Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Endowed Chairs & professorships

With the support of individual and corporate partners, endowed chairs are a resource that serves to attract and retain internationally renowned researchers in a variety of disciplines, ensuring that McMaster’s students learn from the very best in the world.

Endowed chairs enable researchers of the highest calibre to pursue critically important areas of study and recruit and nurture the next generation of researchers. The full list of endowed chairs in the Faculty of Health Sciences can be viewed here.

	Sonia Anand Eli Lilly Canada / May Cohen Chair in Women's Health details ►		Sonia Anand Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario / Michael G. DeGroote Chair in Population Health Research details ►
	Joseph Beyene John D. Cameron Endowed Chair in the Genetic Determinants of Chronic Disease details ►		John Cairney McMaster Family Medicine Professorship in Child Health Research details ►
	Deborah Cook McMaster / St. Joseph's Healthcare Regional Academic Chair in Critical Care Medicine details ►		Hertzel Gerstein Aventis Pharma / Population Health Institute Chair in Diabetes Research details ►
	Magdalena Janus Government of Ontario / Children’s Secretariat Chair in Early Childhood Development details ►		Mary Law John and Margaret Lillie Chair in Childhood Disability Research details ►
	Mark Levine Buffett Taylor Chair in Breast Cancer Research details ►		Harriett MacMillan David R. (Dan) Offord Chair in Child Studies details ►
	Paul Moayyedi Richard Hunt-Astra Zeneca Chair in Gastroenterology details ►		Mark Oremus McLaughlin Foundation Professorship in Population and Public Health details ►
	Alexandra Papaioannou Eli Lilly Canada Chair in Osteoporosis details ►		Parminder Raina Raymond and Margaret Labarge Chair in Research and Knowledge Application for Optimal Aging details ►
	Holger Schünemann Michael Gent Professorship in Healthcare Research details ►		Lisa Schwartz Arnold L. Johnson Chair in Health Care Ethics details ►
	Peter Szatmari Chedoke Health Corporation Chair in Child Psychiatry details ►

Career-Award Holders

The CIHR’s New Investigator award provides “outstanding new investigators the opportunity to develop and demonstrate their independence in initiating and conducting health research.” Investigator awards are made to “independent investigators who have made outstanding contributions and have demonstrated leadership in their field.”

Career Scientist support from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is awarded to “outstanding candidates” to develop and carry out independent research in health services.

Six Full-Time faculty members in CE&B currently hold career awards:

	Jan brozek Department of Medicine Internal Career Award		Jason Busse CIHR New Investigator Award
	PJ Devereaux Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario Career Investigator Award		andrew mente Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation – Research Early Career Award
	Eleanor Pullenayegum CIHR New Investigator Award		Feng xie CIHR New Investigator Award

Members of the Royal Society of Canada

Founded in 1882, the Royal Society of Canada is the country’s oldest and most prestigious scholarly organization. Fellows come from diverse backgrounds and disciplines, and are singled out for achieving excellence in their fields. The designation is considered the country’s highest honour for a scholar in the arts, humanities or sciences.

	Deborah Cook 2009: A prolific, world-renowned scientist and educator in critical care medicine and research methodology. details ►		Gordon Guyatt 2012: Champion of evidence-based approaches to clinical decision making. details ►
	Brian Haynes 2007: Improving clinical and health care through innovating better ways to retrieve and disseminate health care information. details ►		Geoff Norman 2007: international recognition in the area of medical education. details ►
	Salim yusuf 2005: for his landmark international studies that helped identify new preventive and treatment strategies for cardiovascular diseases. details ►

Members of the Order of Canada

The Order of Canada is the centrepiece of Canada’s honours system. To become an Officer recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement and merit of a high degree, especially in service to Canada or to humanity at large.

Member (CM): recognizes a lifetime of distinguished service in or to a particular community, group or field of activity.
Officer (OC): recognizes a lifetime of achievement and merit of a high degree, especially in service to Canada or to humanity at large.
Companion (CC): recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement and merit of the highest degree, especially in service to Canada or to humanity at large.

	Murray Enkin Officer, 2012: For his contributions to maternal care and the development of midwifery as a recognized profession in Canada. details ►		Gordon Guyatt Officer, 2011: For his contributions to the advancement of evidence-based medicine and its teachings. details ►
	Brian Haynes Officer, 2010: A world leader in health informatics, he has significantly improved knowledge sharing, clinical decision making, and patient care worldwide. details ►		David Sackett Officer, 2001: pioneer of evidence-based medicine and innovator of clinical trials methodology. details ►

Faculty of Health Sciences Community of Distinction

The Faculty of Health Sciences has honoured CE&B Faculty Emeritus for bringing distinction and recognition to McMaster University through their outstanding scholarship and innovative research. The full gallery can be viewed here

	Murray Enkin Murray Enkin MD brought care and compassion together with a progressive attitude to advocate change within the field of obstetrics and gynecology. He joined the Faculty of Health Sciences in 1965 and taught until 1988. Enkin sought valid evidence for the improvement of childbirth practices and an increase in options for pregnant women. His broadminded views led him to be an early supporter of midwifery education and practice. Enkin co-wrote the internationally published and widely read reference book, A Guide to Effective Care in Pregnancy and Childbirth. Dr. Enkin's profile ►
	Michael Gent Michael Gent, DSc, one of the world’s leading biostatisticians, was a founding member of the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and served as its chair from 1973 to 1979. During his 33 years at McMaster beginning in 1969, he built the university’s international reputation as a pre-eminent site in clinical trials. A leader in shaping health care research, he demonstrated remarkable research productivity, conducting trials and publishing results that changed the global practice of health care. He has been considered an inspiring teacher, a rigorous scientist, and a leader demonstrating charm, wit and honesty. He became professor emeritus in 2002, and contributed to future developments in his field by establishing the Michael Gent Professorship in Healthcare Research. Dr. Gent's profile ►
	Bernie O’Brien Bernie O’Brien, PhD, was a pre-eminent health economist who established McMaster University as a world leader in assessing the benefits and costs of health care interventions. Before his untimely death at the age of 44, he had an illustrious career as a professor and researcher, garnering national and international awards in recognition of his pioneering accomplishments in developing new methods for economic evaluation in health care. A professor in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from 1990 to 2004, he was a passionate teacher and a gifted collaborator with a distinct talent for building bridges for shared research programs between academic, clinical and industry interests.
	David Sackett David Sackett MD founded Canada's first Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics and chaired the Division of Internal Medicine. At McMaster from 1967 to 1994, he developed and mentored a new breed of applied clinician-scientists and worked with them to create and disseminate evidence-based medicine throughout the world. His collaborative research teams were the first to validate the efficacy of aspirin and carotid endarterectomy for patients with threatened stroke, to develop effective strategies for helping hypertensive patients and to generate compelling evidence of the effectiveness of nurse practitioners. Dr. Sackett's profile ►
	Jack Sinclair Jack Sinclair, MD, brought evidence-based medicine to the field of neonatology. A respected scholar of medicine, skilled clinician, and inimitable mentor, Dr. Sinclair was a professor of pediatrics at McMaster University from 1970 until retirement in 1999. He built Hamilton’s neonatal clinical care and training programs, and introduced rigorous evaluation of the care provided to premature and seriously ill newborns. His leadership led to standards of excellence in neonatal research and care that are recognized and practised around the world. In tribute, an endowed chair in neonatology has been established in his name at McMaster University. Dr. Sinclair's profile ►
	George Torrance George Torrance, PhD, became a world leader in the economic evaluation of medical treatments and health services during his 30-year career at McMaster which began in 1967. With expertise in both health sciences and business, he was a pioneer in the development and application of methods to improve health care decision-making. He helped revolutionize the science and practice of assessing health status and determining the quality of life, and played an essential role in the Faculty’s reputation as a world leader in population health sciences. An outstanding teacher, colleague and mentor, he contributed to the career development of multiple generations of clinical and health services researchers. Dr. Torrance's profile ►