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‘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 -
Forum launches new ‘Top Ten’ webinar series
We are pleased to announce the McMaster Health Forum’s new ‘Top Ten’ webinar series, which will feature top ten insights into health systems, evidence-informed policymaking and a ran... Read more -
What are the five key things decision-makers need to know in order to meet the needs of people with mental health issues?
October 10th is World Mental Health Day, which aims to raise awareness of mental health around the world. According to the World Health Organization, the burden of mental disorders continues to grow i... Read more -
Mental Health Matters: Depression and Anxiety in Older Adults
The McMaster Health Forum, with support from the Labarge Optimal Aging Initiative, recently hosted a public talk with Michael Landsberg (former host of TSN’s Off The Record and well-known mental... Read more -
Register now for our fall workshops on ‘Finding and Using Research Evidence to Inform Decision-making in Health Systems and Organizations’
Want to be at the leading edge of the fast paced field of how to bring the best evidence to bear on pressing policy issues in support of health-system strengthening? Register now for one of ... Read more -
Student opportunities - Forum now accepting applications for 2016 fall/winter positions
As part of its commitment to prepare action-oriented leaders in addressing pressing health challenges creatively, the Forum is offering exciting job opportunities for undergraduate students. McMaster ... Read more -
Solving Big Problems of Aging With Affordable Technologies
By 2051, one in four Canadians will be a senior. Join us July 21st as Dr. Geoff Fernie talks about the development of innovative and affordable solutions that can help Canadians remain in their homes ... Read more -
Exciting opportunity to learn abroad & earn McMaster academic credit
Are you a McMaster student interested in health systems and policy? Interested in learning abroad while still earning academic credits at McMaster? Apply now for a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship in ... Read more -
Forum's Heather Bullock awarded Trudeau scholarship for research in mental health
Congratulations to Heather Bullock, the McMaster Health Forum's co-lead of evidence-synthesis, who has been awarded the prestigious Fondation Trudeau Foundation doctoral scholarship for her work ... Read more -
Forum Fellows Selected for 2016-17
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce that Padmaja Sreeram and Malcolm Hartman have been selected as Forum Fellows for the 2016-17 academic year. The Forum Fellows program is part of o... Read more -
McMaster Health Forum Student Leadership Team (2016-17) - Call for Applications
The McMaster Health Forum Student Leadership Team is currently recruiting members for the 2016-17 academic year. This is an excellent opportunity for students to become a part of the Forum community a... Read more -
Webinar: a critical description of the Ugandan Health System
Join us on May 27th as Boniface Mutatina, a McMaster Health Forum Queen Elizabeth Scholar in Strengthening Health Systems, provides a critical overview of the Ugandan healthcare system. A critical de... Read more -
Mental Health Matters: Depression and Anxiety in Older Adults - public talk
Mental health issues impose an enormous disease burden on societies across the world with depression alone affecting 350 million people globally. It is estimated that one in ten Canadian ad... Read more -
The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal and the Retired Teachers of Ontario/les enseignantes et enseignants retraités de l'Ontario partner to promote informed healthy aging
The McMaster Optimal Aging Portal and the Retired Teachers of Ontario are pleased to announce a new partnership that will promote healthy aging and help inform seniors' health concerns across the... Read more -
One-day workshop: Finding and Using Research Evidence to Inform Decision-making in Health Systems and Organizations
Summer: June 13, 2016 Registration now closed - next offering will be September 15, 2016. Want to be at the leading edge of a fast moving field in terms of how to bring the best evidence to bear in su... Read more -
Workbook on contextualizing guidance supports localized, evidence-based policy development
Looking for a tool to apply recommendations from a guidance document to your context? A newly released workbook on "Contextualizing health-systems guidance" outlines how to adapt guidance recomme... Read more -
Forum welcomes Queen Elizabeth Scholar from Uganda, sends interns to the Caribbean Public Health Agency
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce its third group of recipients of Queen Elizabeth Scholarships in Strengthening Health Systems: Boniface Mutatina, Inna Berditchevskaia and Ad... Read more -
Cochrane Canada Centre returns to McMaster University
Cochrane Canada recently announced that the Centre has returned to McMaster University. The new Cochrane Canada Centre will be led by Director Holger Schünemann (Professor and Chair of the Depart... Read more
