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David L. Sackett Graduate Scholarship

To honour David Sackett and his enthusiasm for educating and mentoring graduate students, HEI established the David L. Sackett Scholarship Trust to support exceptional doctoral students enrolled its Health Research Methodology program.

David L. Sackett OC, FRSC, MD, MA, FRCP, was the founding Chair of Canada’s first Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics (now the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact) at McMaster University. He led the creation of a graduate studies program, the first of its kind, in Design, Measurement and Evaluation, now called the Health Research Methodology Program. During his career, he developed and mentored a new breed of applied clinician-scientists and worked with them to create and disseminate the practice of evidence-based medicine throughout the world.

Award Recipients

Recipient: Kevin Kim
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Richard Whitlock

Recipient: Elena Kum
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Gordon Guyatt and Dr. Imran Satia

Recipient: Arrti Bhasin
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Michael Walsh

Recipient: Jillian Halladay
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Kathy Georgiades

Recipient: Chloe Bedard
PhD Supervisor: Dr. John Cairney

Recipient: Dena Zeraatkar
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Gordon Guyatt

Recipient: Frederick Morfaw
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Recipient: Justin Lee
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Anne Holbrook

Recipient: Tahira Devji
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Gordon Guyatt

Recipient: Vanessa Ha
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Russell de Souza and Dr. Sonia Anand

Recipient: Brittany Dennis
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Zena Samaan

Recipient: Ashley Bonner
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Joseph Beyene

Recipient: Lawrence Mbuagbaw
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Lehana Thabane