Forum’s latest awardees in developing skilled future leaders in strengthening health and social systems

The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce the latest awardees of our Developing Skilled Future Leaders in Strengthening Health and Social Systems project: Buvneet Madan, Sanjeevani Maloor and Tresha Sivanesanathan.

Buvneet, Sanjeevani and Tresha will be engaging in virtual internships with our partners at The George Institute for Global Health India. They will assist the Healthier Societies team on various projects including one on advocating for Kenyan sex workers and another on exploring community action for health (CAH) initiatives in India. All three awardees will learn the research processes of health policy with an additional exposure to stakeholders and how they are engaged in health policy research and how that evidence can be applied to global public health concerns.

Funded by Global Skills Opportunity, part of Canada’s International Education Strategy, this multi-year project aims to diversify the destination countries typically made available to students and are geared towards students who have been typically under-represented in international study/work programs. Over the next four years, the Forum will facilitate meaningful international experiences through this opportunity for 40 undergraduate students by integrating them into projects focused on real-world initiatives.

Students will gain a foundation of knowledge by working alongside senior scientific staff to support the Forum’s programs, which use the best-available research evidence to generate action on the pressing health- and social- system issues of our time. Participants will then apply this foundational knowledge by working with one of McMaster’s international research partners through an internship or applied research position in a health and medical research institute, government ministry or research organization setting.

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