Public Health Day is an annual event that聽showcases practicum projects undertaken by our Master of Science in Public Health graduate students.聽A digital poster gallery features posters and video presentations created by each student to display their practicum project.聽The 2022 edition was accessible to the public in a virtual format only. The event featured keynote speakers Sonia Anand,听Director of the Chanchlani Research Centre and Senior Scientist at聽Population Health Research Institute,听and Sara Curley Smith, who works as an epidemiologist at Six Nations Health Services. Before the keynote lecture, participants explored a digital poster gallery to learn about the rich and varied work of MScPH students. Participants also joined live student presentations via zoom and voted on their favorite memes created by students.聽聽
A recording of the event is available for viewing.
Agenda
| Time | Item | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 2:30PM | Welcome | Catherine Hankins,听Professor,听Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health,听91社区 |
| 2:35PM | 3-minute mini-oral student presentations and live Q&A |
Student presenters:聽Hinna Hafeez, Wes Martin, Nareesa Karmali, Tim D'Aoust, Alessya Venuta, Sophie Duffy, Emilia Krzeminska, Alexandre Couture, Paige Veira, Camille Trap茅.聽 Moderator:聽Catherine Hankins |
| 3:25PM | Digital Poster Gallery and Live Zoom Poster Presentations聽 |
Links to gallery and zoom presentations |
| 5:15PM | Keynote speakers and live Q&A |
Sonia Anand Sara Curley Smith |
| 6:00PM | Small Group Discussions |
Faculty & Student co-facilitators:聽Am茅lie Quesnel-Vall茅e, Ananya Banerjee, Catherine Hankins, Charles Larson, Christine Stich, Joanna Merckx, Joseph Cox, Nick King, Rebecca Fuhrer, Sara Curley Smith, Sonia Anand, Christopher Bransfield, Claire Semelhago, Daniela Fleming, Divine-Favour Ofili, Hinna Hafeez, Josh Swain, Lilian Diaz, Mariam El-Sheikh, Racha Lakrouf, Sophie Duffy, Virginie Combet.聽 |
| 6:20PM |
Announcement of聽Prize Winners for:
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Judges for mini-orals: Joanna Merckx and Alissa Koski Presenter for Meme competition: Rosemarie Shephard |
| 6:25PM | Closing Remarks | Catherine Hankins |
Keynote Talk: Long-Standing Partnerships in Research: Now Addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic
About our Keynote Speakers:
Sonia Anand Sonia Anand is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at McMaster University, Director of the Chanchlani Research Centre focused on Health Equity Research, and a Senior Scientist at the Population Health Research Institute. After receiving her Doctor of Medicine from McMaster in 1992 and training in Internal Medicine, she became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1996. After additional clinical training in thrombosis and vascular medicine at Harvard鈥檚 Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital, she joined Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University as a vascular medicine specialist. At McMaster, she completed a Master鈥檚 in Clinical Epidemiology in 1996 and PhD in Health Research Methodology in 2002. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Ethnic Diversity and Cardiovascular Disease and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario/Michael G. DeGroote Chair in Population Health Research. Currently, she is researching environmental and genetic determinants of vascular disease in populations of varying ancestral origin and in women. Since 2010, she has been awarded over $30 million in research funding, including recently for two COVID-19 observational studies. She has over 380 scientific publications and was inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2019.
Sara Curley Smith is an Epidemiologist at Six Nations Health Services where she is focused on building data sovereignty for Six Nations health data and on applying an Indigenous approach to epidemiology. She is Mohawk, Bear Clan from the First Nations community, Six Nations of the Grand River, Ontario. She completed her Master of Public Health at McMaster University undertaking research to study the effectiveness of tobacco control policies. She conducted epidemiological analyses of tobacco use data from the Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds Study (CAHHM). Her supervisors were Sonia Anand, co-Principal Investigator of CAHHM, and Lori Davis Hill, Director of Health Services. Throughout the completion of her Master of Public Health Program she provided support to Ohneganos, an Indigenous water research program led by Dawn Martin Hill. Since April 2020, she has been supporting the COVID-19 pandemic response in Six Nations through epidemiological surveillance, development of pandemic response plans, and other COVID-19 related initiatives. Sara is the site lead at Six Nations for the COVID CommUNITY Study, a First Nations study conducted to understand the immune response and safety of the COVID-19 vaccine among First Nations people.聽
Digital Poster Gallery
Participants and guests are encouraged to check out the digital poster gallery ahead of the keynote lecture, where MScPH students showcase their practicum work.聽
MScPH Meme Gallery
MScPH students have created memes based on their practicum experience.聽