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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: Natalene Sim, Tasnia Noshin, Shiqiang … Read more -
Celebrating the visionary leadership of Dr. Susan Denburg, Executive Vice-Dean and Associate Vice-President Academic
The Forum would like to thank Dr. Susan Denburg, Executive Vice-Dean and Associate Vice-President Academic, for her unwavering support over the past 14 years as she as she steps down from her position… Read more -
14 years of supporting evidence-informed policymaking
Over the past 14 years, the McMaster Health Forum has generated action on the pressing health and social issues of our time based on the best-available research evidence, as well as experiences and in… Read more -
Forum’s latest Queen Elizabeth Scholars in Strengthening Health and Social Systems
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce five new recipients of our Queen Elizabeth Scholarship in Strengthening Health and Social Systems: Adrienne Teske, Amy Ramzy, Ariana Jaspal, Erin Lin a… Read more -
Welcoming Ahmednur Ali to the Forum team
We’re excited to welcome Ahmednur Ali to the Forum team as the Scientific Lead, Equity-driven evidence support, and Editor of Health Systems Evidence. Read more -
McMaster Forum and WHO renew partnership to support evidence-informed policymaking
Recognizing the valuable contributions made by the McMaster Health Forum over the past twelve years, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its regional office for the Americas – the Pan-American Hea… Read more -
Student opportunities - Forum now accepting applications for 2023 summer positions
As part of its commitment to prepare action-oriented leaders in addressing pressing health- and social-system challenges creatively, the Forum is offering exciting summer job opportunities for undergr… Read more -
Register your team to learn about new approaches to support rapid learning and improvement
The application window for teams interested in the next offering of our virtual training series on Evidence Products and Processes that Support Rapid Learning and Improvement is now open! Read more -
Impact of the Forum’s rapid response program
While our evidence-synthesis work has always been viewed by our requestors as high quality, the COVID-19 pandemic elevated both the salience of our work and its visibility. Read more -
Forum Director John Lavis renewed as Tier 1 CRC in Evidence-Support Systems
John Lavis has recently been renewed as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC). Read more -
Masterclass to highlight new approaches to support rapid learning and improvement
The application window for the next offering of the Masterclass on Evidence Products and Processes (EP2) that Support Rapid Learning and Improvement is now open! Read more -
Developing skilled future leaders in strengthening health and social systems
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce the first three awardees of our Developing Skilled Future Leaders in Strengthening Health and Social Systems project: Mahnoor Malik, Jaclyn Holdsworth … Read more -
COVID-END inventory of evidence syntheses
COVID-END has recently launched the beta version of the fully searchable COVID-END inventory of evidence syntheses. Read more -
Forum’s Latest Queen Elizabeth Scholars in Strengthening Health and Social Systems
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce five new recipients of our Queen Elizabeth Scholarship in Strengthening Health and Social Systems: Rana Saleh, Adam F. El-Kadi, Maiura Muralitharan, Sh… Read more -
Michael Wilson receives Robyn Tamblyn Health Services and Policy Research Innovator Award
The CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research has named Dr. Michael Wilson the recipient of the inaugural Robyn Tamblyn Health Services and Policy Research Innovator Award. Read more -
Masterclass on Evidence Products and Processes (EP2) that Support Rapid Learning and Improvement
The Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit and McMaster Health Forum have opened the application window for the first offering of the new Masterclass on Evidence Products and Processes (EP2) that Support Rapid Lea… Read more -
Student opportunities - Forum now accepting applications for 2022 summer positions
As part of its commitment to prepare action-oriented leaders in addressing pressing health- and social-system challenges creatively, the Forum is offering exciting summer job opportunities for undergr… Read more -
Evidence Commission report highlights the path forward for relying on evidence
A report recently released by the Evidence Commission finds that decision-makers responding to present-day societal challenges and tomorrow’s crises have an unprecedented opportunity to build on what … Read more -
2021-2022 Forum Fellows in Strengthening Health and Social Systems
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce that Tushar Sood and Vikita Mehta have been selected as Forum Fellows in Strengthening Health and Social Systems for the 2021-22 academic year. Read more