McGill University is renowned as a world-wide leader in health care research, and the Desautels Faculty recognizes the importance of better health care management by supporting several major global research initiatives in health care in the areas of information systems, strategy and organization, marketing, and operations management.
Funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Collaborative Research and Training Experience (NSERC-CREATE) Program on Healthcare Operations and Information Management consist of senior researchers from McGill, University of British Columbia, University of Ottawa, Queen’s University, University of Toronto, and Université de Montréal. This unique collaborative PhD Program trains selected students in healthcare operations and information management. Headquartered at McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management, the NSERC-CREATE Program brings together experts on healthcare processes, operations research, information systems and telecommunications engineering. It is supported by 40+ collaborators from across Canada, each representing one or more stakeholders in the health sector. The McGill World Platform for Health and Economic Convergence forms an enduring worldwide knowledge-to-action community devoted to addressing the social determinants of health, closing the health equity gap and harnessing the power of business to achieve health and wealth for all. Through conferences and think tanks, leading academics, professionals and policy makers from health, nutrition, finance, urban planning and social work unite to integrate health concerns into business and improve food and nutrition security, economic empowerment and access to health-promoting work environments.
