Faculty Supervisors
The following core faculty members serve as primary supervisors of Health Policy PhD students. Additional faculty members at McMaster University may be involved in the program as supervisory committee members or course instructors.
Faculty members are listed here in alphabetical order and not by their primary specialty field affiliation. Please note that many program faculty members have expertise relevant to additional specialty fields and may supervise students in more than one field. Prospective students should review faculty members’ webpages and academic interests to select an appropriate potential supervisor.
Julia Abelson, Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Stephen Birch, Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Melissa Brouwers, Professor, Department of Oncology
Cathy Charles, Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Paul Contoyannis, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Phil DeCicca, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Nancy Doubleday, Professor, Department of Philosophy
Jim Dunn, Associate Professor, Department of Health, Aging, & Society
Michael Egan, Associate Professor, Department of History
Susan Elliott, Professor, School of Geography and Earth Sciences (on leave)
John Eyles, Professor, School of Geography and Earth Sciences
Amiram Gafni, Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Mita Giacomini, Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Michel Grignon, Associate Professor, Department of Health, Aging, & Society and Department of Economics
Jeremiah Hurley, Professor, Department of Economics
Lydia Kapiriri, Assistant Professor, Department of Health, Aging, & Society
John Lavis, Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Christopher Longo, Assistant Professor, DeGroote School of Business
Glen Randall, Associate Professor, DeGroote School of Business
Lisa Schwartz, Associate Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Hsien Seow, Assistant Professor, Department of Oncology
Arthur Sweetman, Professor, Department of Economics
Jean-Eric Tarride, Associate Professor, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Susan Watt, Professor, School of Social Work
