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Ontario’s health system – key insights offered in newly published book
Ever wondered how the Ontario health system works? You can find answers in the newly published book ‘Ontario’s health system: Key insights for engaged citizens, professionals and policymak... Read more -
Partners in health – McMaster and University of Antioquia
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce a formal collaboration between McMaster University’s Faculty of Health Sciences and the University of Antioquia’s School of Medicine. The F... Read more -
The Forum is hiring. Apply now to join our team as Operations Assistant
We are looking for an individual to join our team as Operations Assistant. This role requires a resourceful, motivated and results-oriented professional with previous experience in operation... Read more -
McMaster health policy experts awarded 2017 Egon Jonsson Award
A team of health policy experts led by McMaster University’s Julia Abelson (Professor in McMaster’s Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact; faculty memb... Read more -
Forum welcomes fellows for 2017-18
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce that Puru Panchal and Fanny Cheng have been selected as Forum Fellows for the 2017-18 academic year. The Forum Fellows program is part of our comm... Read more -
Student opportunities - Forum now accepting applications for 2017 fall/winter positions
Update: all positions have now been filled. Thanks to all who applied. As part of its commitment to prepare action-oriented leaders in addressing pressing health challenges creatively, the Forum is of... Read more -
Forum adjunct faculty member Steven Hoffman appointed to new position at York University
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce that our adjunct faculty member Steven Hoffman has been hired as a full professor at York University (effective July 1, 2017) and will be cross-appoint... Read more -
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
