In the Spotlight
Celebrate and Collaborate at Northern Constellations and Connections
NOSM University’s annual faculty and preceptor conference, Northern Constellations and Connections is taking place from May 8-10, 2025! Join NOSM University faculty, preceptors, alumni and more for two days of learning, networking and skill building at Northern Ontario’s foremost medical conference. This year’s event is more than just a conference—it’s a celebration of 20 years of transformative medical education, research excellence, and health equity in Northern Ontario— NOSM University’s 20th Anniversary. It’s your opportunity to connect, collaborate, and commemorate the incredible impact of our shared work. The co...
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Training Future Public Health Physicians
When Dr. Lloyd Douglas considered a career in medicine, public health was not on his radar. After training as general practitioner at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, he knew that he wanted to focus on something broader than individual patients. “The idea of population health and doing work to promote and protect health at the population level was quite appealing,” he says. Today, Dr. Douglas works as a Public Health Physician seconded from the Thunder Bay District Health Unit to the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority. As a public health physician, he works with organizations and communities to de...
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Expanding global impact: NOSM University professors advance medical education
In late 2024, Dr. Jack Haggarty, psychiatrist and NOSM University Professor, travelled to the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda in his role as clinical supervisor and educator. This marked his second time supporting UGHE undergraduate clerkship rotation in psychiatry, reinforcing an evolving partnership between two institutions that share a commitment to health equity in underserved communities. Dr. Haggarty was among 10 international physicians providing two weeks of clinical supervision to UGHE medical students in Butaro, Rwanda. Founded in 2015, UGHE was created through a collaboration between Partners in Heal...
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