McGill's Public Health Day showcases practicum projects by students in the Master of Science in Public Health, along with a stimulating keynote talk.
The event takes place on Monday, February 6, 2023, at New Residence Hall, 3625 Park Ave, Montreal, Qc H2X 3P8, from 3-7pm in the ballroom.
All practicum students will display their projects in a poster gallery with ten selected to deliver 3-minute presentations of their practicum, followed by a Q&A. Awards will be handed out for best mini-oral presentation and best meme.
Keynote Speaker Dr. Lucie Opatrny, former Associate Deputy Minister, Health and Social Services, is incoming President and Executive Director of the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre
Dr. Timothy Evans, Director of the School of Population and Global Health (SPGH), will provide opening remarks, Dr. David Eidelman, Dean of Medicine and Health Sciences, will introduce the keynote speaker, and Dr. Catherine Hankins, Interim Chair, Department of Global and Public Health will moderate the event. Public Health Day 2023 is hosted by SPGH’s Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health.
We look forward to welcoming you to Public Health Day’s fourth edition!
Agenda
| Time | Item | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 3:00PM | Welcome | Catherine Hankins, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ |
| 3:05PM | 3-minute mini-oral student presentations and live Q&A |
Student presenters: Andrés Patlan, Joshua Swain, Marissa Fazio, Parker Tope,ÌýPaula Gruber,ÌýÌýRosemarie Shephard, Sanya Dalal.Ìý Moderator: Catherine Hankins |
| 3:55PM | Student Poster GalleryÌý |
Poster gallery in-person and online |
| 5:45PM | Keynote speaker |
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| 6:30PM | Q&A | Ìý |
| 6:45PM |
Announcement of Prize Winners for:
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Judges for mini-orals:Ìý Presenter for Meme competition:Ìý |
| 6:55PM | Closing Remarks | Catherine Hankins |
Keynote Talk: Long-Standing Partnerships in Research: Now Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic
About our Keynote Speakers:
Sonia Anand Sonia Anand is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at McMaster University, Director of the Chanchlani Research Centre focused on Health Equity Research, and a Senior Scientist at the Population Health Research Institute. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine from McMaster in 1992 and training in Internal Medicine, she became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1996. After additional clinical training in thrombosis and vascular medicine at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, she joined Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University as a vascular medicine specialist. At McMaster, she completed a Master’s in Clinical Epidemiology in 1996 and PhD in Health Research Methodology in 2002. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Ethnic Diversity and Cardiovascular Disease and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario/Michael G. DeGroote Chair in Population Health Research. Currently, she is researching environmental and genetic determinants of vascular disease in populations of varying ancestral origin and in women. Since 2010, she has been awarded over $30 million in research funding, including recently for two COVID-19 observational studies. She has over 380 scientific publications and was inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2019.
Sara Curley Smith is an Epidemiologist at Six Nations Health Services where she is focused on building data sovereignty for Six Nations health data and on applying an Indigenous approach to epidemiology. She is Mohawk, Bear Clan from the First Nations community, Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario. She completed her Master of Public Health at McMaster University undertaking research to study the effectiveness of tobacco control policies. She conducted epidemiological analyses of tobacco use data from the Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds Study (CAHHM). Her supervisors were Sonia Anand, co-Principal Investigator of CAHHM, and Lori Davis Hill, Director of Health Services. Throughout the completion of her Master of Public Health Program she provided support to Ohneganos, an Indigenous water research program led by Dawn Martin Hill. Since April 2020, she has been supporting the COVID-19 pandemic response in Six Nations through epidemiological surveillance, development of pandemic response plans, and other COVID-19 related initiatives. Sara is the site lead at Six Nations for the COVID CommUNITY Study, a First Nations study conducted to understand the immune response and safety of the COVID-19 vaccine among First Nations people.
Digital Poster Gallery
Participants and guests are encouraged to check out the digital poster gallery ahead of the keynote lecture, where MScPH students showcase their practicum work.
View the Digital Poster Gallery
MScPH Meme Gallery
MScPH students have created memes based on their practicum experience.