Follow this link to see how Dr. Lisa Schwartz and the HHE team were the focus of a reflection on World Humanitarian Day by the McMaster Global Health Office.
Category: Announcements
This team is tackling injustices in global health emergencies & humanitarian crises
Our key concerns were around how inequalities, vulnerabilities and various forms of injustices are often reinforced in these contexts, and how future public health responses could be better attuned to these issues.
“And whom do you let go?” a poster on palliative care in natural disaster settings
Takhliq Amir presented her fourth-year research project poster this week at McMaster University. Congratulations on the great analysis!
How well was HHErg represented at HEI Research Day 2019? Extremely well, thank you.
On March 14, McMaster's Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact hosted its annual Research Day. The HHErg was well represented this year with two poster presentations (below) and an oral presentation entitled, "Dying in the Margins: Palliative Care,…
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Cultural history of the flu: reducing the stigma of Ebola.
Follow the link for a blog post by HHERG's Sonya de Laat, Postdoctoral Fellow in Humanitarian Health Ethics at McMaster University. How can cultural history of ‘health’ change disease perception & reduce stigma? A brief comparison of Influenza, 1918-1919, and Ebola,…
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Download a PDF version of the poster here.
Missed our event in Geneva? Looking for a summary? Here it is.
Have a look at a summary of the events that took place 26-27 September when the HHE Research Group visited Geneva. Thank you to our co-hosts CERAH, and to all of our participants over the two days and one…
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HHE research group in the news.
Follow the link to reach an article published in the CHEPA newsletter reporting about the Humanitarian Health Ethics research group's events in Geneva, that took place in September 2018.
HHE Representation at HSR2018, Liverpool
From 8-12 October the Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research was held in Liverpool, UK. The HHE research group was well represented with a presentation on the Perceptions of Ebola Virus Disease Research project by Ani Chénier entitled "Beyond…
McMaster Global Health Speaker Series to Feature HHE’s Dr. Lisa Schwartz
Thursday, December 6, 2018 Dr. Lisa Schwartz Arnold L. Johnson Chair, Health Care Ethics; Professor, Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University "Ethics, Obstacles and Palliative Care in Humanitarian Settings" MDCL 3020 - 4:30-6:30PM Other speakers and dates: Monday…
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