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

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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

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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

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