Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

08/30/2023

HEI's Louise Guolla is a 2023 Vanier Graduate Scholarship recipient. Congratulations, Louise!

The Vanier Scholarship is one of Canada’s most prestigious graduate awards and is aimed at attracting and retaining world-class doctoral students.

08/28/2023

Sunny weather, great music and delicious food brought thousands of faculty and staff out to the Annual Employee Picnic.

The annual employee picnic is a way for the university to say thank you to staff and faculty for their hard work.

08/25/2023

Omicron infection may leave seniors more susceptible to future COVID infections, say McMaster researchers

The surprising finding suggests we don’t understand how some Omicron variants can evade the immune system, according to the study's authors.

08/22/2023

For the 20th year in a row, McMaster University has ranked among the top 100 universities in the world in the Shanghai Rankings.

For the 20th year in a row, the university earned a Top 100 spot in this week’s Shanghai Rankings Academic Ranking of World Universities.

08/16/2023

SAVE THE DATE: GRADEWorkingGroup Advanced GRADE Workshop | May 7-9, 2024 | McMaster University

08/15/2023

HEI's Thomas Piggott and Holger Schünemann played a key role in the World Health Organization's landmark decision to add three multiple sclerosis drugs to its Essential Medicines List.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has for the first time updated its Essential Medicines List (EML) to include medications for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). A chronic and debilitating nervous system disorder, MS affects an estimated 2.8 million individuals globally, with over 90,000 ca...

08/04/2023

We are teaming up with CMAJ this November to host a two-day comprehensive medical writing and publishing workshop. Register before September 1 and take advantage of discounted rates. More details here: https://rb.gy/bsq4j.

08/02/2023

Under Aaron Jones’s direction as the newly appointed ICES McMaster Site director, the potential for advancing health research through the power of population-based health administrative data is promising. Read more: https://shorturl.at/cF478.

07/28/2023

Nearly eight years after being stripped of his security clearance by the Atomic Energy Commission, J. Robert Oppenheimer delivered three talks at McMaster as part of the Whidden Lectures.

J. Robert Oppenheimer delivered three Whidden Lectures at McMaster in 1962, addressing a crowd so large, the lectures had to be moved to a larger venue.

07/25/2023

Mothers with post-partum depression (PPD) can be successfully treated in group sessions run by public health nurses, according to new research led by McMaster University.

'Life-changing' sessions with public health nurses not only improved mother-infant relationships, they also offered a way to increase access to PPD treatment, McMaster researchers found.

07/20/2023

Join us at McMaster University this November for a two-day medical writing and publishing workshop facilitated by Drs. Gordon Guyatt, Teresa Chan and Behrooz Astaneh. Register here: https://rb.gy/bsq4j.

07/19/2023

Join CMAJ's Dr. Behrooz Astaneh this November at McMaster University and develop a clear understanding of what it takes to get your next accepted. Register for our two-day workshop here: https://rb.gy/bsq4j.