-
-
Forum’s first Queen Elizabeth Scholars in Strengthening Health Systems
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce its first recipients of Queen Elizabeth Scholarships in Strengthening Health Systems: Joycelyne Ewusie, Ahmad Firas Khalid, Rhonda Boateng and Nic... Read more -
McMaster Health Forum Fellows program - call for 2016 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 -
Webinar - Contextualizing Guidance Workbook
On March 9th, Dr. Elizabeth Alvarez (a PhD Candidate with the McMaster Health Forum’s Impact Lab and a licensed physician) will be hosting a National Collaborating Centre for Methods a... Read more -
Forum's Impact Lab now accepting applications for 2016 summer student positions
As part of its commitment to prepare action-oriented leaders in addressing pressing health challenges creatively, the Forum’s Impact Lab is offering exciting summer job opportunities for undergr... Read more -
McMaster Health Forum and ARCC awarded CPAC grant
The McMaster Health Forum is proud to announce that, in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control (ARCC), we have been awarded funding from CPAC to engage Canadians... Read more -
The Cochrane Collaboration: Medicine's Best Kept Secret
In the complex, ever-evolving realm of modern medicine, how can you begin to understand what’s hocus-pocus and what research really works? Join best-selling author and researcher Alan Cassels on... Read more -
Dr. Lavis takes national prize for health policy impact
John N. Lavis, director of the McMaster Health Forum, is the co-winner of an award from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) for his career-long efforts to ensure high-quality research i... Read more -
McMaster Health Forum offers five-day workshop on finding and using research evidence: February 16-20
Registration is now open for a five-day training workshop that supports policymakers, stakeholders and researchers in learning how to find and use research evidence in their work to reform, renew or s... Read more -
Innovations in increasing the use of research in policy
John N. Lavis, Director of the McMaster Health Forum, recently presented at the 2015 NHMRC Symposium on Research Translation in Sydney, Australia. His presentation addressed various kinds of rese... Read more -
The Science of Alzheimer’s - summary from public talk
The McMaster Health Forum, with support from the Labarge Optimal Aging Initiative, recently hosted a public talk to examine the latest research into risks, prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’... Read more -
PHC Evidence -- powered by Health Systems Evidence -- supports evidence-informed primary health care in low- and middle-income countries
The McMaster Health Forum is proud to support the launch of the Primary Health Care Performance Initiative (PHCPI). As part of this initiative, PHC Evidence provides access to the best available resea... Read more -
McMaster Health Forum Student Leadership Team Open House
The McMaster Health Forum is a leading hub for improving health outcomes through evidence-based health policies. To increase student involvement, the McMaster Health Forum Student Leadership Team is h... Read more -
Forum extends its global influence by supporting evidence-informed policymaking in the Caribbean
The McMaster Health Forum’s work to support evidence-informed health systems has been used as a model for the development of the Caribbean Public Health Agency’s (CARPHA) Knowledge Transla... Read more -
Queen Elizabeth Scholarships – Forum now accepting applications
The McMaster Health Forum is now accepting applications for the Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship (QES) program. Through the QES program, McMaster University will participate in ... Read more -
Aging, disability and technology: Understanding and advancing Canadian policies for technology access
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce that Michael Wilson (Assistant Director, McMaster Health Forum) and Rosalie Wang (Assistant Professor, University of Toronto) are one of 25 teams of re... Read more -
The science of Alzheimer’s: where are we going?
Alzheimer’s disease, one of the major causes of disability and dependency among older people, has been recognized by the World Health Organization as a public health priority. Despite the increa... Read more -
Postdoctoral Research Fellow sought for joint fellowship through IATSL and the McMaster Health Forum
A Postdoctoral Research Fellow is sought for a unique joint fellowship through the IATSL in Toronto and the McMaster Health Forum in Hamilton. The fellowship will be full-time, one year with possible ... Read more -
Advancing the development of national childhood cancer-care strategies in Latin America
The McMaster Health Forum, in partnership with the Union for International Cancer Control, recently convened a stakeholder dialogue on the subject of advancing the development of national childhood ca... Read more -
Impact of Health Systems Strengthening on Health
Yesterday, USAID’s Office of Health Systems released a major new report, which presents a significant body of evidence linking health systems strengthening interventions to measurable impacts on... Read more
