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Student opportunities - Forum now accepting applications for 2024 summer positions
As part of its commitment to prepare action-oriented leaders in addressing pressing health- and social-system challenges creatively, the Forum is offering exciting summer job opportunities for undergr… Read more -
Season’s greetings
We wish you a restful holiday season and a healthy 2024. We look forward to continuing our work to support health and social systems, and those supporting evidence-informed policymaking, in Ontario, a… Read more -
Partnership renewed with Monash Sustainable Development Institute
We’re excited to announce that our partnership with the Monash Sustainable Development Institute – particularly with BehaviourWorks Australia's Evidence Review Services – has been renewed for another … Read more -
Forum contributes to labour and childbirth toolkit released by the WHO
Ahmednur Ali, the Forum's scientific lead of Equity-Driven Evidence Support is among a group of international experts who contributed to a toolkit recently published by the World Health Organization. Read more -
Welcoming Meghan Lofft to the Forum team
We’re excited to welcome Meghan Lofft to the Forum team as Lead, Program and Project Management. Her role supports the Forum’s commitments to partners and funders and contributes to the execution of t… Read more -
New features launched in Health Systems Evidence and Social Systems Evidence
To support those who want to quickly find the best-available global evidence on pressing health- and social-system topics, we’ve recently introduced two new improvements to the search functionality in… Read more -
Forum’s latest awardees in developing skilled future leaders in strengthening health and social systems
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce the latest awardees of our Developing Skilled Future Leaders in Strengthening Health and Social Systems project: Natalene Sim, Tasnia Noshin, Shiqiang … Read more -
Celebrating the visionary leadership of Dr. Susan Denburg, Executive Vice-Dean and Associate Vice-President Academic
The Forum would like to thank Dr. Susan Denburg, Executive Vice-Dean and Associate Vice-President Academic, for her unwavering support over the past 14 years as she as she steps down from her position… Read more -
14 years of supporting evidence-informed policymaking
Over the past 14 years, the McMaster Health Forum has generated action on the pressing health and social issues of our time based on the best-available research evidence, as well as experiences and in… Read more -
Forum’s latest Queen Elizabeth Scholars in Strengthening Health and Social Systems
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce five new recipients of our Queen Elizabeth Scholarship in Strengthening Health and Social Systems: Adrienne Teske, Amy Ramzy, Ariana Jaspal, Erin Lin a… Read more -
Welcoming Ahmednur Ali to the Forum team
We’re excited to welcome Ahmednur Ali to the Forum team as the Scientific Lead, Equity-driven evidence support, and Editor of Health Systems Evidence. Read more -
McMaster Forum and WHO renew partnership to support evidence-informed policymaking
Recognizing the valuable contributions made by the McMaster Health Forum over the past twelve years, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its regional office for the Americas – the Pan-American Hea… Read more -
Student opportunities - Forum now accepting applications for 2023 summer positions
As part of its commitment to prepare action-oriented leaders in addressing pressing health- and social-system challenges creatively, the Forum is offering exciting summer job opportunities for undergr… Read more -
Register your team to learn about new approaches to support rapid learning and improvement
The application window for teams interested in the next offering of our virtual training series on Evidence Products and Processes that Support Rapid Learning and Improvement is now open! Read more -
Impact of the Forum’s rapid response program
While our evidence-synthesis work has always been viewed by our requestors as high quality, the COVID-19 pandemic elevated both the salience of our work and its visibility. Read more -
Forum Director John Lavis renewed as Tier 1 CRC in Evidence-Support Systems
John Lavis has recently been renewed as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC). Read more -
Masterclass to highlight new approaches to support rapid learning and improvement
The application window for the next offering of the Masterclass on Evidence Products and Processes (EP2) that Support Rapid Learning and Improvement is now open! Read more -
Developing skilled future leaders in strengthening health and social systems
The McMaster Health Forum is pleased to announce the first three awardees of our Developing Skilled Future Leaders in Strengthening Health and Social Systems project: Mahnoor Malik, Jaclyn Holdsworth … Read more -
COVID-END inventory of evidence syntheses
COVID-END has recently launched the beta version of the fully searchable COVID-END inventory of evidence syntheses. Read more