On September 20th, 2023, the Department of Global and Public Health held its inaugural seminar. We welcomed Dr. Louise Pilote for a talk titled Sex and Gender Determinants of Vascular Disease in the Global Context. The event was held both on Zoom and in-person in the School of Population and Global Health. For those who missed the event, you can review her slides at this link

Classified as: global public health, Louise Pilote, gender, vascular disease
Published on: 3 Oct 2023

What is distinctive about ethics in rehabilitation? Read the special issue of Canadian Journal of Bioethics on Rehab Ethics, covering private practice, waiting list management, conceptualizations of ethics, ethics education, sexuality, autonomy. Guest editors of Vol.1; No 3, Limits and Challenges of Ethics in Rehabilitation included Dr. Matthew Hunt.

Published on: 21 Jan 2019

 

Congratulations to Dr. Raphael Lencucha who has been awarded the Dr. Donald A. Henderson Prize for Outstanding Global Health Research for his publication entitled “Global tobacco control and economic norms: an analysis of normative commitments in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia.”

Published on: 23 Nov 2018

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the University of California, Berkeley’s (UCB) School of Public Health (SPH), the School compiled a list of their 75 most influential alumni. Included among the impressive list of luminaries was Dr. Madhukar Pai, Director of McGill Global Health Programs. On April 21, Dr. Pai traveled to Berkeley to formally accept this honour as part of the official celebrations.

Classified as: Awards, EBOH
Published on: 25 Apr 2018

$35.5 million in development assistance announced recently by Government of Canada

 

Published on: 5 Apr 2018

This article points to the importance of not only structural features of whole-of-government approaches for NCD control but also the institutional culture and entrenched political and economic interests.

For more information and the article, see here.

Classified as: Global Health, Global Health Politics and Governance, GHRI
Published on: 4 Feb 2017

McGill Global Health Programs Director Madhu Pai is editor of a unique collection of papers printed as a supplement to GP Clinics. This supplement is an effort to engage and educate GPs and private practitioners and to share with them the current best practices on TB diagnosis and treatment. The book is accompanied by an interactive web platform where practioners can test their TB knowledge and find additional resources to update their practice.

Classified as: news, TB, Book, Madhu Pai
Published on: 7 Jan 2016

The McGill Global Health Programs latest newsletter is out! Inside, read about global health-related courses you can take this semester and what we are planning for 2016 and more!

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Classified as: news, Newsletter, Global Health
Published on: 7 Jan 2016

The McGill Global Health Programs latest newsletter is out! Inside, read about Arnold Steinberg, what we are planning for 2016 and more upcoming opportunities and events!

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Classified as: news, Newsletter, Global Health, Steinberg
Published on: 17 Dec 2015

Stephanie Nixon and Matthew Hunt editorial; Global Health: Where do physiotherapy and rehabilitation research fit? " Physiotherapy Canada, 67(3), pp. 217–218

For more information about the Article, click here.

Classified as: Global Health, Global Health Education, globalrehab
Published on: 14 Dec 2015

Matthew Hunt & colleagues' new study on perceptions of disability in the 2010 Haiti earthquake response.

Hunt, M. R., Chung, R., Durocher, E., & Henrys, J. H. (2015). Haitian and international responders' and decision-makers' perspectives regarding disability and the response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Global health action, 8.

Classified as: Global Health, Global Health Education, Global Health Politics and Governance
Published on: 11 Dec 2015

The McGill Global Health Programs latest newsletter is out! Inside, read about World AIDS Day, the 2016 Summer Institute and more upcoming opportunities and events!

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Classified as: news, AIDS, Newsletter, Global Health, Summer Institute
Published on: 10 Dec 2015

The McGill Global Health Programs latest newsletter has just been released! Inside, find a preview of our upcoming funding opportunities, events and more!

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Classified as: Global Health, news, Newsletter
Published on: 4 Sep 2015

In the past few weeks, McGill researchers have published several papers on a variety of global health topics.

Here are a few of them:

The Development of a Humanitarian Health Ethics Analysis Tool. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, June 11 2015: School of Physical and Occupational Therapy,and Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation Professor Matthew Hunt has collaborated in the development and validation of an ethical analysis tool for humanitarian health workers.

Classified as: news, TB, Global Health
Published on: 11 Jun 2015

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