SUMMER LETTER from the ’15 Dean and Vice-President Cutting the ribbon to officially open the David Braley Health Sciences Centre at the McMaster Health Campus are: Elizabeth Richardson, Hamilton medical officer of health; David Price, chair, Department of Family Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine; Fred Eisenberger, mayor of Hamilton; Patrick Deane, McMaster University president; Rona Ambrose, minister of health for Canada; David Braley, businessman; Indira Naidoo-Harris, Halton MPP and parliamentary assistant to the Ontario minister of health and long- term care; and John Kelton, dean and vice-president, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University. With everyone enjoying the warmer and Mary Hickey from the office of during this system upgrade. We provide weather and some well-earned time the associate vice-president, academic, an update on Mosaic in this letter. off, we couldn’t possibly slip into the received President’s Awards in June for We also pay tribute to three Faculty summer without taking the time to their outstanding service. icons who have died this year. John reflect on a very busy and successful In addition, the President’s Award for Evans, the first dean of the Michael G. academic year for McMaster’s Faculty Outstanding Contributions to Teaching DeGroote School of Medicine, died of Health Sciences. and Learning went to nursing’s Janet in February. Dr. Evans and several I’m proud to be dean and vice- Landeen, while B.H.Sc. program colleagues, including William Walsh, president of one of Canada’s most instructors Margaret Secord and Sarah Fraser Mustard, William Spaulding innovative institutions for health care, Glen earned the MSU Community and James Anderson, developed the Inside this issue teaching and research. The steady Engagement Teaching Award. “McMaster Approach” to education stream of good news coming out of the On top of the many grants awarded with a focus on problem-based APPOINTMENTS FHS is gratifying, but not surprising to to our researchers, the Faculty secured learning. David Sackett, professor anyone who works with our talented five new Canada Research Chairs for emeritus and the father of evidence- HEADLINERS students, faculty and staff. I always look Ali Ashkar, Mohit Bhandari, Dawn based medicine, died in May. He was forward to describing our achievements Bowdish, Sarah McDonald and the founding chair of Canada’s first CAMPUS NEWS - David Braley Health and discoveries to all of you. John Lavis. We also recruited James Department of Clinical Epidemiology Sciences Centre In this newsletter we highlight the MacKillop as the new Peter Boris and Biostatistics, here at McMaster. In grand opening new David Braley Health Sciences Chair in Addictions Research and June, Jack Laidlaw died. He was chair Centre at the McMaster Health Andrew Costa as the new Schlegel of the Department of Medicine and INNOVATION - Research chairs Campus, which we officially opened in Chair in Clinical Epidemiology and dean of the FHS in the late-1970s and - Teaching awards May. The bright, beautiful space where Aging. Donny Arnold was awarded early-1980s. The professor emeritus - Mosaic update health care, research and education are the inaugural John G. Kelton Chair in and endocrinologist was known for his intertwined, is already a gem of our Translational Research. dedication to patient-centred care. OBITUARIES downtown. And, we expect it to be a Both the undergraduate and In this newsletter we have only - John Evans hub of great collaborations between postgraduate areas of the medical touched on a few of the successes - David Sackett - Jack Laidlaw McMaster faculty, students, staff and school had accreditation sessions this achieved within our schools, the Hamilton community. spring, and we expect good reports departments and research institutes, as IN OTHER NEWS Also, we note that members of will be coming in. there have been many more reasons the Faculty, including the staff of the I want to acknowledge the tireless to celebrate this past year. Remember, RESEARCH GRANTS Education Program in Anatomy (Sue efforts of staff involved in McMaster’s to keep up-to-date on all of the latest Dingle, Glen Oomen, Patricia Hartnett, Mosaic project to improve the way news from the Faculty of Health Liz Jensen, Caitlin O’Connell, Andrew the University operates, and to thank Sciences, visit us on the web at Palombella and Michael Romaniuk) FHS faculty and staff for their patience fhs.mcmaster.ca APPOINTMENTS HEADLINERS n The following people have been appointed Harriet MacMillan, professor of pediatrics and Karen Hill, faculty lead in Aboriginal Peoples or reappointed to senior roles in the Faculty psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences, health for the Department of Family Medicine, of Health Sciences: is co-leading a $4.1 million study of better received the inaugural Dr. Thomas Dignan ways to support victims of family violence, Indigenous Health Award from the Royal Donald Arnold has been appointed director of the McMaster Centre for Transfusion Research. part of a $100 million federal investment in College of Physicians and Surgeons of The associate professor of medicine is also the preventing, detecting and combating family Canada, for her dedication to bridging the gap inaugural holder of the John G. Kelton Chair in violence and child abuse in Canada. between indigenous health values and the Translational Research. practice of western medicine. The award was The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, the created in honour of the McMaster alumnus Norman Buckley has been appointed director of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and comprehensive national study of aging, received who was the first graduate of the McMaster Care. The professor and chair of the Department $41.6 million from the Government of Canada medical school from the First Nations. of Anesthesia is also director of the Michael G. to continue its work for the next five years. DeGroote National Pain Centre. Peter Rosenbaum, McMaster professor in In the past 18 months, the Order of Canada pediatrics and co-founder of the CanChild Stephen Collins has been appointed director of the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute. has been awarded to four faculty members: Centre for Childhood Disability Research, was The professor of medicine and associate dean, Deborah Cook, professor of clinical epidemiology awarded the inaugural Medal of Excellence research, for the Faculty of Health Sciences, holds the and biostatistics; Jean Chamberlain Froese, in Childhood Disability from the Holland GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Gastroenterology. an associate professor of obstetrics and Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. gynecology; Alba DiCenso, professor emerita Brian Coombes has been reappointed assistant dean, graduate education, for the Department of the school of nursing; and John Kelton, dean The Department of Pediatrics received the 2015 of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences. The and vice-president, Faculty of Health Sciences. Residency Program Excellence Award from the associate professor holds the Canada Research Professional Association of Residents of Ontario. Chair in Infectious Disease Pathogenesis. Deborah Cook, professor of clinical epidemiology This provincial award is given to a program that and biostatistics, and Paul O’Byrne, professor and consistently provides an exceptionally positive Susan Denburg has been reappointed associate vice-president (academic) of the Faculty of Health chair of medicine, were named Distinguished and rewarding experience to the residents, while Sciences. The professor of psychiatry and behavioural University Professors. The lifetime title is the producing expertly-trained physicians. neurosciences has held the senior role since 2005. University’s highest honour and goes to those professors who achieve the highest level of Staff of the Education Program in Anatomy Sheri Findlay has been appointed acting chair of the excellence in teaching, learning and research. (Sue Dingle, Glen Oomen, Patricia Hartnett, Department of Pediatrics. The associate professor of pediatrics also became the interim chief of Liz Jensen, Caitlin O’Connell, Andrew Palombella pediatrics for Hamilton Health Sciences and Mohit Bhandari, professor of surgery; and Michael Romaniuk) as well as Mary Hickey St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. Gregory Steinberg, professor of medicine; from the office of the associate vice-president, and P.J. Devereaux, professor of clinical academic, are recipients of this year’s President’s Del Harnish has been appointed associate dean epidemiology and biostatistics, have received Awards. They were honoured for their (undergraduate education) of the Faculty of Health Sciences. The professor of pathology and molecular McMaster’s new University Scholar title, which outstanding service to the McMaster community medicine has been the assistant dean of the is intended to recognize faculty members in and for making significant contributions in 2014 Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) Program mid-career who have already distinguished to forward the mission of the University. since it was launched in 2000. themselves as international scholars. Winners of the President’s Awards were (far left) Lori Letts has been reappointed assistant dean of the Mary Hickey as well as members of the Education Jack Gauldie, professor emeritus of Occupational Therapy Program. The associate professor Program in Anatomy (back row) Andrew Palombella, of rehabilitation science has held the role since 2010. pathology