Matthew Hunt

Matthew Hunt is an Associate Professor and the Director of Research in the School of Physical and Occupational Therapy at McGill University, as well as a researcher at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and an affiliate member of the McGill Biomedical Ethics Unit, Department of Family Medicine, and Institute for Health and Social Policy. Previously, he has worked as a physiotherapist in Montreal, the Canadian arctic, North Africa and the Balkans.
Dr Hunt’s research focuses on two areas of inquiry: ethics of global health engagement and ethics and rehabilitation. In the area of global health and ethics, he is currently carrying out research on the ethics of closing humanitarian projects, palliative care in humanitarian crises, and intersection of values and humanitarian innovation. He co-leads the HumEthNet.