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Engineering Fresh Faces: Nabil Bassim

Nabil Bassim is an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Here, he talks about the whirlwind year he'll never forget, chasing opportunities and the lessons he hopes his children learn from him.
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25 years on: What midwifery in Canada has achieved and what it still needs

The benefits of midwifery for women and babies globally are clear. In Canada, innovations in midwifery centres and services are tempered by low pay and high rates of burnout.

Study offers insights into making surgery safer for patients taking direct oral anticoagulants

A Hamilton-led international study of more than 3,000 patients could set the stage globally for how patients can safely use blood-thinning medications before and after surgery to mitigate risk of bleeding and stroke.
Judy Fudge is sitting on a bench outdoors on campus

It’s a long, long game: Judy Fudge on improving workers’ rights

Who's going to say, "Well, I oppose those laws against modern slavery!" Labour scholar Judy Fudge warns that laws targeting "modern slavery" often draw attention away from deeper labour problems that put workers at risk.

McMaster researchers named to International Joint Commission advisory boards

New members will advise on water quality in the Great Lakes and on environmental public health issues.

Engineering Fresh Faces: Wenbo He

In this Fresh Faces spotlight, computing and software professor Wenbo He talks about her decision to become an engineer, the career she'd have pursued otherwise and the many places she's called home.

Younger Canadians more likely to try recreational cannabis

Nearly 1 in 5 Canadians may try cannabis or increase consumption of the drug after legalization for recreational use.

“The older adults in my family were the anchors”

Paula Gardner reflects on her interdisciplinary work in developing interactive technology to help keep older adults moving and engaged.

McMaster researchers use friendly viruses to make a gel that can heal itself – and you

McMaster researchers have developed a novel new gel, made entirely from bacteria-killing viruses, that can be targeted to attack specific forms of bacteria.
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Here’s why a $4.8-million research project is named the Feast Centre

"Everyone comes together over the feast." Randy Jackson and Renee Masching are leading a massive, community-driven research centre that will respond to the problem of sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections in Indigenous communities.

Making global palliative care a public health priority

MSc Global Health graduate Natalia Arias-Casais and her research team have launched the 2019 Atlas of Palliative Care in Europe.