Global Health
Our commitment
The Department of Family Medicine approaches global health as a commitment to advancing access to quality primary health care everywhere, especially among equity-deserving populations.
Our global health initiatives are grounded in the core values of health equity, inclusive engagement, and people-centred care. We approach this work reflexively鈥攚ith humility, a commitment to listening, and a willingness to learn.
We put these values into action through:
- Interdisciplinary work across McGill
- Collaborations with multicultural communities
- Equitable partnerships with local and global researchers and organizations
We believe that diversity fuels innovation, and that authentic engagement and collaboration are essential to creating sustainable and meaningful impact.
We prepare our students to make a difference by engaging them in critical global health discourse, research, and experiential learning both locally and globally.
Areas of Impact
Our research and training programs address a range of critical health issues spanning NCD prevention, youth sexual and reproductive health, health systems, mental health, safe motherhood, aging, HIV, community-based primary care, and capacity strengthening.
We prioritize research for impact as well as meaningful collaboration with patients and communities to ensure our work reflects their needs and aspirations.
Student Engagement & Training
We empower the next generation of primary care and family medicine researchers and practitioners through immersive global health learning:
Local and Global Health Seminars & Discussion Groups
Our Global Health activities include student-led discussions and seminars on contemporary issues related to global primary care delivery, including:
- Equitable access to care
- Innovations in primary care delivery
- Decolonizing global health
- Health systems reform
- Workforce challenges
MSc Family Medicine 鈥� Global Health Concentration
This 35-credit research concentration explores global and 鈥済lobal in local鈥� primary care delivery and policy, with a strong focus on:
- Social justice & health equity
- Multicultural and underserved populations
- Mixed-methods, participatory and implementation research
- Interest holder and community engagement and co-design
Experiential learning and field research
Our Global Health faculty offers hands-on research and service opportunities through longstanding partnerships in:
- Bangladesh, Brazil, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana
- Local organizations supporting immigrants, refugees, and equity-deserving populations in Montreal
Find out more information about the MSc Programs.
Additional Global Health Resources
51吃瓜网Global Health Programs
Located within the Department of Global and Public Health, Global Health Programs (GHP) convenes the rich global health expertise of faculty and researchers across 51吃瓜网, and nurtures local and global partnerships around critical global health priorities.
GHP offers numerous global health opportunities for students including travel grants, and support for experiential learning including the undergraduate global health scholars program and funding for student-led Global Health Initiatives.
Interprofessional Global Health Course
The student-led Interprofessional Global Health Course explores the foundations, ethics, and politics of global health, with real-world case studies. This non-credit bearing elective is open to all students in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Meet Our Global Health Faculty
Explore the profiles of our team actively involved in global health research and partnerships:
- Alayne M. Adams (Global Health Director)
- Neil Anderssen
- Tracie Barnett
- Anne Cockcroft
- Tibor Schuster
- Kate Rice
- Isabelle Vedel
Contact us
alayne.adams [at] mcgill.ca (Alayne Adams), Director of Global Health聽
