Ben McCutchen

Having grown up in rural Ontario, Ben's research interests include the impact of policies aimed at improving primary healthcare in rural and remote areas. At the time of the Forum Fellowship, Ben was in his final year of the Bachelor of Health Sciences program. As a Forum Fellow, Ben was involved in the preparation of evidence and issue briefs for stakeholder dialogues on chronic pain management and on the involvement of civil society in supporting research use in health systems. He also completed an internship at the World Health Organization in Geneva, where he was involved with the monitoring, evaluation and strategic planning for EVIPnet, a social and collaborative network that promotes the systematic use of health research evidence in policymaking.

Following the Forum Fellowship, Ben attended the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University where his research interests include the role of Family Health Teams in preventing urgent care usage, and the role of risk assessment in outpatient psychiatric populations.