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Forum’s Queen Elizabeth Scholars in Strengthening Health Systems: Australia
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce its latest group of recipients of Queen Elizabeth Scholarships in Strengthening Health Systems: Eilish Scallan, Padmaja Sreeram, Jean (Zhuo J… Read more -
Forum Queen Elizabeth Scholars to focus on the health-system aspects of pressing public health issues
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce its latest recipients of the Queen Elizabeth Scholarships in Strengthening Health Systems. These scholars, whose experiences will focus more on the hea… Read more -
Eight years of supporting evidence-informed policymaking
The past year – our 8th (!) – was another busy, but rewarding one. We continued to maintain and continuously update Health Systems Evidence, which is the world’s most comprehensive s… Read more -
Forum’s Queen Elizabeth Scholars in Strengthening Health Systems
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce the latest recipients of the Queen Elizabeth Scholarships in Strengthening Health Systems: Abirami Kirubarajan, Yung Lee, Matthew Yau, Shawn Khan, and … Read more -
Health events and resources - March
March is Pharmacist Awareness Month. Many provinces in Canada and many other countries have made significant changes to what pharmacists can do (i.e., their scope of practice), including allowing them… Read more -
McMaster University launches the French version of the McMaster Optimal Aging Portal – a unique website that supports healthy aging with evidence-based information
As a leading Canadian authority on the study of aging, McMaster University created the highly acclaimed McMaster Optimal Aging Portal in 2014 as a unique online health resource that supports the … Read more -
McMaster Health Forum Fellows program - call for 2017 applications
The McMaster Health Forum is an inter-faculty initiative that strives to be a leading hub for improving health outcomes through collective problem solving. Operating at the regional/provincial level a… Read more -
Lead the pack and make a difference in health policymaking. Find out more about our April workshop.
Want to up your game in how you use research evidence to inform the pressing health system policy issues you’re facing? Our April workshop is your chance to master the skills needed to find and … Read more -
Student opportunities - Forum now accepting applications for 2017 summer positions
As part of its commitment to prepare action-oriented leaders in addressing pressing health challenges creatively, the Forum is offering exciting summer job opportunities for undergraduate students. Mc… Read more -
Forum welcomes Queen Elizabeth Scholar from Kenya, sends two more interns abroad
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce its latest recipients of Queen Elizabeth Scholarships in Strengthening Health Systems: Benard Miregwa, Peter Malik and Kristy Yiu. Incoming Scholar: Be… Read more -
‘Top Ten’ webinar - 12 December 2016
Join John Lavis (Director of the McMaster Health Forum), and Vasanthi Srinivasan (founding Executive Director of the Ontario Strategy for Patient- Oriented Research (SPOR) SUPPORT Unit) on December 12… Read more -
Defining the publicly funded basket of core services for mental health and addictions
In October, the McMaster Health Forum hosted a webinar on "Balancing research evidence, stakeholder input and citizen insights in defining the publicly funded basket of core services for mental health… Read more -
Forum launches new ‘Top Ten’ webinar series
We are pleased to announce the McMaster Health Forum’s new ‘Top Ten’ webinar series, which will feature top ten insights into health systems, evidence-informed policymaking and a ran… Read more -
What are the five key things decision-makers need to know in order to meet the needs of people with mental health issues?
October 10th is World Mental Health Day, which aims to raise awareness of mental health around the world. According to the World Health Organization, the burden of mental disorders continues to grow i… Read more -
Mental Health Matters: Depression and Anxiety in Older Adults
The McMaster Health Forum, with support from the Labarge Optimal Aging Initiative, recently hosted a public talk with Michael Landsberg (former host of TSN’s Off The Record and well-known mental… Read more -
Register now for our fall workshops on ‘Finding and Using Research Evidence to Inform Decision-making in Health Systems and Organizations’
Want to be at the leading edge of the fast paced field of how to bring the best evidence to bear on pressing policy issues in support of health-system strengthening? Register now for one of … Read more -
Student opportunities - Forum now accepting applications for 2016 fall/winter positions
As part of its commitment to prepare action-oriented leaders in addressing pressing health challenges creatively, the Forum is offering exciting job opportunities for undergraduate students. McMaster … Read more -
Solving Big Problems of Aging With Affordable Technologies
By 2051, one in four Canadians will be a senior. Join us July 21st as Dr. Geoff Fernie talks about the development of innovative and affordable solutions that can help Canadians remain in their homes … Read more -
Exciting opportunity to learn abroad & earn McMaster academic credit
Are you a McMaster student interested in health systems and policy? Interested in learning abroad while still earning academic credits at McMaster? Apply now for a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship in … Read more
