World-class professors, clinicians, students, researchers and innovators. Global leaders in interprofessional education. At McMaster's Faculty of Health Sciences, this is who we are. Innovation, collaboration and involvement in our communities is in our DNA. And it's also part of our long-standing values. It was here, at the Michael G.
DeGroote School of Medicine, that Dr. John Evans and his team developed the problem-based learning approach in the 1960s. And here, that Dr. Gordon Guyatt described another innovation in medical education, evidence-based medicine. And here, too, that Dr. Mae Cohen led the drive for the equality and well-being of women in medicine.
These McMaster breakthroughs are known around the world, but we are much more than that. McMaster's Faculty of Health Sciences is unique in Canada for bringing together many healthcare disciplines under one roof. Not just medicine, but nursing and rehabilitation sciences. Canada's first degree program in midwifery. The country's first undergraduate program for physician assistants.
And unique interdisciplinary programs in health sciences. At McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences, we pride ourselves on interdisciplinary research, education and care. Today, McMaster is one of four Canadian universities consistently ranked in the top 50 in the world for medicine and health. We are leaders in distributed education, with medical campuses in Niagara and Waterloo.
The faculty works closely with its academic hospital partners, as well as community hospitals and other healthcare providers. Together, we are changing patient care in Canada and around the world. With strong philanthropic support and a broad research mandate, we have worked together to produce a steady stream of global advances in a wide range of fields.
From aging and digestive health, to infectious disease and stem cells. Our scientists have been recognized with numerous international awards, including the prestigious Pre-Galene Canada in 2015, for their work in hematology. We are known as a world leader in the development of gold standard clinical trials, particularly in population health.
And the faculty is home to 22 recipients of the Order of Canada. We are proud of the work we do here at McMaster. And best of all, we get to do it in a vibrant, growing city of half a million people, where we are always just steps away from hiking trails, waterfalls and the magnificent Niagara Escarpment. McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences. World-class professors, researchers, clinicians, students. Together, advancing health through learning and discovery. you
