2023 GH Mini-Masters

Theme: equity, diversity and inclusion

Delany Hines completed his Master of Public Health at the Western University Schulich School of Medicine Interfaculty program in Public Health. His interest in global health stems from his time supporting the Ethical, Social and Cultural (ESC) Program for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health and Global Development programs at St. Michael’s Hospital and the International Network for Evaluating Outcomes (iNeo) of neonates at the Maternal-Infant Care Research Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital. He is currently the Lead for Equity, Inclusion, Diversity, and Anti-Racism at Heart and Stroke and has served as lead for Postgraduate Medical Education Global Health Education Initiative (GHEI) for residents and fellows, 2010 – 2019 and Global Health Mini-Masters (GHMM) for Grade 7-12 students, 2016 – present. 

Theme: women’s global health

Dr. Naganathan is a General Surgery Resident Physician at the University of Toronto and an alumna of McMaster University Medical School. She also holds a Master of Science in Health Services Research from the Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. Her body of work includes research examining the experiences of immigrants, refugees, homeless, and racialized communities in the areas of primary care, mental health, migration, and aging. Her current interests include health policy, health equity, global health, and the application of qualitative methodology within health systems and surgical research.

Theme: children’s global health

Dr. Shazeen Suleman MD MPH is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of General Pediatrics at Stanford University, where she is also the Co-Director of Community Engagement with the Office of Child Health Equity. She is an Affiliate Scientist with the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at Unity Health Toronto at the University of Toronto. Prior to joining Stanford, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, and the founder of the Compass Clinic, which provides low-barrier, trauma-informed and culturally-safe care to refugee and immigrant children with special healthcare needs. She is the Chair of the Newcomer Child Health Special Interest Group and a member of the Caring for Kids New to Canada Taskforce with the Canadian Pediatric Society. She is also the co-founder and president of the MusicBox Children’s Charity, that has provided 15,000 children in Canada with free music education.

Her research is community-based, focused on co-designing and testing interventions with migrant families. Most recently, she was awarded a New investigator Grant from the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) to co-design a prospective cohort study to follow growth and nutrition outcomes with migrant families.

Theme: persons living with disabilities and health innovation

Dr. Andrysek is a Senior Scientist at the Bloorview Research Institute of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation hospital, Canada’s largest teaching hospital focused on paediatric disabilities. He is also an Associate Professor within the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto. His research program focuses on the development and improvement of treatments and assistive technologies for children and adults with mobility impairments. Specific areas of study include prosthetic and orthotic limb control, bio sensing and biofeedback systems, and instruments to measure assistive-technology-facilitated mobility and physical activity in real-life environments. Current research is also focused on understanding the global need for prosthetic technology, and impact on mobility, physical function, and quality of life.

He is the recipient of prestigious awards including the 2017 Ontario Profession Engineers Engineering Medal for Research and Development, Clifford Chadderton Award for Prosthetics and Orthotics Research, and first price at the 2015 Accessibility Innovation Showcase Tech Pitch Competition sponsored by the Government of Ontario. Dr. Andrysek is also the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer at Legworks Inc., a social for-profit enterprise focused on improving prosthetic technologies and care for individuals with amputations worldwide.