Paul Contoyannis

PhD

Faculty

Economics

Associate Professor

RESEARCH INTERESTS: health dynamics; determinants of health and health inequalities; simulation based inference in microeconometric models; economic determinants of body weight; economic effects in adulthood of childhood abuse; intergenerational transmission of income and health inequality

905-525-9140 ext. 26582
contoyp@mcmaster.ca

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Katherine Cuff

PhD

Faculty

Economics

Professor

McMaster University Scholar

Managing Editor, Canadian Journal of Economics

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Economic aspects of taxation and redistributive policies; health care financing; issues of federalism

905-525-9140 ext. 23827
cuffk@mcmaster.ca

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Michel Grignon

PhD

Faculty

Health, Aging & Society and Economics

Professor

Graduate Chair of the Department of Health, Aging & Society

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Equity in health care utilization & financing; population aging; affordability & access to health and long-term care insurance and health care

905-525-9140 ext. 23493
grignon@mcmaster.ca

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Emmanuel Guindon

PhD

Faculty

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

Associate Professor

Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis/Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Chair in Health Equity

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health equity; economics of health behaviours; health services research; empirical health economics and policy.

905-525-9140 ext. 24658
emmanuel.guindon@mcmaster.ca

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Jeremiah Hurley

PhD

Faculty

Economics

Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences

Professor

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health care financing, particularly public and private roles in health care financing; equity in health care; resource allocation and funding in the health sector; normative economic analysis in the health sector; experimental methods in health economics

905-525-9140 ext. 26156
hurley@mcmaster.ca

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Christopher Longo

PhD

Faculty

DeGroote School of Business, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis

Professor

Co-Lead, Health Technology Assessment, Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control ; Executive Member, Master Health Management

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Costs, economic evaluation of cancer interventions/programs; Healthcare Management

905-525-9140 ext. 23896
clongo@mcmaster.ca

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Arthur Sweetman

PhD

Faculty

Economics

Professor

Acting Director, Health Policy PhD Program; Ontario Research Chair in Health Human Resources

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Economic & empirical aspects of health human resources & industrial relations; quantitative program evaluation

905-525-9140 ext. 23218
arthur.sweetman@mcmaster.ca

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Jean-Éric Tarride

PhD

Faculty

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

Professor

Director, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis; McMaster Chair in Health Technology Management; Director, Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH)

RESEARCH INTERESTS: health technology assessment and management; methods for the economic evaluation of health technologies and programs

905-525-9140 ext. 37024
tarride@mcmaster.ca

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Julia Abelson

PhD

Faculty

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

Professor

RESEARCH INTERESTS: public engagement methods and evaluation; values in health policy analysis; politics of health policy

905-525-9140 ext. 22879
abelsonj@mcmaster.ca

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Katherine Boothe

PhD

Faculty

Political Science

Associate Professor

Member, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Canadian and comparative politics; public policy in advanced industrial democracies; health and social policy; federalism

905-525-9140 ext. 21846
boothek@mcmaster.ca

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Andrew Costa

PhD

Faculty

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

Associate Professor

Schlegel Research Chair in Clinical Epidemiology & Aging

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Big Data & geriatric models of care; avoidable emergency department and acute care use among frail older adults

905-525-9140 ext. 22067
acosta@mcmaster.ca

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Mita Giacomini

PhD

Professor Emeritus

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

Professor Emerita

giacomin@mcmaster.ca

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John Lavis

MD, PhD

Faculty

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

Professor

Director, McMaster Health Forum

RESEARCH INTERESTS: use of research evidence, citizen values and stakeholder insights in policy making; politics of health and social systems

905-525-9140 ext. 22121
lavisj@mcmaster.ca

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Gillian Mulvale

PhD

Faculty

DeGroote School of Business

Associate Professor, Health Policy and Management, DeGroote School of Business

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health policy, mental health, co-design and co-production of services for structurally vulnerable populations

905-525-9140 ext. 28190
mulvale@mcmaster.ca

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Glen Randall

PhD

Faculty

DeGroote School of Business

Co-Director, Masters in Health Management

Associate Professor

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Health care system; not-for-profit governance & strategic management

905-525-9140 ext. 26191
randalg@mcmaster.ca

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Lisa Schwartz

PhD

Faculty

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

Professor

Arnold L. Johnson Chair in Health Care Ethics

RESEARCH INTERESTS: humanitarian health care ethics; global health ethics; the teaching of ethics in health care education; patient advocacy; research ethics; bioethics; privacy and confidentiality

905-525-9140 ext. 22987
schwar@mcmaster.ca

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Michael Wilson

PhD

Faculty

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

Associate Professor

Assistant Director, McMaster Health Forum

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Knowledge translation; citizen engagement methods & evaluation; politics of health systems

905-525-9140 ext. 22121
wilsom2@mcmaster.ca

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Ellen Amster

PhD

Faculty

Department of Family Medicine and History

Associate Professor

Jason A. Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine; Scholar, McMaster Education Research, Innovation & Theory (MERIT) Program

Area of Expertise: Middle East Studies & Islam; Global History of Biomedicine; Maternal & Infant Health in Morocco; Gender Violence

905-525-9140 ext. 20006
amstere@mcmaster.ca

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Nancy Doubleday

PhD, LLB

Philosophy

Hope Chair in Peace and Health

Professor

RESEARCH INTERESTS: peace and health in complex ecological-social-cultural systems; international law and policy; the Artic Region and globalization; adaptive co-management

905-525-9140 ext. 23087
doublen@mcmaster.ca

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Jim Dunn

PhD

Health, Aging & Society

Department Chair, Department of Health, Aging & Society

Professor

RESEARCH INTERESTS: socio-economic inequalities in health in urban areas; population health equity

905-525-9140 ext. 23832
jim.dunn@mcmaster.ca

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Jenna Evans

PhD

Faculty

DeGroote School of Business

Assistant Professor

Health Policy & Management, DeGroote School of Business

Area of Expertise: Organizational behaviour; integrated care; performance management; quality improvement

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Policy implementation in organizations and in practice, particularly regarding integrated care delivery and quality improvement; qualitative methods; organizational behaviour

905-525-9140 ext. 27081
jenna.evans@mcmaster.ca

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Chelsea Gabel

PhD

Health, Aging & Society and Indigenous Studies Program

Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Well-Being, Community Engagement, and Innovation

Assistant Professor

RESEARCH INTERESTS: partnering with Indigenous communities to explore and address health and well-being issues; examining the impact of digital technology in these communities

905-525-9140 ext. 23316
gabelc@mcmaster.ca

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Lawrence Grierson

PhD

Faculty

Department of Family Medicine

Associate Professor

Assistant Dean, Health Sciences Education MSc Program; Scientist, McMaster Education Research, Innovation & Theory (MERIT) Program

Area of Expertise: Health Research Methods; Simulation-Based Education

905-525-9140 ext. 22738
griersle@mcmaster.ca

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Magdalena Janus

PhD

Faculty

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neuroscience

Professor

RESEARCH INTERESTS: population-level measurement of children’s developmental health at school entry: methodology, outcomes and correlates; individual, community and policy impact on children’s development; transition to school for children with special needs

905-525-9140 ext. 21418
janusm@mcmaster.ca

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Lydia Kapiriri

PhD

Faculty

Health, Aging & Society

Associate Professor

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Global health; HIV preventative behaviour; priority setting in health care

905-525-9140 ext. 27203
kapirir@mcmaster.ca

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Stacey Ritz

PhD

Pathology and Molecular Medicine

Assistant Dean, BHSc (Honours) Program

Associate Professor

Area of Expertise: Lab-based Biomedical Research; Health Professional Education

RESEARCH INTERESTS: complexities of addressing sex/gender in biomedical research; critical literacy and reflexibity in medical and health education

905-525-9140 ext. 22815
ritzsa@mcmaster.ca

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Hsien Seow

PhD

Faculty

Oncology, Faculty of Health Sciences

Associate Professor

Site Director, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) Associate Member

Canada Research Chair in Palliative Care and Health System Innovation

905-307-9711 ext. 67175
seowh@mcmaster.ca

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Meredith Vanstone

PhD

Faculty

Department of Family Medicine

Associate Professor

Area of Expertise: Qualitative Methods; Education Policy; Health Policy; Health Professions Education

905-525-9140 ext. 22113
meredith.vanstone@mcmaster.ca

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Jennifer Walker

PhD

Faculty

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

Associate Professor

Dr. Walker’s research focuses on Indigenous health services and aging research.

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Indigenous health services; aging; health services research; knowledge translation; population and public health

jennifer.walker@mcmaster.ca

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Marisa Young

PhD

Sociology

Assistant Professor

RESEARCH INTERESTS: sociology of mental health; work-family interface; quantitative methods; sociology of work and occupations; social psychology; sociology of family; sociology of urban health

905-525-9140 ext. 23621
myoung@mcmaster.ca

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