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Faculty of Health Sciences
Welcome
McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences trains physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, health care researchers, physician assistants and midwives to work together in teams, providing the finest patient care.
Our programs cover the spectrum of health care, including schools of medicine, nursing, rehabilitation science, midwifery, an undergraduate Bachelor of Health Sciences and Canada's first undergraduate program for physician assistants. Our graduate programs range from biomedical engineering to health research methodologies.
The Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine is known for its innovative method of small group, problem-based education, with a focus on self-directed, life-long learning, as well as the development of evidence-based medicine.
McMaster graduates first male midwife
At McMaster University’s Faculty of Health Sciences convocation today, Otis Kryzanauskas was wearing red shoes. It’s a tradition for the graduates of the university’s Bachelor of Health Sciences (Midwifery) program.
Kryzanauskas, 25, is now the first man to graduate from a Canadian midwifery program.
Midwifery has been a part of his life. His mother is a midwife and his girlfriend Melissa is a fourth year midwifery student at McMaster. Kryzanauskas’ interest in the human body and biology made midwifery the right fit for him.
Just call her doctor, doctor
Graduating from medical school is tough, and graduating with a PhD doctorate is hard too. To do both together in a condensed time takes organization and focus on what's important, including family, says Lindsey MacGillivray.
MacGillivray will graduate as a physician scientist with both her medical degree and a PhD at McMaster University's convocation on May 18.
Mom followed her dream to become an MD
Fulfilling a lifelong dream took a mother of three across four provinces for three years. On Friday, May 18, Nova Scotia resident Michelle Matthews graduates as a doctor from the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at age 47. She is not only the first member of her family to become a doctor, but also the first Mi'kmaq woman from Eskasoni First Nation in Nova Scotia to do so.
Additional News
- McMaster student wins Google scholarship
- McMaster researchers find genes can predict breast cancer response to chemotherapy
- MD grads join Alumni Gallery
- Nursing school celebrates 65 years of graduates
- Antibiotic resistance flourishes in freshwater systems
- Kaushic awarded HIV research chair
In the News
- High conflict between parents affects kids' learning and future health (Toronto Star / ParentCentral.ca)
- Landmark study on aging to follow 50,000 Canadians over the next two decades (Toronto Star)
- Obesity during pregnancy may deprive fetus of crucial oxygen: study (National Post)
- Proposed streamlining of Ottawa's lab-funding system worries researchers (Globe and Mail)
- Mac centre to focus on ethnic health trends (Hamilton Spectator)
- Ontario brains put their heads together (Hamilton Spectator)
