Editorial board
CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Alex Stoljar Gold is a fourth-year medical student at McGill University. He has been involved in a number of global health projects, including Ports2Arms, which focused on strengthening community agency for better responses to health crises at the local level. Alex is interested in global maternal health as well as medical anthropology and hopes to combine a clinical career with research and advocacy in support of global health equity.
CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Claire R. Gapare, a second-year medical student at McGill University with a Masters in Public Health, is a seasoned global health practitioner. She has consulted for top organizations like the World Health Organization and USAID’s Frontier Health Markets Engage. Claire’s expertise is in market systems approaches to enhancing health outcomes through community engagement and patient-centered care. Her passions include advancing women's cardiovascular health and improving their sexual and reproductive health through innovative surgical and non-surgical interventions.
Social Media Expert
Joey Hull is a second year undergraduate in Environment - Ecological Determinants of Health - Population. He is from Columbus, Ohio and participates in multiple Global Health focused clubs at McGill. He has a strong passion for understanding the impacts of climate change and land development as they impact health.
Health Reporter
Sarah Lapin is a graduate student at McGill University, currently pursuing a Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration in Global Health. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Interdepartmental Honours Immunology, also from McGill. Sarah’s graduate work, conducted in partnership with Médecins du Monde, focuses on understanding healthcare professionals’ perspectives of managing chronic illness in migrants with precarious status in Montreal. Sarah is also active in the global health sphere beyond her studies. She serves as a student coordinator for the Interprofessional Global Health Course, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and education on pressing global health issues, and as a Health Reporter for the McGill Perspectives on Global Health Blog.
Graphic Designer
Madomi Kusano is a fourth-year International Development Studies student at McGill University. She has been actively involved in McGill's Global Health Night, contributing to the event's organization and smooth execution behind the scenes. With a growing interest in global health, particularly whole-person care, she is passionate about promoting holistic approaches that consider the entire individual, with the goal of making a meaningful impact on community well-being.
Editor
Hyacinth B. Domingo is a U1 Social Work student at McGill University. Her background as a private aid worker in older adult long term care residences sparked her passion for understanding the intersectionality between healthcare access/delivery and the social factors surrounding aging. She is currently an active volunteer at The Yellow Door Generations Program and has a passion for other local initiatives like food security with Community Cooks Collective.
Editor
Ahoor Saleem is a second-year undergraduate student, studying Anatomy & Cell Biology at McGill University. This year, Ahoor joins the Perspectives team as an Editor, driven by a passion for advancing discussions around global health. With a strong commitment to global health education, awareness, and equity, Ahoor has been involved in research on innovative healthcare tools and campus fundraising initiatives for diseases like Parkinson’s. Looking forward, Ahoor is eager to explore further education in global health, particularly in its potential to shape medicine and positively impact the community.
PRevious EDITORS-in-Chief
2023-2024
Samir Gouin is a medical student at McGill University. He was a Global Health Scholar in 2021 when he worked on the Children’s Worlds Survey with Dr. Ruiz-Casares. He has also worked as an MJGH editor and as part of the STOP TB Partnership. He hopes to continue learning about children’s health worldwide and to integrate advocacy and research into his future practice.
2022-2023
Miriam Gladstone is a fourth year medical student with an interest in understanding the social and biological determinants of global maternal and child health. She holds a Masters degree in Reproductive and Sexual Health Research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 2020 she was awarded the Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship during which she reported on resiliency and challenges faced by Inuit midwives during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021-2022
Shashika Bandara is a doctoral student focusing on global health policy and health governance at McGill University. His doctoral thesis is on the political economy of tobacco control, production policies, and its impact on health in Zimbabwe. He holds a master's in global health from Duke University and is formerly a policy associate at the Center for Policy Impact in Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute.
2020-2021
Amanda Marcinowska is a graduate student in Family Medicine at McGill University. Her research focuses on Primary Health Care in underserved regions of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Prior to graduate studies, Amanda completed a Bachelor of Science honors degree in Biology for Health Sciences and Psychology at the University of Toronto.
2019-2020
Claire Gapare is a second year Masters of Science in Public Health student with a bachelor of science honors degree in Neuroscience. Her passion is promote and facilitate universal health coverage in low and middle income countries, particularly, Sub-Saharan Africa. She hopes to shine light on global health issues through journalism, research and advocacy, and to communicate global health issues in ways that get the right stakeholders invested.
2018-2019
Clare Fogarty is a second year medical student with a bachelor’s in Honours Microbiology & Immunology and a minor in the History & Philosophy of Science. Her interest in biomedicine and bioethics intersect with her passion for public and global health, where she hopes to pursue work in infectious disease control and health in relation to human rights. Clare previously acted as a Co-Editor in 2016-2017, and now serves as the Editor-in-Chief for 2018-2019 after being selected as a McGill Global Health Programs Outreach Scholar.
2017-2018
Patrick Bidulka is a recent graduate from the undergraduate pharmacology program at McGill University. He worked at McGill Global Health Programs for 5 months, where he was initiated into the professional global health arena. Patrick hopes to make significant impacts in the field of global health in the near future.
2016-2017
Madlen Nash is an honours microbiology & immunology student. Her global health interests are infectious disease prevention and diagnosis in high-burden, low-resource settings and improving access to essential medicines and diagnostics. She is passionate about health and social justice.
2015-2017
Matt Malon is a 3L law student. He holds a B.A. from the University of Toronto and an M.A. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also acts as Strategic Planning and Solicitations Editor for the McGill Journal of Law and Health. He is interested in fertility law and intellectual property law.