Supervisor: John Lavis
Dissertation: How to strengthen evidence ecosystems by facilitating the connection between evidence producers and users and the role that living evidence syntheses could have in this process
Current Position: Editor of COVID-END inventory, Senior Research Manager at Evidence Aid, and international consultant in evidence-informed decision making; Health Forum, McMaster University.

Supervisor: Jean-Éric Tarride
Dissertation: Childhood obesity in Latin America and Mexico

Supervisor: Meredith Vanstone
Dissertation: Ethical dimensions of population-based lung cancer screening with low dose computed tomography in Canada

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University

Supervisor: John Lavis
Dissertation: How does policy support guideline implementation? The role of policy, political and health systems considerations in clinical practice guideline implementation

Current position: Scientific Lead, Equity-driven evidence support, and Editor of Health Systems Evidence. Health Forum, McMaster University

Supervisor: Jean-Éric Tarride
Dissertation: HIV in Mexico: A 10-year population-based analysis to evaluate policy changes in diagnosis, treatment and early mortality on PLWH 2008-2017
Current Position: Director, Global Value & Access, Gilead Sciences, United States of America

Supervisor: Meredith Vanstone
Dissertation: Physician roles in intimate partner violence. Stakeholder perspectives to inform medical education and policy
Current Position: Student, McMaster University Medical School

Supervisor: John Lavis
Dissertation: What mental health care experiences and outcomes matter for clients with complex health and social needs?
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health; CIHR Health System Impact Fellow

Supervisor: Emmanuel Guindon
Dissertation: Health, health care, and economic experiences of migrants in Canada
Current Position: Consultant, Conference Board of Canada

Supervisor: Steve Hanna
Dissertation: Trauma-informed care within and across systems of care

Supervisor: Jim Dunn
Dissertation: Socioeconomic inequality of suicide and roles of social policy
Current Position: Post-doctoral Researcher, Brock University, Canada

Supervisor: Lisa Schwartz
Dissertation: Supporting the development of ethics tools for innovation in humanitarian contexts 
Current Position: Medical Student, Queen’s University, Canada

Supervisors: Andrew Costa and Julia Abelson
Dissertation: Examining the substitution effect of assisted living services in retirement homes in Ontario, Canadas Contexts 
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, USA

Supervisor: Michael Wilson
Dissertation: Examining and contextualizing approaches to establish policy support organizations 
Current Position: Head of department of research management and knowledge translation, The Center of Studies and Research, Ministry of Health, Oman

Supervisor: Lisa Schwartz
Dissertation: Health and prescription drug coverage inequity: towards inclusive migration and health policy
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow in Global Health, McMaster University, Canada

Supervisor: Christopher Longo
Dissertation: Three essays on the ethics and effects of public policy on the price-accessibility of pharmaceuticals 
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Canada

Supervisor: John Lavis
Dissertation: Strategies to facilitate evidence-informed and participatory health policymaking in Ethiopia 

Supervisor: John Lavis
Dissertation: Harnessing evidence and values in health policy implementation 
Current Position: Public Health Advisor, Canadian Red Cross, Ottawa, Canada

Supervisor: Jim Dunn
Dissertation: Assessing impacts of socially-mixed public housing revitalization on children and families 
Current Position: Performance Analyst, Canada Health Infoway

Supervisor: John Lavis
Dissertation: How do systems achieve their goals? The role of implementation in mental health systems improvement 
Current Position: Vice President, Partnerships and Chief Strategy Officer, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Canada

Supervisor: Christopher Longo
Dissertation: The burden of cancer: individual and societal outcomes 

Supervisor: John Lavis
Dissertation: Supporting the use of research evidence to inform decision-making in crisis zones 
Current Position: Senior Policy Analyst at the Office of the Chief Science Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada

Supervisor: Michel Grignon
Dissertation: Measuring international health inequalities using household survey data
Current Positions: Associate Director, Global Strategy Lab, Canada; Assistant Professor of Social Epidemiology, York University, Canada

Supervisor: Lydia Kapiriri
Dissertation: Public and vulnerable populations’ participation in health-system priority setting
Current Position: Mitacs Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Technical Advisor with the Canadian Red Cross

Supervisor: Michel Grignon
Dissertation: Universal health coverage and access to HIV treatment and care in the Eastern Caribbean

Supervisor: Michael Wilson
Dissertation: Understanding the role of values in Latin American health systems
Current position: Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia, Columbia

Supervisor: Glen Randall
Dissertation: Physician communication via information and communication technology: Understanding its role in health system performance
Current position: Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University, Canada

Supervisor: Julia Abelson
Dissertation: The politics of child health technologies: Social values and public policy on drug funding for children in Canada
Current position: Staff Oncologist and Clinical Scientist, Hematology/Oncology and Scientist-Track Investigator, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children, Canada; Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Canada

Supervisor: Gillian Mulvale
Dissertation: The health of Indigenous peoples living in Canada: Understanding distal, intermediate and proximal determinants of health
Current position: Senior Research Associate at the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, Canada

Supervisors: Jerry Hurley and Arthur Sweetman
Dissertation: Essays on subsidized health insurance and health-related quality of life
Current position: Economist at The World Bank in Washington, United States of America

Supervisor: Jeremiah Hurley
Dissertation: On the measurement and interpretation of health inequality, income inequality and income-related health inequality

Supervisor: Nancy Doubleday
Dissertation: Social, cultural and ecological systems’ influence on community health and wellbeing
Current position: Post-doctoral fellow, working with Nancy Doubleday and Brent McKnight on the Boreal Water Futures project

Supervisor: Julia Abelson
Dissertation: Making sense of social media for public health decision-makers – the case of childhood immunization in Ontario
Current Position: CIHR Health Systems Impact Fellow at Public Health Ontario, Canada

Supervisor: John Lavis
Dissertation: The roles of midwives in health systems
Current position: Post-doctoral fellow, McMaster Midwifery Research Centre, Canada

Supervisor: Lisa Schwartz
Dissertation: “Ethics is a part of that as well”: Navigating the landscape of humanitarian healthcare policy
Current position: Liaison Officer – Federal, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)

Supervisor: Glen Randall
Dissertation: Developing a better understanding of resource withdrawal from medical services through examination of its characteristics, government policies, and an initiative
Current position: Health Outcome Scientist, Nova Scotia Health Research, Innovation & Discovery

Supervisor: John Lavis
Dissertation: Developing and evaluating the use of a workbook for contextualizing health systems guidance
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Canada

Supervisor: Phil DeCicca
Dissertation: Economic conditions, health and health behaviours of Canadians
Current position: Analyst, Health Reports, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Canada

Supervisors: Paul Contoyannis and Arthur Sweetman
Dissertation: The Body Mass Index (BMI): Measurement, physician costs and distributional decomposition
Current position: Policy Analyst, Health Canada

Supervisor: Melissa Brouwers
Dissertation: Designing a knowledge translation tool for the development, appraisal and reporting of health systems guidance
Current position: Director of Operations/Project Manager, Cameroon Population Based HIV Impact Assessment Project, ICAP Columbia University, Cameroon

Supervisor: John Lavis
Dissertation: Clearinghouses targeted at improving use of research evidence in policymaking: Rationale, user testing and usage 

Supervisor: Lisa Schwartz
Dissertation: Definitions of health literacy and numeracy and their relevance for patient-physician communication and treatment decision making in the medical encounter
Current position: Post-doctoral fellow, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Supervisor: Jeremiah Hurley
Dissertation: Three essays in welfare and health economics: social choice, health capital and health expenditure
Current position: Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Economics, University of Oklahoma School of Public Health, United States of America

Supervisor: John Lavis
Dissertation: Social networks, research evidence and innovation in health policymaking in Burkina Faso
Current position: Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, PATH and Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, United States of America

Supervisor: Michel Grignon
Dissertation: International migration and occupational integration of skilled health professionals

Supervisor: John Lavis
Dissertation: Supporting the use of research evidence in the Colombian health system
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Antioquia, Columbia

Supervisor: John Lavis
Dissertation: Evidence briefs as a mechanism for knowledge transfer and exchange: Assessing views about, experiences with, and influences of policy-relevant research influences on low-and middle-income countries
Current position: Assistant Professor, McMaster University, Managing Director at the McMaster Health Forum, Canada

Supervisor: Julia Abelson
Dissertation: The participation of marginalized populations in health services planning and decision making
Current position: Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Canada; CRC in Health Systems Integration Award

Supervisor: Julia Abelson
Dissertation: Public involvement use in health-policy decision-making
Current position: Senior Policy Advisor, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Canada