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Dancifying Life: A New Approach to Parkinson’s Rehabilitation
Director of McMaster's Digital Music Lab Matthew Woolhouse on why music and dance is beneficial for people with Parkinson's Disease (PD).
Embrace the journey: Emerging Health Leaders alumni share their experiences with incoming cohort
Moderated by EHL 2018 alumnus Joe Au-Yeung, a panel of three graduates shared their insights last week with incoming students.
Rick Hackett: Canadian healthcare needs agile leaders and bold visions for the future
Healthcare leaders need to be of high integrity and have a systems-wide, "big picture" mindset, writes Hackett.
Health Leadership Academy welcomes Greg McQueen as Acting Co-Director
McQueen has provided senior leadership at several medical schools and health science centres across North America.
Sitting is the new smoking: Using design thinking to tackle a public health challenge
Students from McMaster's Innovation by Design (IBD) course recently shared their experiences tackling the "epidemic" of sitting.
New research looks at how to integrate peer support workers into clinical settings
Gillian Mulvale says the lived experience can improve the quality of care across the health system.
Tributes given to educational innovator Delsworth Harnish
Harnish helped establish the Health Leadership Academy (HLA) with the DeGroote School of Business, and served as Co-Director.
Design thinking at its best: Student prototype wows global autism experts
“We have a chance to be pioneers and lead the way," says fourth-year Health Sciences student and HLA participant Kohilan Selvakumaran.
Navigating Canada’s rapidly-evolving health landscape will require a new kind of leader
New HLA research is concerned with how we prepare future generations of health leaders for an ever-shifting health landscape.
SickKids taps McMaster students to help frontline staff embrace personal protective equipment
"Working with the students was inspiring to me as a healthcare leader," says Dr. Lennox Huang, Chief Medical Officer, SickKids.
Lessons in leadership: Three Emerging Health Leaders program participants share their stories
“This has stretched my brain in a way it hadn't been before,” says second-year student Rachel Bierbrier.
Strengthening the business of healthcare: EMBA physicians invited to enroll in HLA fellowship program
Participating EMBA candidates will be awarded the title of Michael G. DeGroote Health Leadership Academy Physician Fellow.