Mike G. Wilson, B.H.Sc. PhD
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Mike is the assistant director of the McMaster Health Forum, a part-time assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University, a member of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, and an investigator with the Program in Policy Decision-making. He completed his PhD in the Health Research Methodology Program at McMaster, for which he received several awards including the Rising Star Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Health Services and Policy Research in 2009, the Outstanding Thesis Award from the Faculty of Health Sciences in 2011, and the Dean’s Award for Graduate Student Knowledge Translation and Innovation in 2010. Mike also completed a diploma in Health Services and Policy Research in 2010, which included working in a placement with the Health System Strategy Division in the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. 

His research is focused on supporting the use of research evidence in health systems, with specific interest in community-based organizations, and health system managers and policymakers. Mike is also interested in research related to the politics of healthcare systems and the social determinants of health for people living with HIV/AIDS. He helped lead the development of Health Systems Evidence and continues to help maintain it. 

Mike also works at the Ontario HIV Treatment Network as the Scientist of Health Policy and Knowledge Transfer and Exchange, and will be co-instructor (with Dr. John Lavis) for an undergraduate course on the politics of health systems in the Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) program at McMaster. He holds a B.H.Sc. (Hons.) from McMaster, and studied political science at the University of Toronto.