Duncan Pedersen Award 2019

Congratulations, Maya Fennig!

Maya Fennig
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Maya Fennig, is an Israeli social worker and human rights activist, Maya Fennig is dedicated to researching and designing innovative, culturally responsive interventions that advance the well-being of refugees and marginalized people. Maya is currently pursuing a PhD at McGill University’s School of Social Work under the supervision of Dr. Myriam Denov. Maya’s doctoral research examines the effects of social and cultural factors on Eritrean refugees’ mental health with the goal of developing a novel, culturally sensitive adaptation framework for working with Eritrean refugees. This framework is effectively a set of guidelines which will assist researchers and practitioners in creating adapted mental health interventions that reflect Eritrean refugees’ unique needs and world-views.

GMH Travel Award 2019

Congratulations, Marie-Hélène Doucet!

Marie-Hélène Doucet
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Marie-Hélène Doucet is a year PhD student in the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry at McGill University. She holds a Master's in Public Health from Université de Montréal, and a Bachelor degree in Nursing Sciences from Université Laval. She has done an internship at the WHO Department of Reproductive Health and Research on the topic of her PhD thesis: female genital mutilation. Her research interests encompass the sociocultural determinants of health behaviors, breastfeeding, women’s and girls’ physical and mental health, gender and racial inequities, global public health, and qualitative research. Marie-Hélène has 10 years of experience working in public health, more precisely for the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Initiative program (WHO/UNICEF) in the Montreal health-care system. Her clinical practice also includes working in mother and child health with a multicultural clientele.

Funding & Awards 2017-2018

(1) Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council : Joseph-Armand Bombardier, (2) Fonds de recherche Québec – Santé : Doctoral Training for Applicants with a Professional Degree, (3) Travel awards: McGill Global Health Program: Norman Bethune Award for Global Health; McGill Graduate Mobility Award 2017-2018; SSHRC Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement, (4) McGill MedStar Award 2017 in recognition of the excellent research for “Understanding the motivations of healthcare providers in performing female genital mutilation: an integrative review of the literature” (published March 2017).