The McMaster Institute for Health Equity is an interdisciplinary platform for research and knowledge mobilization inspired by the priorities and expertise of McMaster researchers. Our Health Equity seminar series presents timely, health-equity focused research on a diverse range of topics that is relevant to researchers, students, staff and community members across a wide array of disciplines and backgrounds.
Broken & Washed Away: An overview of the contribution of climate change, disasters and housing to health in socioeconomically marginalized groups
Dr. Julia-Woodhall Melnik, Associate Professor, University of New Brunswick
October 2, 2022
This talk was co-hosted with the initiative for Advanced Research in Mental Health and Society
Medicaid Policy During the Pandemic: A Grounds-up Perspective
Dr. Jamila Michener, Associate Professor of Government and Public Policy, Cornell University
October 21, 2022
This talk was co-hosted with the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) and in collaboration with the Public and Patient Engagement Collaborative, who hosted Dr. Michener as keynote speaker.
Income and Health: What has Covid changed?
Dr. Nav Persaud, Associate Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto
October 31, 2022
Troubled Waters: The Mental Health Impacts of Environmental Racism
Dr. Ingrid Waldron, HOPE Chair in Peace and Health in the Global Peace and Social Justice Program in the Faculty of Humanities at McMaster University.
November 28, 2022
This talk was co-hosted with the initiative for Advanced Research in Mental Health and Society
Autism, Mental Health Conditions, and College Success
Dr. Jane McLeod, Provost Professor of Sociology and Executive Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University
January 23, 2023
This talk was co-hosted with the Centre for Advanced Research in Mental Health and Society.
Assessing and Addressing Health Equity in Children’s Mental Health: Lesson Learned from Implementation of Community Parenting Programs
Dr. Andrea Gonzalez, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University and member of the Offord Centre for Child Studies
This talk was co-hosted with the Centre for Advanced Research in Mental Health and Society
February 27, 2023