc (Toronto), PhD (McMaster)
Fatimah Jackson-Best, PhD (Toronto)
Aaron Jones, MSc (North Carolina), PhD (McMaster)
Sujane Kandasamy, PhD (McMaster)
Sarah Neil-Sztramko, PhD (British Columbia)
Ashirbani Saha, BE (IIEST), MASc (Windsor), PhD (Windsor)
Myles Sergeant, BEng (McMaster), MD (Queens), PhD (McMaster)

Associate Members
Gina Agarwal, MBBS (London), DFFP (London), PhD (McMaster)
Ellen Amster, MA (Pennsylvania), PhD (Pennsylvania)
Maureen Dobbins, PhD (Toronto)
Jim Dunn, BArtsSc (McMaster), MA (McMaster), PhD (Simon Fraser)
Kathy Georgiades, MSc (Oregon), PhD (Oregon)Magdalena Janus, MSc (Jagiellonian), PhD (Cambridge)
Fiona Kouyoumdjian, MD (Dalhousie), MPH (John Hopkins), PhD (Toronto)
Dominik Mertz, MD (Switzerland), MSc
Catherine Munn, MSc (McMaster), MD (McMaster)
Hsien Seow, PhD (Baltimore)
Chi-Ling Joanna Sinn, BSc (Waterloo), PhD (Waterloo)
Marek Smieja, HSBc (Toronto), DC (Toronto), MSc (Toronto), PhD (McMaster)
Arthur Sweetman, Beng (McGill), MA (McMaster), PhD (McMaster)
Meredith Vanstone, PhD (McMaster)

Professors Emeriti
Dale Guenter, MD (Calgary), MPH (Harvard)
Ann McKibbon, MLS (Western), PhD (Pittsburgh)
Paola Muti, MD (Pisa), MSc (Buffalo)
Julie Richardson, MSc (Otago), PhD (Toronto)
Holger Schunemann, MD (Hanover), MSc, PhD (Buffalo)

HEI Part-Time Faculty
Mehdi Aloosh, MSc (McGill), MD (Tehran)
Emma Apatu, DrPH (Tennessee), MPH (Emory)
Nazila Assasi, MD (Tabriz), PhD (McMaster)
Iwona  Bielska, PhD (Queens)
Fadi El-Jardali, PhD (Carleton)
Julie Emili, MD (McMaster), MSc (McMaster)
Matthew Hodge, MSc (London), MDCM, PhD (McGill)
Steven Hoffman, JD (Toronto), PhD (Harvard), LLD (Sciences Po Paris)
Jessica Hopkins, MD (Western), MSc (Toronto)
Itai Malkin, MSc (London), MD (Ottawa), PHPM (McMaster)
Sandra Milicic, PhD (McMaster)
Rebecca Morgan, MPH (Emory), PhD (McMaster)
Thomas Piggot, BScH (Guelph), MD (McMaster), MSc (London), PhD (McMaster)
Sally Radisic, MSc (Ryerson), PhD (McMaster)
Steven Rebellato, MSc (Ryerson), PhD (Waterloo)
Elizabeth Richardson, MSc (Toronto), MD (Western)
Rachel Roy, MSc (Ulster)
Nigar Sekercioglu, PhD (McMaster)
Ayesha Siddiqua, PhD (McMaster)
Ryan Strum, PhD (McMaster)
Ninh Tran, MSc (McMaster), MD (Queens)
Hsiu-Li Wang, MD (Laval)
Nana Wu, BPEC (Shandong), MKin (Shanghai), PhD (BC)
Xiaomei Yao, MSc (McMaster), MD (Capital)
Yuan Zhang, BPrevMed (Peking), MSc (Peking), PhD (McMaster)

Programs

• Public Health, M.P.H.

• Graduate Diploma in Community and Public Health

• Graduate Academic Certificate in Community and Public Health Policy, Planning & Evaluation
• Graduate Academic Certificate in Community and Public Health Research and Knowledge Translation

• Public Health Courses

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