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Faculty of Health Sciences
$30M gift to fast forward health care research, education and care at McMaster University
Boris family gift propels stem cell therapies and one-stop patient care
A Hamilton family is giving McMaster University $30 million to accelerate the university’s innovations in health research, education and care.
"McMaster University has proven its ability to fast forward discoveries from the lab bench to the patients’ bedside, it made perfect sense to make this investment in this world class university," said Les Boris, on behalf of his parents’ Marta and Owen Boris Foundation. His sister Jackie Work added: "The Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine is ranked among the top 20 medical schools in the world. This is the best place to commit to the future."
School closures slow spread of pH1N1
Should be considered as a control measure during pandemic outbreaks
Closing elementary and secondary schools can help slow the spread of infectious disease and should be considered as a control measure during pandemic outbreaks, according to a McMaster University led study.
Using high-quality data about the incidence of influenza infections in Alberta during the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic, the researchers show that when schools closed for the summer, the transmission of infection from person to person was sharply reduced.
"Our study demonstrates that school-age children were important drivers of pH1N1 transmission in 2009," says David Earn, lead author of the study published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Earn is professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and member of McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research (IIDR).
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In the News
- $30 million donation from Boris family will help McMaster turn stem cell research into therapy (Hamilton Spectator)
- The gift of innovation: A former Avro engineer's $30M donation to McMaster's Stem Cell and Cancer Research wing (National Post)
- $30M donated to McMaster for stem cell therapies (CBC News)
- Joseph Brant picked for new family practice (Hamilton Spectator, Jan. 26, 2012)
- Gastroenterologists release new safety guidelines (CTV News, Jan.24, 2012)
- Programmed to be Fat? (Nature of Things, CBC-TV, Jan. 12, 2012)
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.
