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Dr. Ambrosini is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster. Before arriving at McMaster, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Law School and a research lawyer with the Law Commission of Ontario. He was founding Co-Editor-in-Chief of the McGill Journal of Law & Health, lectured at Harvard and McGill, and worked with criminal defense firms in Quebec and Ontario. The topic of his doctoral dissertation explored clinical, ethical, and legal aspects of psychiatric advance directives and the role of autonomy for individuals with mental illness. He has taught across various faculties and departments of universities including medicine, psychology, law, business, and social work. As a barrister and solicitor of the Bar of Ontario, he has practiced law in forensic psychiatry, has been a senior lawyer of the Consent and Capacity Board, and operated in private law practice.

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Dr. Ambrosini is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster. Before arriving at McMaster, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Law School and a research lawyer with the Law Commission of Ontario. He was founding Co-Editor-in-Chief of the McGill Journal of Law & Health, lectured at Harvard and McGill, and worked with criminal defense firms in Quebec and Ontario. The topic of his doctoral dissertation explored clinical, ethical, and legal aspects of psychiatric advance directives and the role of autonomy for individuals with mental illness. He has taught across various faculties and departments of universities including medicine, psychology, law, business, and social work. As a barrister and solicitor of the Bar of Ontario, he has practiced law in forensic psychiatry, has been a senior lawyer of the Consent and Capacity Board, and operated in private law practice.

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Over the past three decades, my research has centred on experiences of social, emotional and bodily crisis as well as healing.  My initial fieldwork, in 1983-84, in Brittany, France, focused on interpretations of death and dying.  I was particularly interested in changes in Breton responses to death that had accompanied social change in this region since 1945.  My research on death led me in two directions: anthropology of religion and medical anthropology. In the late 1980s, I worked on the relationships between alternative healing and the biomedical system in Brittany.  In addition, I edited a volume of papers on the tensions between Catholic orthodoxy and popular definitions of religion in Europe.  My dual focus on religion and healing inspired me to work on pilgrimage.  In the 1990s, I did fieldwork on local pilgrimages in Brittany and on a Marian apparition shrine.  More recently, I worked at Les Saintes-Maries de-la-Mer in southern France, a shrine that is particularly important for Roma pilgrims. From 2005-07, I was president of the Society for the Anthropology of Religion, a sub-section of the American Anthropological Association. In the summer of 2012, I participated in the Tro Breiz, a walking pilgrimage in Brittany that links the medieval cathedral towns of the region.  Although I am still passionately interested in pilgrimage and other religious quests to understand the world, my current work deals with responses to existential crises evoked through encounters with aging, autism spectrum disorders and mental illness.

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Over the past three decades, my research has centred on experiences of social, emotional and bodily crisis as well as healing.  My initial fieldwork, in 1983-84, in Brittany, France, focused on interpretations of death and dying.  I was particularly interested in changes in Breton responses to death that had accompanied social change in this region since 1945.  My research on death led me in two directions: anthropology of religion and medical anthropology. In the late 1980s, I worked on the relationships between alternative healing and the biomedical system in Brittany.  In addition, I edited a volume of papers on the tensions between Catholic orthodoxy and popular definitions of religion in Europe.  My dual focus on religion and healing inspired me to work on pilgrimage.  In the 1990s, I did fieldwork on local pilgrimages in Brittany and on a Marian apparition shrine.  More recently, I worked at Les Saintes-Maries de-la-Mer in southern France, a shrine that is particularly important for Roma pilgrims. From 2005-07, I was president of the Society for the Anthropology of Religion, a sub-section of the American Anthropological Association. In the summer of 2012, I participated in the Tro Breiz, a walking pilgrimage in Brittany that links the medieval cathedral towns of the region.  Although I am still passionately interested in pilgrimage and other religious quests to understand the world, my current work deals with responses to existential crises evoked through encounters with aging, autism spectrum disorders and mental illness.

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Marshall Beier received his PhD in Political Science from York University and joined the Department of Political Science at McMaster University in 2000. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Critical Studies on Security.

His teaching and research interests turn on the constitution of and contestation around political subjecthood. Much of this is rooted in critical approaches to security studies and international relations theory, in particular postcolonialism, poststructuralism, and feminist approaches. Established and ongoing areas of inquiry deal with intersections of childhoods and militarism, issues of child/youth rights and political subjecthood across various settings, visual and affective economies of children in abject circumstances, and imagined childhood as a technology of global governance. Other interests include issues of human security, weapons proliferation, arms control, and disarmament. As a 3M National Teaching Fellow and member of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, he is also interested in pedagogy both in practice and as an area of research focus. He is active with and serves on the Faculty Advisory Committee of the McMaster Children and Youth University and carries out research on other such initiatives outside of North America. He has also conducted research on indigeneity in advanced settler colonial contexts, exploring tensions between Indigenous discourses of global politics and varied attempts by Indigenous people(s) to make their voices heard in the established international system and its attendant institutions.

He is currently leading a multi-year project on the militarization of childhood and another on child/youth rights and social/political participation. Among the outputs of the first project are an edited volume (reprinted in a paperback edition) and special issues of the journals Critical Studies on Security and Childhood. The second project deals with impediments to children’s exercise of rights both in local contexts and in connection with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, contributions from which include several articles in refereed journals. Related research considers issues of child/youth political subjecthood with particular emphasis on questions of responsibility pertaining to trauma visited on young people both within and beyond zones of conflict.

Drawing on insights from his theoretical work, the balance of his research agenda is marked by an interest in offering new perspectives on contemporary security issues. Projects in this vein have focused variously on ballistic missile defence, the movement to ban antipersonnel landmines, the ‘Revolution in Military Affairs,’ and emergent autonomous weapon systems.

Marshall is interested in supervising graduate students on topics related to Critical Security Studies, Critical Military Studies, and children/childhoods in global political perspective.

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Marshall Beier received his PhD in Political Science from York University and joined the Department of Political Science at McMaster University in 2000. He is Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Critical Studies on Security.

His teaching and research interests turn on the constitution of and contestation around political subjecthood. Much of this is rooted in critical approaches to security studies and international relations theory, in particular postcolonialism, poststructuralism, and feminist approaches. Established and ongoing areas of inquiry deal with intersections of childhoods and militarism, issues of child/youth rights and political subjecthood across various settings, visual and affective economies of children in abject circumstances, and imagined childhood as a technology of global governance. Other interests include issues of human security, weapons proliferation, arms control, and disarmament. As a 3M National Teaching Fellow and member of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, he is also interested in pedagogy both in practice and as an area of research focus. He is active with and serves on the Faculty Advisory Committee of the McMaster Children and Youth University and carries out research on other such initiatives outside of North America. He has also conducted research on indigeneity in advanced settler colonial contexts, exploring tensions between Indigenous discourses of global politics and varied attempts by Indigenous people(s) to make their voices heard in the established international system and its attendant institutions.

He is currently leading a multi-year project on the militarization of childhood and another on child/youth rights and social/political participation. Among the outputs of the first project are an edited volume (reprinted in a paperback edition) and special issues of the journals Critical Studies on Security and Childhood. The second project deals with impediments to children’s exercise of rights both in local contexts and in connection with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, contributions from which include several articles in refereed journals. Related research considers issues of child/youth political subjecthood with particular emphasis on questions of responsibility pertaining to trauma visited on young people both within and beyond zones of conflict.

Drawing on insights from his theoretical work, the balance of his research agenda is marked by an interest in offering new perspectives on contemporary security issues. Projects in this vein have focused variously on ballistic missile defence, the movement to ban antipersonnel landmines, the ‘Revolution in Military Affairs,’ and emergent autonomous weapon systems.

Marshall is interested in supervising graduate students on topics related to Critical Security Studies, Critical Military Studies, and children/childhoods in global political perspective.

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Zain Chagla is a Tutor in the Master of Science in Global Health program at McMaster University. An M.D. specializing in internal medicine, tropical medicine, and infectious diseases, he is Consultant Physician at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Hamilton Health Sciences, Assistant Professor of Medicine at McMaster University, and adjunct faculty at the University of Namibia in the Department of Medicine.

He also received his M.Sc from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine completed in Tanzania and Uganda through the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Research and clinical interests include antimicrobial stewardship, web/mobile technology and medical education, diagnostic ultrasound in resource poor settings, travel and tropical medicine, and transplant derived infections.

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Zain Chagla is a Tutor in the Master of Science in Global Health program at McMaster University. An M.D. specializing in internal medicine, tropical medicine, and infectious diseases, he is Consultant Physician at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Hamilton Health Sciences, Assistant Professor of Medicine at McMaster University, and adjunct faculty at the University of Namibia in the Department of Medicine.

He also received his M.Sc from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine completed in Tanzania and Uganda through the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Research and clinical interests include antimicrobial stewardship, web/mobile technology and medical education, diagnostic ultrasound in resource poor settings, travel and tropical medicine, and transplant derived infections.

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Emmanuel Guindon is the inaugural Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA)/Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Chair in Health Equity; an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) and an associate member of the Department of Economics at McMaster University. Prior to joining McMaster University, Emmanuel was on Faculty at Université de Montréal and a staff economist at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Emmanuel is the recipient of a Rising Star Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, an Early Researcher Award from the Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, and a Career development award in prevention from the Canadian Cancer Society. Emmanuel holds a PhD in Health Research Methodology from McMaster, an MA in economics from the University of Victoria and a BA in Economics from McGill University.

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Emmanuel Guindon is the inaugural Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA)/Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Chair in Health Equity; an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) and an associate member of the Department of Economics at McMaster University. Prior to joining McMaster University, Emmanuel was on Faculty at Université de Montréal and a staff economist at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Emmanuel is the recipient of a Rising Star Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, an Early Researcher Award from the Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, and a Career development award in prevention from the Canadian Cancer Society. Emmanuel holds a PhD in Health Research Methodology from McMaster, an MA in economics from the University of Victoria and a BA in Economics from McGill University.

Dr. Joseph is interested in working with contributions from the perspectives of critical mental health, postcolonial theory, critical race theory, and critical disability studies, to study the historical production of ideas about difference, normalcy, sexuality, eugenics, race, ability and mental “illness” as they cohere, diverge, interdepend and perform within policy, law and practice. Dr. Joseph’s projects have looked at issues of social justice, violence, ethics, confluence, historiography and social work using complimentary theoretical and methodological frameworks to engage respectfully with the complexities of our human condition. Dr. Joseph comes to this work with over a decade of experience in the mental health field, in supportive housing, settlement, crisis respite, forensic assertive community treatment, community-based early intervention, and governance settings.

Dr. Joseph is interested in working with contributions from the perspectives of critical mental health, postcolonial theory, critical race theory, and critical disability studies, to study the historical production of ideas about difference, normalcy, sexuality, eugenics, race, ability and mental “illness” as they cohere, diverge, interdepend and perform within policy, law and practice. Dr. Joseph’s projects have looked at issues of social justice, violence, ethics, confluence, historiography and social work using complimentary theoretical and methodological frameworks to engage respectfully with the complexities of our human condition. Dr. Joseph comes to this work with over a decade of experience in the mental health field, in supportive housing, settlement, crisis respite, forensic assertive community treatment, community-based early intervention, and governance settings.

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For countries with limited health-care resources, setting priorities necessitates hard decisions. How does HIV/AIDS stack up against maternal health? Where does cancer treatment fit into the mix? What about emergency services?

Lydia Kapiriri studies the factors that influence government decisions on these types of issues. In theory, decision makers can access data of many types to ensure their resources help the largest number of people in the most efficient way possible. But in reality, political influences often subvert the principles of equity and social justice.

Much of Kapiriri’s research involves low-income countries with more obvious resource limitations. But every country has a limited health-care budget – countries with more resources face more demands. Whether it’s Uganda or Canada, every country makes choices and faces conflicts when setting health-care priorities.

Kapiriri’s research offers a critical perspective of resource allocation, questioning what factors other than evidence-based decision making must be unpacked in order to make improvements in healthcare systems. How can vulnerable or marginalized populations have a say in decisions? What role to international organizations like the WHO play in internal priority setting? What processes can help promote transparency and accountability?

For older people, these decisions can become even more complex: an aging population both places more demands on a health-care system, and also plays into prejudicial attitudes toward the elderly. Kapirir addresses these kinds of issues with rigorous fieldwork and astute analysis, driving toward processes that allow for the most equitable allocation of limited resources.

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For countries with limited health-care resources, setting priorities necessitates hard decisions. How does HIV/AIDS stack up against maternal health? Where does cancer treatment fit into the mix? What about emergency services?

Lydia Kapiriri studies the factors that influence government decisions on these types of issues. In theory, decision makers can access data of many types to ensure their resources help the largest number of people in the most efficient way possible. But in reality, political influences often subvert the principles of equity and social justice.

Much of Kapiriri’s research involves low-income countries with more obvious resource limitations. But every country has a limited health-care budget – countries with more resources face more demands. Whether it’s Uganda or Canada, every country makes choices and faces conflicts when setting health-care priorities.

Kapiriri’s research offers a critical perspective of resource allocation, questioning what factors other than evidence-based decision making must be unpacked in order to make improvements in healthcare systems. How can vulnerable or marginalized populations have a say in decisions? What role to international organizations like the WHO play in internal priority setting? What processes can help promote transparency and accountability?

For older people, these decisions can become even more complex: an aging population both places more demands on a health-care system, and also plays into prejudicial attitudes toward the elderly. Kapirir addresses these kinds of issues with rigorous fieldwork and astute analysis, driving toward processes that allow for the most equitable allocation of limited resources.

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Dr. Kaushic teaches at the Undergraduate level within the Bachelor of Health Sciences Program. She coordinates the 3rd year immunology course and  lectures in immunology and anatomy and physiology courses. Furthermore, she coordinates and teaches immunology courses within the Medical Sciences Graduate Program.

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Dr. Kaushic teaches at the Undergraduate level within the Bachelor of Health Sciences Program. She coordinates the 3rd year immunology course and  lectures in immunology and anatomy and physiology courses. Furthermore, she coordinates and teaches immunology courses within the Medical Sciences Graduate Program.

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David Koff, MD FRCPC, is a professor of radiology and Chair of the Department of Radiology at McMaster University, and past Chief of Diagnostic Imaging at Hamilton Health Sciences. Founder and director of MIIRCAM, the Medical Imaging Informatics Research Centre at McMaster, he leads research projects on radiation risk, the validation of technology and applications of artificial intelligence (AI) to medical imaging. He is currently Chair of Canada Safe Imaging (CSI), an initiative he launched to promote radiation safety in Canada. CSI involves collaboration between Canadian universities and professional associations and is aligned with the Bonn Call-for-Action and major international initiatives.

For the last 20 years, Dr. Koff’s research has centred on the electronic communication and workflow integration of medical images, and he developed the Canadian standards on lossy compression. His current research interests focus on AI for aggregation of imaging and medical data, and medical applications of nanotechnology. He is co-founder of IHE Canada (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise), a member of the IHE section of the Medical Informatics committee at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), and past co-Chair of the IHE International Radiology Planning Committee.

Dr. Koff has organized MIIT, the Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology conference in Canada, for the past 14 years. He also teaches leadership in health care using the LEADS framework.

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David Koff, MD FRCPC, is a professor of radiology and Chair of the Department of Radiology at McMaster University, and past Chief of Diagnostic Imaging at Hamilton Health Sciences. Founder and director of MIIRCAM, the Medical Imaging Informatics Research Centre at McMaster, he leads research projects on radiation risk, the validation of technology and applications of artificial intelligence (AI) to medical imaging. He is currently Chair of Canada Safe Imaging (CSI), an initiative he launched to promote radiation safety in Canada. CSI involves collaboration between Canadian universities and professional associations and is aligned with the Bonn Call-for-Action and major international initiatives.

For the last 20 years, Dr. Koff’s research has centred on the electronic communication and workflow integration of medical images, and he developed the Canadian standards on lossy compression. His current research interests focus on AI for aggregation of imaging and medical data, and medical applications of nanotechnology. He is co-founder of IHE Canada (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise), a member of the IHE section of the Medical Informatics committee at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), and past co-Chair of the IHE International Radiology Planning Committee.

Dr. Koff has organized MIIT, the Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology conference in Canada, for the past 14 years. He also teaches leadership in health care using the LEADS framework.

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My research interests include epidemiologic and genomic population-based studies on viral infectious including influenza, West Nile, and dengue. Current projects include an NIH population genetics research program, a CIHR funded cluster randomized controlled trial to reduce spread of influenza by immunizing children in Hutterite colonies, and a CIHR funded influenza pandemic team grant to establish natural history as well as immunologic and genetic determinants of influenza infection.

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My research interests include epidemiologic and genomic population-based studies on viral infectious including influenza, West Nile, and dengue. Current projects include an NIH population genetics research program, a CIHR funded cluster randomized controlled trial to reduce spread of influenza by immunizing children in Hutterite colonies, and a CIHR funded influenza pandemic team grant to establish natural history as well as immunologic and genetic determinants of influenza infection.

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Cynthia Lokker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact (HEI) in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. She holds a PhD in Biological Sciences from University of Windsor and an MSc in eHealth from McMaster University. She serves as the Health Sciences Faculty Lead for the Master of Science in eHealth program where she is an academic advisor to several students and teaches a core health science course on Fundamentals of eHealth and the Canadian Health Care System and a course in Research Methods in eHealth. She is a member of the Health Information Research Unit and McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, and a board member for Body Brave, a Hamilton-based charity advancing education and knowledge for eating disorder treatment and support. She has been involved with the local Hacking Health Hamilton group since 2016 (https://hhhamilton.ca/) and the publisher of her neighbourhood newspaper (https://www.thepointhamilton.com/).

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Cynthia Lokker is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact (HEI) in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. She holds a PhD in Biological Sciences from University of Windsor and an MSc in eHealth from McMaster University. She serves as the Health Sciences Faculty Lead for the Master of Science in eHealth program where she is an academic advisor to several students and teaches a core health science course on Fundamentals of eHealth and the Canadian Health Care System and a course in Research Methods in eHealth. She is a member of the Health Information Research Unit and McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, and a board member for Body Brave, a Hamilton-based charity advancing education and knowledge for eating disorder treatment and support. She has been involved with the local Hacking Health Hamilton group since 2016 (https://hhhamilton.ca/) and the publisher of her neighbourhood newspaper (https://www.thepointhamilton.com/).

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Dr. Beth Murray-Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Midwifery Education Program and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her qualifications include a BA in Sociology (Guelph), a BHSc in Midwifery (McMaster), a MA in Health Profession Education (University of Toronto), and a PhD in Primary Health Care (University of Sheffield).

She holds a Hamilton Health Sciences Early Career Award, and is a co-PI for a CIHR Clinician Investigator Team Grant examining Non Communicable Diseases in Obstetrics. Her current research interests include pregnant peoples experiences of healthy nutrition and exercise during pregnancy and postpartum, fetal movement awareness, midwifery experiences of caring for complicated pregnancies, client and health care provider experiences of alternative models of practice for midwives, and client decision making about place of birth.

Dr. Murray-Davis has worked as a midwife with the Community Midwives of Hamilton since 2003. She is a recognized leader in research, education, and practice within the midwifery profession. She has contributed to the growth of the profession of midwifery through research capacity building, mentoring midwives, conducting and disseminating research, and she has led interprofessional teams of health care providers in various research and educational innovations such as the writing of the first Canadian midwifery textbook.

She has received academic awards including: the Hamilton Health Sciences New Investigator Fund (2012); the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Alan Blizzard Award (2012); a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Training Fellowship (2010); and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Award (2008).

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Dr. Beth Murray-Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Midwifery Education Program and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her qualifications include a BA in Sociology (Guelph), a BHSc in Midwifery (McMaster), a MA in Health Profession Education (University of Toronto), and a PhD in Primary Health Care (University of Sheffield).

She holds a Hamilton Health Sciences Early Career Award, and is a co-PI for a CIHR Clinician Investigator Team Grant examining Non Communicable Diseases in Obstetrics. Her current research interests include pregnant peoples experiences of healthy nutrition and exercise during pregnancy and postpartum, fetal movement awareness, midwifery experiences of caring for complicated pregnancies, client and health care provider experiences of alternative models of practice for midwives, and client decision making about place of birth.

Dr. Murray-Davis has worked as a midwife with the Community Midwives of Hamilton since 2003. She is a recognized leader in research, education, and practice within the midwifery profession. She has contributed to the growth of the profession of midwifery through research capacity building, mentoring midwives, conducting and disseminating research, and she has led interprofessional teams of health care providers in various research and educational innovations such as the writing of the first Canadian midwifery textbook.

She has received academic awards including: the Hamilton Health Sciences New Investigator Fund (2012); the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Alan Blizzard Award (2012); a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Training Fellowship (2010); and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Award (2008).

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Bruce Newbold is director and professor in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences (SGES) at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. His research interests focus on population issues as they relate to immigration, migration, health, and aging.

Recent research has focused on the role of migration in the development and transfer of human capital and income across space, commuting and sustainability questions, the income benefits associated with migration, immigrant health, and immigrant settlement processes.

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Bruce Newbold is director and professor in the School of Geography and Earth Sciences (SGES) at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. His research interests focus on population issues as they relate to immigration, migration, health, and aging.

Recent research has focused on the role of migration in the development and transfer of human capital and income across space, commuting and sustainability questions, the income benefits associated with migration, immigrant health, and immigrant settlement processes.

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Robert O’Brien is a Professor in the Department of Political Science. He has published six books and over twenty journal articles and book chapters in the fields of international relations and global political economy.

Dr. O’Brien teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in global political economy and supervises graduate students interested in global civil society, global labour issues, international organization, global governance, and the politics of climate change. He is consulting editor for the journal Global Labour Journal Social.

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Robert O’Brien is a Professor in the Department of Political Science. He has published six books and over twenty journal articles and book chapters in the fields of international relations and global political economy.

Dr. O’Brien teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in global political economy and supervises graduate students interested in global civil society, global labour issues, international organization, global governance, and the politics of climate change. He is consulting editor for the journal Global Labour Journal Social.

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Tony Porter conducts research on business regulation and global governance, including especially financial regulation, private and hybrid public/private rulemaking, and the organizational effects in governance of technologies, numbers, and time. His books include States, Markets and Regimes in Global Finance (Macmillan 1993); Private Authority in International Affairs (SUNY Press, 1999), coedited, with A. Claire Cutler and Virginia Haufler; Technology, Governance and Political Conflict in International Industries(Routledge, 2002); Globalization and Finance (Polity Press, 2005); The Challenges of Global Business Authority: Democratic Renewal, Stalemate, or Decay? (SUNY Press, 2010), coedited with Karsten Ronit; Transnational Financial Associations and the Governance of Global Finance: Assembling Power and Wealth (RIPE/Routledge, 2013), coauthored with Heather McKeen-Edwards; and Transnational Financial Regulation after the Financial Crisis (RIPE/Routledge 2014, edited).

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Tony Porter conducts research on business regulation and global governance, including especially financial regulation, private and hybrid public/private rulemaking, and the organizational effects in governance of technologies, numbers, and time. His books include States, Markets and Regimes in Global Finance (Macmillan 1993); Private Authority in International Affairs (SUNY Press, 1999), coedited, with A. Claire Cutler and Virginia Haufler; Technology, Governance and Political Conflict in International Industries(Routledge, 2002); Globalization and Finance (Polity Press, 2005); The Challenges of Global Business Authority: Democratic Renewal, Stalemate, or Decay? (SUNY Press, 2010), coedited with Karsten Ronit; Transnational Financial Associations and the Governance of Global Finance: Assembling Power and Wealth (RIPE/Routledge, 2013), coauthored with Heather McKeen-Edwards; and Transnational Financial Regulation after the Financial Crisis (RIPE/Routledge 2014, edited).

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Leukocyte recruitment is a specific cascade of molecules and events designed to bring the inflammatory cells to the site of infection or injury. My research examines the role of adhesion molecules, pro-inflammatory mediators and endogenous anti-inflammatory molecules in systemic inflammation. I am specifically interested in the factors that control leukocyte recruitment and clinical therapies, such as intravenous fluid or catheter materials.

I study the in vivo responses associated with septic shock, severe infection and gastrointestinal inflammation.

I use inflammatory models such as cecal ligation and perforation and local inflammatory mediators. We currently examine the liver microcirculation, the peritoneal surface and the bladder.

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Leukocyte recruitment is a specific cascade of molecules and events designed to bring the inflammatory cells to the site of infection or injury. My research examines the role of adhesion molecules, pro-inflammatory mediators and endogenous anti-inflammatory molecules in systemic inflammation. I am specifically interested in the factors that control leukocyte recruitment and clinical therapies, such as intravenous fluid or catheter materials.

I study the in vivo responses associated with septic shock, severe infection and gastrointestinal inflammation.

I use inflammatory models such as cecal ligation and perforation and local inflammatory mediators. We currently examine the liver microcirculation, the peritoneal surface and the bladder.

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Dr. Schwartz is Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact (HEI), an Associate Member in the Department of Philosophy and a member of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA).

Dr. Schwartz has a number of research interests in health care ethics and the teaching of ethics in health care education, including global health ethics, research ethics and measurement and effectiveness of ethics education. She is currently PI on two studies related to Humanitarian Health Care Ethics and Ethics and Military Health Care.

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Dr. Schwartz is Professor in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact (HEI), an Associate Member in the Department of Philosophy and a member of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA).

Dr. Schwartz has a number of research interests in health care ethics and the teaching of ethics in health care education, including global health ethics, research ethics and measurement and effectiveness of ethics education. She is currently PI on two studies related to Humanitarian Health Care Ethics and Ethics and Military Health Care.

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Professor Tan specializes in the innovative design, implementation and diffusion of advancing e-technology to improve health services delivery system efficiencies and effectiveness. Serving as Editor-in-Chief of theInternational Journal of Health Information Systems & Informatics, IGI Global (www.igi-global.com), Professor Tan’s research interests cut across multiple disciplines, with emphasis on the application of strategic e-business and e-health models to improve health systems operational efficiencies, individual or group decision effectiveness, and community health behaviours. He teaches health IT project management and special topics in eHealth. His current research focuses on assessing the impact of decision aids and e-learning mechanisms for promoting healthy lifestyles and healthy aging behaviours for chronically ill individuals, groups and populations.

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Professor Tan specializes in the innovative design, implementation and diffusion of advancing e-technology to improve health services delivery system efficiencies and effectiveness. Serving as Editor-in-Chief of theInternational Journal of Health Information Systems & Informatics, IGI Global (www.igi-global.com), Professor Tan’s research interests cut across multiple disciplines, with emphasis on the application of strategic e-business and e-health models to improve health systems operational efficiencies, individual or group decision effectiveness, and community health behaviours. He teaches health IT project management and special topics in eHealth. His current research focuses on assessing the impact of decision aids and e-learning mechanisms for promoting healthy lifestyles and healthy aging behaviours for chronically ill individuals, groups and populations.

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Olive Wahoush is a recent graduate from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto with a PhD in Health Policy Management & Evaluation (outcomes measurement & evaluation stream). She has extensive experience in international settings in nursing practice and leadership, education and research. Dr. Wahoush’s most recent international experience was a four-month placement where she was responsible for establishing the nursing department and assisting in the opening of a new 160-bed pediatric cancer centre in Cairo, Egypt.

Primary interests for education and research are in culture and health, as well as health system performance specifically in relation to child health, immigrant and refugee health, equity, and the application of knowledge and research to practice. She also has research interests in community engagement and capacity building. 

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Olive Wahoush is a recent graduate from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto with a PhD in Health Policy Management & Evaluation (outcomes measurement & evaluation stream). She has extensive experience in international settings in nursing practice and leadership, education and research. Dr. Wahoush’s most recent international experience was a four-month placement where she was responsible for establishing the nursing department and assisting in the opening of a new 160-bed pediatric cancer centre in Cairo, Egypt.

Primary interests for education and research are in culture and health, as well as health system performance specifically in relation to child health, immigrant and refugee health, equity, and the application of knowledge and research to practice. She also has research interests in community engagement and capacity building. 

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Norman Archer’s research interests lie in the adoption and use of electronic health records, including issues of interoperability, electronic medical record system adoption by physicians, and personal health record systems for consumers. He and his graduate students also study related issues in change management and project management, in addition to electronic business and identity theft.

He is currently engaged in national surveys to evaluate perceptions among both physicians and consumers of the adoption and value of electronic records.

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Norman Archer’s research interests lie in the adoption and use of electronic health records, including issues of interoperability, electronic medical record system adoption by physicians, and personal health record systems for consumers. He and his graduate students also study related issues in change management and project management, in addition to electronic business and identity theft.

He is currently engaged in national surveys to evaluate perceptions among both physicians and consumers of the adoption and value of electronic records.

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Dr. Shannon’s research interests have included workplace health and safety, specifically the role of organizational factors and interventions to create safe workplaces. He is currently chair of the Methodology Working Group for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. He is involved in several global health projects, including surveys in Lebanon, Palestine and Haiti.

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Dr. Shannon’s research interests have included workplace health and safety, specifically the role of organizational factors and interventions to create safe workplaces. He is currently chair of the Methodology Working Group for the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. He is involved in several global health projects, including surveys in Lebanon, Palestine and Haiti.

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Sue Barclay has managed large international development projects in Africa and Papua New Guinea. Her areas of interest include e-learning, project management and the social determinants of health in developing countries. She has done consulting work in the area of population health in a number of African countries and is currently managing a randomized control trial study for a local e-health organization. Sue coordinates the annual India Learning Symposium for the Global Health Program, working with colleagues at Maastricht University, Manipal Academy of Higher Education and Ahfad University for Women.

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Sue Barclay has managed large international development projects in Africa and Papua New Guinea. Her areas of interest include e-learning, project management and the social determinants of health in developing countries. She has done consulting work in the area of population health in a number of African countries and is currently managing a randomized control trial study for a local e-health organization. Sue coordinates the annual India Learning Symposium for the Global Health Program, working with colleagues at Maastricht University, Manipal Academy of Higher Education and Ahfad University for Women.

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Sonya de Laat is the MSc Global Health program’s Academic Program Advisor and Curriculum Coordinator. She holds a BA and MA, both in Anthropology, from McMaster and a PhD in Media Studies from Western University.

de Laat was the MSc Global Health program’s recruitment and admissions officer from 2010-2012 and has worked as a research co-ordinator at the university since 2005. Prior to returning to the MSc Global Health program, de Laat held the position of post-doctoral fellow in Humanitarian Health Ethics, working under Lisa Schwartz, McMaster’s Arnold L. Johnson Chair in Health Care Ethics.

de Laat’s research interests span visual histories of humanitarian action, humanitarian health ethics, and visual research methods. She is particularly interested in the role of photography in mediating social relations, and in applying historical thinking to contemporary issues in humanitarian action and global health.

de Laat is an active member of the Canadian Network on Humanitarian Histories (CNHH) and Humanitarian Health Ethics Network (HumEthNet).

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Sonya de Laat is the MSc Global Health program’s Academic Program Advisor and Curriculum Coordinator. She holds a BA and MA, both in Anthropology, from McMaster and a PhD in Media Studies from Western University.

de Laat was the MSc Global Health program’s recruitment and admissions officer from 2010-2012 and has worked as a research co-ordinator at the university since 2005. Prior to returning to the MSc Global Health program, de Laat held the position of post-doctoral fellow in Humanitarian Health Ethics, working under Lisa Schwartz, McMaster’s Arnold L. Johnson Chair in Health Care Ethics.

de Laat’s research interests span visual histories of humanitarian action, humanitarian health ethics, and visual research methods. She is particularly interested in the role of photography in mediating social relations, and in applying historical thinking to contemporary issues in humanitarian action and global health.

de Laat is an active member of the Canadian Network on Humanitarian Histories (CNHH) and Humanitarian Health Ethics Network (HumEthNet).

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