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Dr. Anita Acai is an assistant professor and education scientist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University. She is an interdisciplinary researcher whose work combines qualitative and quantitative methods to understand and address issues related to physician equity and wellbeing. Dr. Acai conducts research in the areas of assessment, learner engagement in classroom-based teaching sessions, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. She is currently the Interim Coordinator of RISE (Researching the Impact of Service Provider Education) Project (https://riseproject.mcmaster.ca) within the Offord Centre for Child Studies.

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Dr. Anita Acai is an assistant professor and education scientist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University. She is an interdisciplinary researcher whose work combines qualitative and quantitative methods to understand and address issues related to physician equity and wellbeing. Dr. Acai conducts research in the areas of assessment, learner engagement in classroom-based teaching sessions, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. She is currently the Interim Coordinator of RISE (Researching the Impact of Service Provider Education) Project (https://riseproject.mcmaster.ca) within the Offord Centre for Child Studies.

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Ellen Amster is the Jason A. Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine at McMaster University and an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of History, specializing in global health and women’s health. She is also a member of CHEPA. A Fulbright scholar and a Chateaubriand scholar of the government of France, she holds a PhD and a Masters’ degree in history from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in political science from the University of Chicago. Before coming to McMaster she was an Associate Professor in history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has research and field expertise as an Islamicist and an Arabist, and has served as an Arabic-English-French translator for ORBIS, an international ocular surgery non-governmental organization (NGO) during its mission in Morocco.  She uses qualitative and mixed-methods to study the social aspects of health policy; barriers to care; the cultural experience of illness; and social attitudes to birth, midwifery, sexuality, violence against women and infant health in Morocco.

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Ellen Amster is the Jason A. Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine at McMaster University and an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of History, specializing in global health and women’s health. She is also a member of CHEPA. A Fulbright scholar and a Chateaubriand scholar of the government of France, she holds a PhD and a Masters’ degree in history from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in political science from the University of Chicago. Before coming to McMaster she was an Associate Professor in history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has research and field expertise as an Islamicist and an Arabist, and has served as an Arabic-English-French translator for ORBIS, an international ocular surgery non-governmental organization (NGO) during its mission in Morocco.  She uses qualitative and mixed-methods to study the social aspects of health policy; barriers to care; the cultural experience of illness; and social attitudes to birth, midwifery, sexuality, violence against women and infant health in Morocco.

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Dr. Andrea Hunter is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at McMaster University and a Consultant Pediatrician at McMaster Children’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton. She completed both medical school and pediatric residency at McMaster University, followed by a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in London, UK and joined the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster in 2008. Dr. Hunter maintains a consulting pediatric practice at Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre, in addition to outreach clinics with newcomer children/youth and Hamilton Shelter Health network.

Dr. Hunter is a recognized educator, and transitioned in June 2016 to the role of Program Director of the pediatric residency program after co-chairing the curriculum subcommittee and initiating a social pediatrics rotation within the program in 2013.

Her clinical and research interests include pediatric refugee & immigrant health, social determinants of health and global child health. She has coordinated community-based pediatric refugee/immigrant health clinics in Hamilton since 2004, and is an editor and task force member for Caring for Kids New to Canada, a Canadian Pediatric Society peer-reviewed guide to health professionals working with immigrant and refugee children and youth.

Internationally, she has been involved in ongoing global child health education programs in Uganda and is co-program director of a pediatric residency program in Guyana.

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Dr. Andrea Hunter is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at McMaster University and a Consultant Pediatrician at McMaster Children’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton. She completed both medical school and pediatric residency at McMaster University, followed by a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in London, UK and joined the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster in 2008. Dr. Hunter maintains a consulting pediatric practice at Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre, in addition to outreach clinics with newcomer children/youth and Hamilton Shelter Health network.

Dr. Hunter is a recognized educator, and transitioned in June 2016 to the role of Program Director of the pediatric residency program after co-chairing the curriculum subcommittee and initiating a social pediatrics rotation within the program in 2013.

Her clinical and research interests include pediatric refugee & immigrant health, social determinants of health and global child health. She has coordinated community-based pediatric refugee/immigrant health clinics in Hamilton since 2004, and is an editor and task force member for Caring for Kids New to Canada, a Canadian Pediatric Society peer-reviewed guide to health professionals working with immigrant and refugee children and youth.

Internationally, she has been involved in ongoing global child health education programs in Uganda and is co-program director of a pediatric residency program in Guyana.

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Dr Marshall has been affiliated with the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster  University  as a professor of Palliative Care since 1989. She has held several positions at McMaster including inaugural Director of the Division of Palliative Care, and Assistant Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences.  She is founder of both the Niagara West Palliative Care Team and McNally House Hospice, Grimsby, where much of her clinical work has been located for the past 17 years. She explored Palliative Care as Public Health during her sabbatical in 2013 and since then,  has assumed new provincial and national leadership roles in Palliative Care.

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Dr Marshall has been affiliated with the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster  University  as a professor of Palliative Care since 1989. She has held several positions at McMaster including inaugural Director of the Division of Palliative Care, and Assistant Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences.  She is founder of both the Niagara West Palliative Care Team and McNally House Hospice, Grimsby, where much of her clinical work has been located for the past 17 years. She explored Palliative Care as Public Health during her sabbatical in 2013 and since then,  has assumed new provincial and national leadership roles in Palliative Care.

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Dr. Beth Murray-Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Midwifery Education Program and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her qualifications include a BA in Sociology (Guelph), a BHSc in Midwifery (McMaster), a MA in Health Profession Education (University of Toronto), and a PhD in Primary Health Care (University of Sheffield).

She holds a Hamilton Health Sciences Early Career Award, and is a co-PI for a CIHR Clinician Investigator Team Grant examining Non Communicable Diseases in Obstetrics. Her current research interests include pregnant peoples experiences of healthy nutrition and exercise during pregnancy and postpartum, fetal movement awareness, midwifery experiences of caring for complicated pregnancies, client and health care provider experiences of alternative models of practice for midwives, and client decision making about place of birth.

Dr. Murray-Davis has worked as a midwife with the Community Midwives of Hamilton since 2003. She is a recognized leader in research, education, and practice within the midwifery profession. She has contributed to the growth of the profession of midwifery through research capacity building, mentoring midwives, conducting and disseminating research, and she has led interprofessional teams of health care providers in various research and educational innovations such as the writing of the first Canadian midwifery textbook.

She has received academic awards including: the Hamilton Health Sciences New Investigator Fund (2012); the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Alan Blizzard Award (2012); a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Training Fellowship (2010); and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Award (2008).

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Dr. Beth Murray-Davis is an Assistant Professor in the Midwifery Education Program and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her qualifications include a BA in Sociology (Guelph), a BHSc in Midwifery (McMaster), a MA in Health Profession Education (University of Toronto), and a PhD in Primary Health Care (University of Sheffield).

She holds a Hamilton Health Sciences Early Career Award, and is a co-PI for a CIHR Clinician Investigator Team Grant examining Non Communicable Diseases in Obstetrics. Her current research interests include pregnant peoples experiences of healthy nutrition and exercise during pregnancy and postpartum, fetal movement awareness, midwifery experiences of caring for complicated pregnancies, client and health care provider experiences of alternative models of practice for midwives, and client decision making about place of birth.

Dr. Murray-Davis has worked as a midwife with the Community Midwives of Hamilton since 2003. She is a recognized leader in research, education, and practice within the midwifery profession. She has contributed to the growth of the profession of midwifery through research capacity building, mentoring midwives, conducting and disseminating research, and she has led interprofessional teams of health care providers in various research and educational innovations such as the writing of the first Canadian midwifery textbook.

She has received academic awards including: the Hamilton Health Sciences New Investigator Fund (2012); the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Alan Blizzard Award (2012); a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Training Fellowship (2010); and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Award (2008).

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Meredith Vanstone is an associate professor in McMaster’s Department of Family Medicine; an adjunct scientist with McMaster’s program for Education Research, Innovation & Theory (MERIT) and a member of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA). She holds a PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (health professional education) from Western University. Vanstone uses a variety of qualitative research methods to investigate the ethical implications of health professional education and practice. She examines how health professionals respond to explicit, implicit and structural policies that shape their professional lives. By focusing on policy and practice areas with an ethical or moral valence, her research aims to support ethical health professional practice through education and policy initiatives. Vanstone’s work is supported by funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the Greenwall Foundation. Vanstone supervises in the following graduate programs: Health Sciences Education (MSc), Health Research Methodology (Msc and PhD) and Health Policy (PhD).  

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Meredith Vanstone is an associate professor in McMaster’s Department of Family Medicine; an adjunct scientist with McMaster’s program for Education Research, Innovation & Theory (MERIT) and a member of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA). She holds a PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (health professional education) from Western University. Vanstone uses a variety of qualitative research methods to investigate the ethical implications of health professional education and practice. She examines how health professionals respond to explicit, implicit and structural policies that shape their professional lives. By focusing on policy and practice areas with an ethical or moral valence, her research aims to support ethical health professional practice through education and policy initiatives. Vanstone’s work is supported by funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the Greenwall Foundation. Vanstone supervises in the following graduate programs: Health Sciences Education (MSc), Health Research Methodology (Msc and PhD) and Health Policy (PhD).  

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Dr. Anne Wong is Assistant Dean in the Program for Faculty Development in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor in the Department of Anesthesia at McMaster University. Anne completed medical school at the University of Toronto followed by her anesthesia residency at McMaster University. Anne completed a Masters of Education in 2003, followed by a PhD at the Ontario Institute for Studies and Education, University of Toronto, specializing in comparative and international education in 2009. In 2012, Anne was appointed as Assistant Dean for the Program for Faculty Development in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Anne has taught in the Masters of Science in Global Health program and sits on its admissions committee. This program is run through the Global Health Office at McMaster University.

Anne has worked in Guyana with fellow faculty, Drs. Alex Dauphin and Joel Hamstra, helping to transform their 2-year Anesthesia diploma program in a 4-year residency program in collaboration with the Canadian Anesthesia Society International Education Foundation (CASIEF). More recently, Anne, Joel  and other CASIEF members taught the “Inspire Through Clinical Teaching” faculty development course to build Guyana’s faculty’s skills in teaching and mentorship.

Her background, interests and previous work with Dr. Brian Cameron (McMaster Department of Surgery) have led her to join in the conceptualization of a collaborative between the three departments and the formation of MacGLOBAS.

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Dr. Anne Wong is Assistant Dean in the Program for Faculty Development in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor in the Department of Anesthesia at McMaster University. Anne completed medical school at the University of Toronto followed by her anesthesia residency at McMaster University. Anne completed a Masters of Education in 2003, followed by a PhD at the Ontario Institute for Studies and Education, University of Toronto, specializing in comparative and international education in 2009. In 2012, Anne was appointed as Assistant Dean for the Program for Faculty Development in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Anne has taught in the Masters of Science in Global Health program and sits on its admissions committee. This program is run through the Global Health Office at McMaster University.

Anne has worked in Guyana with fellow faculty, Drs. Alex Dauphin and Joel Hamstra, helping to transform their 2-year Anesthesia diploma program in a 4-year residency program in collaboration with the Canadian Anesthesia Society International Education Foundation (CASIEF). More recently, Anne, Joel  and other CASIEF members taught the “Inspire Through Clinical Teaching” faculty development course to build Guyana’s faculty’s skills in teaching and mentorship.

Her background, interests and previous work with Dr. Brian Cameron (McMaster Department of Surgery) have led her to join in the conceptualization of a collaborative between the three departments and the formation of MacGLOBAS.