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Health Sciences Graduate Programs and Postdoctoral StudiesHealth Sciences Graduate StudiesMcMaster University has an outstanding national and international reputation as one of themost successful research-intensive universities. Our Graduate Programs in Health Sciencesform a key component of this strength, offering excellent training and experiences in healthrelated research fields. Health Sciences graduate students are immersed in a culture ofcollaboration and inter-professional learning, and provide opportunities for students topursue either course-based or research-intensive graduate programs that include healthprofessional training programs. The diverse opportunities in our Master’s and Doctoralprograms allow students to develop the important professional skills that become thefoundation for future career successes and life-long learning. Our highly-talented faculty andpostdoctoral fellows are from many different departments and disciplines in the University,including the teaching hospitals in Hamilton, associated research institutes and centers,and multidisciplinary training programs, offered in collaboration with other Faculties. Ourprograms embrace a culture of innovation, collaboration, excellence in mentorship, educationand research that enables graduate students to reach their maximum potential. We inviteyou to explore the many opportunities available within our graduate programs.BiochemistryBiochemistry & Biomedical Sciences offers leading-edge training at the MSc, PhD and MD/PhD levels. We are an internationally-competitive and research-intensive program operatingin various scientific disciplines. The graduate experience in our Department is defined bya world-class experience in a research laboratory, the synthesis of skills in experimentaldesign, interpretation, and scientific communication, and strong mentorship from leadingresearchers in the biomedical sciences. At the heart of our program are 125 graduatestudents working in research labs on the McMaster campus and affiliated hospitals andresearch institutes across the city. Our program is heavily invested in world-class researchinfrastructure supporting all areas of biomedical research, allowing students to conductresearch that is creative and original with unparalleled depth of discovery.Medical SciencesWith more than eighty faculty and one hundred and seventy five students, MedicalSciences is the largest graduate program in biomedical and health-related research inthe Faculty of Health Sciences. Our programs are interdepartmental and interdisciplinary,ideally preparing students for future careers in biomedical and translational research.We offer MSc, PhD, and MD/PhD graduate education and training in five areas relevantto human health: Blood and Vasculature; Cancer and Genetics; Infection and Immunity;Metabolism and Nutrition; and Physiology and Pharmacology. Ongoing interactionsbetween our basic scientists and our clinical faculty foster unique innovations providingopportunities for translational research spanning several disciplines.15

FHS Research PlenaryHealth Research MethodologyThe Health Research Methodology Program (HRM) offers training at the MSc and PhDlevel within five fields of specialization (Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics, HealthServices Research, Population and Public Health, and Health Technology Assessment).The goal is to produce graduates with research methods skills that enable them to “pushthe boundaries of knowledge” relevant to improving clinical practice (including medicaleducation research), strengthening health systems and enhancing population health.The HRM Program offers an interdisciplinary educational model that draws on facultymembers from numerous departments and disciplines, allowing students the uniqueopportunity to train with world-renowned health researchers who lead major studiesbased in numerous sites in Canada, North America and beyond.NursingThe Nursing graduate program provides students with the opportunity to become clinicalhealth science investigators in Nursing, contributing to the development of the theoreticalbasis of practice and to the development and evaluation of health care interventions andprograms. The program offers studies leading to the MSc and PhD, as well as GraduateDiplomas in Advanced Neonatal Nursing and Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner.Students in the graduate program have access to the educational, research and clinicalresources of the Faculty of Health Sciences and the services of the Hamilton-Wentworthhealth care community.Rehabilitation ScienceThe Rehabilitation Science Graduate Program offers two post-professional programs:a PhD and a Master’s degree. PhD graduates will be experts in rehabilitation science,advance rehabilitation research and transfer new knowledge into practice and policy.Within the Master’s degree there is a thesis option and a course based option. The thesisoption offers an opportunity to assume leadership positions in the rehabilitation communityand contribute to rehabilitation science research. The course based option is designedfor practicing health professionals who want advanced knowledge and opportunity toupgrade their qualifications to take on advanced practice and management roles.MD/PhD16The Faculty of Health Sciences introduced an MD/PhD Program in September 2007, whichis designed to increase communication between basic scientists and healthcare providers/clinicians. The Program will seek to train individuals as clinician scientists who will pursueresearch as a major priority. The integrated format of the Program will require studentsto complete both the MD curriculum (to be eligible for MD residency programs), and thePhD requirements in order to be eligible for academic placements across institutions. Up

Health Sciences Graduate Programs and Postdoctoral Studiesto 3 applicants of high academic excellence will be admitted on a yearly basis into theFaculty of Health Sciences MD/PhD program. PhD studies in this Program are available inMedical Sciences or Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences and, as of September 2011, HealthResearch Methodology, Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering.Clinician Investigator Program (CIP)The Clinician Investigator Program is a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeonsof Canada Program with the goal of training clinician investigators. Trainees arephysicians who are in, or have recently completed, a Royal College of Physicians andSurgeons accredited Clinical Residency Program and are also enrolled in a Faculty ofHealth Sciences Graduate Program. The Clinician Investigator Program supplementsthe research training provided by the Graduate Programs through monthly academicsessions, presented by established Clinician Investigators, that focus on topics ofparticular relevance to clinicians who plan to spend a large proportion of their time (e.g.50 -75%) doing research. McMaster’s Clinician Investigator Program, which is one ofthe largest in Canada, currently has twelve trainees. The trainees have a broad range ofclinical training (e.g. Surgery, Psychiatry; Internal Medicine; Oncology; Pediatrics) and areenrolled in a number of Graduate Programs (e.g. Health Research Methodology; MedicalSciences; Biomedical Engineering).Occupational TherapyThe Master of Science program in Occupational Therapy is a two year course-basedMaster’s degree. Our goal is to prepare occupational therapists that possess the requisiteknowledge, skills, and professional behaviours to practice as entry-level practitionersin a complete range of institutional and community settings in either urban or rurallocations throughout Canada or the international community. Graduates will be preparedto function as independent practitioners, as members of interdisciplinary teams, ascritical consumers of research, as agents of change, as leaders in their profession, andas lifelong self-directed learners.PhysiotherapyThe Masters in Physiotherapy Program is a full time two-year program in which problembased, small group, self-directed learning is integrated with academic and clinicaleducation. Students are prepared to practice in a variety of roles and diverse practiceenvironments by drawing on the basic sciences as well as the social and behaviouralsciences in order to understand the underlying principles of physiotherapy. On completionof the program, students will have developed knowledge, skills, and professionalbehaviours that prepare them for mindful, ethical practice and apply their knowledge andskills in an evidence-based way to clients, patients, systems and organizations.17

FHS Research PlenaryBiomedical EngineeringMcMaster University’s Faculties of Engineering and Health Sciences have been broughttogether to create a unique research and training program under the umbrella of theSchool of Biomedical Engineering (SMBE). Improved healthcare and outcomes groundedin bioengineering require new approaches emphasizing integration and collaborationamong traditional research areas. The School provides a unique collaborativeenvironment that leverages our existing expertise in medical sciences and engineering,and that links current and emerging areas of molecular, medical and bioengineeringresearch.eHealthThe MSc eHealth degree is truly interdisciplinary and based on a partnership amongthe Faculties of Health Sciences (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department),Engineering (Computing and Software Department) and Business (InformationSystems area in the DeGroote School of Business). The objective of the program isto produce Masters level graduates with high quality training and experience in thebroad interdisciplinary area that spans eHealth. The program of study emphasizesindustry relevant academic research and development. Students are on campus forthree semesters taking courses and being involved in a research project and then theymove to a paid, 8-month internship experience. Both sets of training provide them withunique expertise in enabling technologies that will contribute to advances in healthcare,especially at the system level. The need for eHealth graduates is strong, estimated atbetween 6000 and 12,000 new graduates in the next five years.Global HealthThis new and innovative Graduate Program in Global Health is an interdisciplinary,cross-cultural and interprofessional MSc degree program. The program strives forsynergy in global health, integrating education and research from the Faculty of HealthSciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and DeGroote School of Business. It is designedto prepare students for the global workforce providing a solid foundation in globalhealth issues, web-based learning and experience in low-and middle-income countries(LMIC). The goal of this program is to ensure students will be well equipped for potentialadvanced academic study or for careers with high level positions in international healthand development agencies (e.g. WHO, IMF, UN), with private sector firms such aspharmaceutical companies, with government agencies (e.g. Ministry of Health), nongovernment agencies (e.g. Oxfam) and other potential employers.18

Health Sciences Graduate Programs and Postdoctoral StudiesHealth ManagementThe Master of Health Management (MHM) is intended to provide regulated healthprofessionals with a combination of core management skills (accounting, finance, marketing,human resource management etc.) and a broad understanding of the Canadian healthcare policy development and service delivery environments (health system design, healthpolicy analysis, and evidence based decision-making). This interdisciplinary program isdesigned specifically for health professionals who are currently employed in a clinical and/or management capacity in any health care sector in Canada or internationally. Students willgain the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to excel as a middle or senior managerwithin both the public and private spheres of Canada’s health care sector.Health PolicyMcMaster University’s Ph.D. in Health Policy prepares intellectual leaders in the field ofhealth policy. Our interdisciplinary program is unique in Canada and draws outstandingand committed students from diverse graduate training backgrounds, includinginterdisciplinary health fields, social sciences disciplines, and professional programs.The curriculum provides theory and empirical methods for framing, investigating, andanswering crucial questions about health policy. Students receive general trainingacross three field areas, and specialize in one of: Health Economics; Political Studies;Social Organization. Over 20 faculty supervisors in the Health Policy PhD Program holdappointments in departments across the University, including Clinical Epidemiology &Biostatistics, Health Aging & Society, Economics, Political Science and others. Graduatesare equally well prepared for leadership positions in government, consulting, nongovernmental organizations, or private industry.NeuroscienceThere are more than 70 faculty members from across the campus who have collaboratedon the development of McMaster’s Neuroscience Graduate Program - a program designedto breakthrough those conventional boundaries that inhibit leading-edge, interdisciplinaryresearch and study. The Neuroscience program covers the broadest spectrum ofneuroscience: cellular and molecular; clinical and health; cognitive; computational; andsystems and behavioural. MINDS (McMaster Integrative Neuroscience Discovery and Study)connects students with an internationally recognized faculty of researchers and scholars,working within a closely knit, resource-rich research environment. Current research projectswithin the faculty are aimed at improving human health and discovery in areas such as neuraldevelopment, behavioural genetics, perception, pain, motor learning, vision, hearing, cancer,Alzheimer’s, autism, Parkinson’s, depression, dementia, anxiety, and addiction19

FHS Research PlenaryA Special Thank You to our Judges, SelectionCommittee Members, and VolunteersFazila AloweniKjetil AskAfia AzizurrehmanKaren BeattieKathy BennettDan BeriaultAakash BhargavaRussell BishopLouise BordeleauTracy ChewBrian CoombesAlan CooperKelly DoreNaomi FinkJane FosterVickie GaleaDeda GillespieAlba GuarnéBrian HaynesAlison HollowayMark InmanBonny JungPete KavsakJanice KimDanielle LevacVanessa LoboNathan MagarveyJim MahonyBranavan ManoranjanPeter MargettsCameron McAlpine20Margaret McKinnonDavid MeyreRam MishraSohail MullaFred OfosuD’Andra ParkerRandy PetersonVivek PhilipJenny PloegPatricia PowerJanet PritchardHafsa QureshiPatangi RangachariPia ReeceMaria RestivoCarl RichardsLisa SaldanhaJon SchertzerHolger SchünemannBill SheffieldJennifer SkellyDeborah SlobodaDenis SniderMary SourialMaulik ThakerNancy Wilczynskiand to the HSGSFand FHSPDAand HS Library

Health Sciences Graduate Programs and Postdoctoral StudiesFACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES2012 Research PlenaryAwards ReceptionJan and Mien Heersink Reading Pavilion (Health Sciences Library)Wednesday, May 16th, 20124:00pmWelcomeDr. Catherine Hayward,Associate Dean of Graduate Studies (Health Sciences)Dr. Susan Denburg,Associate Vice-President, Academic,Faculty of Health Sciences4:15pmAnnouncement and Awarding of 2012 FHS Research Plenary Awards21

2012 FHS Research Plenary 2012 fhs.mcmaster.ca/grad Tuesday, May 8 - Thursday, May 10, 2012 Awards Reception: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Celebrating Excellence