School of Population and Global Health

School of Population and Global Health

Location

Location

  • School of Population and Global Health
  • 2001 McGill College Avenue, Suite 1200
  • Montreal QC H3A 1G1
  • Telephone: 514-398-5776
  • Email: spgh.med [at] mcgill.ca
  • Website: mcgill.ca/spgh

Director and Associate Dean: Timothy Evans

About the School of Population and Global Health

About the School of Population and Global Health

The School of Population and Global Health is comprised of the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health; the Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy; and the Department of Global and Public Health.

For further information, visit the School's website.

Programs, Courses and University Regulations—2024-2025 (last updated Aug. 22, 2024) (disclaimer)

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health

Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health

Location

Location

  • Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
  • 2001 McGill College Avenue, Room 1200
  • Montreal QC H3A 1G1
  • Telephone: 514-398-6258
  • Email: gradadmin.eboh [at] mcgill.ca
  • Website: mcgill.ca/epi-biostat-occh

Chair: Josée Dupuis

Core Medical Courses

Core Medical Courses

This Department contributes to the multidisciplinary Fundamentals of Medicine and Dentistry (FMD), Transition to Clinical Practice (TCP), and Clerkship components of the M.D.,C.M. program. See the Elective Courses page for elective opportunities.

Introduction to Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Introduction to Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Lectures and small group tutorials cover basic principles of epidemiology and biostatistics as applied in clinical and community settings. Included are research design and methods, dealing with bias and confounding, screening and risk appraisal, statistics, and critical appraisal of the literature.

Clinical Electives in Public Health and Preventive Medicine (DSP de Montréal)

Clinical Electives in Public Health and Preventive Medicine (DSP de Montréal)

Elective rotations are available to medical students at the Montreal public health department under the supervision of Public Health and Preventive Medicine specialists and family physicians. Rotations are available in communicable diseases or environmental health, including exposure to on-call duties, health surveillance activities, and epidemiological investigations; as well as disease prevention or health promotion, including early childhood development, youth health, chronic disease prevention and health inequalities.

Postgraduate Medical Education (Residency in Public Health and Preventive Medicine)

Postgraduate Medical Education (Residency in Public Health and Preventive Medicine)

The McGill residency program in Public Health and Preventive Medicine trains specialists to identify health problems in populations; to plan, implement, and evaluate programs to promote health and control disease; and to apply this knowledge to community-oriented clinical practice. The practice of public health and preventive medicine requires the development of knowledge in several academic fields (epidemiology, statistics, administration, and economics) and skills in different fields of practice such as public health surveillance, clinical preventive medicine, health care policy, health services organization, health promotion, prevention and control of infectious diseases, and occupational and environmental health.

For more information, please consult the Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health website.

Graduate Courses in Epidemiology

Graduate Courses in Epidemiology

Note: **The Department is not currently accepting applications for the M.Sc. (Non-Thesis) Epidemiology program.**

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health and disease. It is a basic science to clinical medicine, public health, and health services research. Our graduate programs have been offered since the 1960s and are known for their strong quantitative and methodological content, as applied to a variety of health areas. We offer education and research training in the etiology, management and prevention of diseases, and the promotion of health. Areas of strength include:

  • biostatistics;
  • clinical and public health informatics;
  • environmental and occupational health;
  • health care delivery and organization;
  • infectious diseases;
  • pharmacoepidemiology;
  • population and public health;
  • social epidemiology;
  • epidemiologic methods;
  • chronic diseases;
  • reproductive and perinatal epidemiology;
  • global health;
  • causal inference;
  • and many cross­disciplinary activities.

The Department offers three degree programs of study in Epidemiology: M.Sc.(Thesis), M.Sc.(Non-Thesis), and Ph.D. See the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences' Epidemiology section for descriptions of courses and programs.

Graduate Courses in Biostatistics

Graduate Courses in Biostatistics

Biostatistics is the study of statistics and statistical methods with application to the biomedical environment. The department has one of the largest concentrations of Ph.D. statisticians in any Canadian medical school. They receive funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and from other federal and provincial agencies that fund research in the quantitative and health sciences. The research focus of faculty members is on the development of new statistical methods for the collection and analysis of clinical and epidemiological research data. The Department offers three programs in Biostatistics: M.Sc.(Thesis), M.Sc.(Non-Thesis), and Ph.D. See the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences' Biostatistics section for descriptions of courses and programs.

Graduate Courses in Public Health (M.Sc.P.H.)

Graduate Courses in Public Health (M.Sc.P.H.)

The mission of the Master of Science in Public Health is to train outstanding public and population health professionals and future leaders by offering a rigorous academic program in methods, research, and practice. Students will study the foundations and principles of epidemiology and biostatistics—as applied to public health research and practice—in order to design, conduct, and analyze population-based, environmental, clinical, policy, and methodological public health-related research. See the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences' Public Health section for descriptions of courses and programs.

Graduate Courses in Occupational Health

Graduate Courses in Occupational Health

Note: **The Occupational Heath Ph.D. and M.Sc.A.(Distance) programs are not currently accepting applications.**

McGill is known for its pioneering research in occupational hazards associated with agents such as respirable dust, chemical hazards, and radiation. The M.Sc. (Applied) and Ph.D. programs in Occupational Health are multidisciplinary and involve engineering, chemistry, ergonomics, epidemiology, and occupational health. The applied programs educate practitioners in occupational health and safety and in industrial hygiene who will be capable of evaluating the work environment and its hazards and of proposing appropriate methods of prevention and control. A part-time "distance education" option is a particularly attractive feature of the Master’s program, for practitioners already working in the field who wish to enhance their theoretical and practical knowledge base. The research programs train independent researchers in the field of occupational health and safety, and workplace environmental sciences. See the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences' Occupational Health section for descriptions of courses and programs.

For further information, visit the Department's website.

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Equity, Ethics, and Policy

Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy

Location

Location

  • Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy
  • 2001 McGill College Avenue, Suite 1200
  • Montreal QC H3A 1G1
  • Telephone: 514-398-1236
  • Contact: anaik.fortier [at] mcgill.ca
  • Website: mcgill.ca/equity-ethics-policy

Chair: Amélie Quesnel-Vallée

About the Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy

About the Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy

Part of McGill's School of Population and Global Health, the Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy provides an interdisciplinary environment that aims to produce cutting-edge and impactful research on issues related to Ethics and Policy for the improvement of population health and health equity.

The creation of the Department in 2021 brought together the Institute of Health and Social Policy and the Biomedical Ethics Unit. Joining these two units aims to enhance the School's capacity for training and research activity in the areas of public health ethics, health policy, and policy analysis.

Faculty and trainees are active in a variety of interdisciplinary research areas and have expertise that address the ethical, political, social, technological, legal, and environmental issues that impact health, equity, and well-being. The Department fosters cross-disciplinary exchange between normative and empirical scholars and intersectoral collaborations with governmental, non-governmental, and community partners.

The Department undertakes research, teaching, and outreach activities on how policy can be formulated and implemented across different contexts; on how policy affects population health and well-being; and how social conditions impact the health, well-being, and resilience of people and communities locally, provincially, nationally, and globally.

Graduate Program

Graduate Program

We offer a Master's Degree Specialization in Bioethics. The specialization combines course work, a bioethics practicum and a Master's thesis on bioethics that satisfies the requirements of the specialization and base discipline. Students graduate with a Master's degree in the designation of their base discipline (M.A., M.Sc., or LL.M.) with a specialization in bioethics. Students are admitted from the two supporting Faculties (Law or Medicine and Health Sciences), one School (Religious Studies), and one Department (Philosophy) which confer on completion a Master's Degree with a Specialization in Bioethics.

For further information, visit the Department's website.

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Global and Public Health

Global and Public Health

Location

Location

  • Department of Global and Public Health
  • 2001 McGill College Avenue, Suite 1200
  • Montreal QC H3A 1G1
  • Telephone: 514-398-1235
  • Email: dgph.office [at] mcgill.ca
  • Website: mcgill.ca/global-public-health

Chair: Madhukar Pai

About the Department of Global and Public Health

About the Department of Global and Public Health

As one of three departments in the School of Population and Global Health, the Department of Global and Public Health aims to address health inequities and advance public health—locally, nationally, and globally—through action-oriented research, interdisciplinary training, allyship, and equitable partnerships.

The Department aims to foster solution-focused leadership, learning and knowledge generation around priority public health problems. Central to this approach is equitable partnerships. Our research and education will draw upon diverse expertise from across McGill University, within and beyond the boundaries of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, and our external partners:

  • Our faculty members will be engaging in practice- and problem-based projects with particular attention to systems of innovation and the broad range of skills required to solve complex public health challenges and polycrisis.
  • Our students will learn by engaging with real-world health problems in partnership with stakeholders using hands-on experiential learning and community-based, participatory approaches.

For further information, visit the Department's website.

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