Team

Anthony Musiwa

Anthony Musiwa is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University. In his postdoctoral research, he is engaging healthcare policymakers and practitioners, community health workers, traditional leaders, representatives of local stakeholder groups, and adult parents to understand how fathers help pregnant women to access antenatal care within their cultures in rural Zimbabwe. The research will inform the development of culturally appropriate strategies to enhance the role of fathers in supporting pregnant women to access their preferred forms of antenatal care in rural Zimbabwe. Anthony completed his PhD in Social Work at McGill University.

Jessyca Matos-Sylva

Jessyca is a Master’s student in the Health Research Methodology program at McMaster University with a medical background from Brazil. She is currently working on reporting guideline for methodological studies in health research.

Agatha Nyambi

Agatha is a PhD student in the Health Research Methodology program at McMaster University. Her thesis will be focused on assessing the current data collection methodologies used in HIV research, particularly in minority or “hard to reach” populations.

Naharin Sultana Anni

Naharin Sultana Anni is a global health Ph.D. student. She graduated from the University of Dhaka with an MBBS and Yonsei University with an MPH in Clinical Epidemiology. Her current research focus is infectious diseases, particularly COVID-19 and HPV.

Maya Stevens-Uninsky

Maya is a PhD student in the Global Health program at McMaster University. Her research focuses on adolescent sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on decolonizing evaluation methodologies, and community-based research. She has worked with not-for-profit, private sector, and government organizations to deliver results-based health programming for high-needs populations, with particular expertise in knowledge translation, sustainable development, and innovative health technology. She has a Masters in Public Health from the University of Cape Town.

Stephen Noorduyn

Stephen is a PhD student in the Health Research Methodology program at McMaster University. He is interested in drug effectiveness research and disease epidemiology. His thesis will focus on the effectiveness of biologic therapies for treatment of severe asthma in Canada.

Aisha Barkhad

Aisha is a Ph.D. candidate at McMaster University’s Interdisciplinary Global Health Program. Aisha holds a BSc. degree in Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, and a MSc. degree in Epidemiology and Public Health. With her knowledge and expertise on host-pathogen interactions at a molecular level, and the transmission of vector-borne infectious diseases at the population level, Aisha aims to use her learnings to compile evidence on the ecological, biological, and social rudiments of dengue virus epidemiology in Latin America and the Caribbean to contribute to the growing body of research on the effects of climate change on disease emergence and re-emergence in low- and middle-income settings.

Ahlam Alotaibi

Ahlam is a PhD student in the Health Research Methodology at McMaster University. She is investigating the effect of dental and periodontal treatment on glycemic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Roseline Dine

Roseline is a master's student at McMaster University studying Health Research Methodology. Her research will center on predictors of Dapivirine Vaginal Ring adherence among African women in the prevention of HIV-1 infections.

Landry Kalembo

Landry is a Global Health PhD student at McMaster University. He holds a bilingual Honours Bachelor of Health Science and a Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences from the University of Ottawa. He is deeply passionate about health equity, with a strong interest in the complex interplay between the biopsychosocial environment and health. His PhD thesis will explore maternal-child health indicators and outcomes among internally displaced women in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Mahima Joshi

Mahima Joshi is an MSc candidate in the Health Research Methodology program at McMaster University. She is interested in Maternal and Child Health research. Her thesis focuses on evaluating the informed consent practices in randomized controlled trials within maternal and child health research.

Richard Mwamba (Postdoctoral fellow)

Gisele Ngomba (Postdoctoral fellow)

Pascal Djiadeu (Postdoctoral fellow)

Jhalok Ronjan Talukdar (PhD)

Daeria Lawson (PhD)

Tonya MacDonald (PhD)

Michael Cristian Garcia (MSc)

Clemence Ongolo-Zogo (MSc)

Nadia Rehman (MSc)

Tatyana Graham (MSc)

Roger Kou (MSc)

Jeslyn Chen (MSc)

Aves Theresa (MSc)

Hussein El-Kechen (MSc)

Clemence Ongolo-Zogo (MSc)

Tobi Olaiya (MSc)