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McMaster University’s first-year MSc Global Health students recently joined Rohan D’Souza for a field visit that brought their work on sexual and reproductive health into a clinical setting.

The morning focused on maternal-fetal medicine, maternity care, and the decisions that shape care when pregnancy becomes complex. Students moved from the ideas they had been studying in class to the practical realities of how services are organized, how patients move through the system, and how clinical decisions are made with patients and families.

The visit reflects a simple but important part of FLOURISH’s work. Better pregnancy and postpartum care depends not only on strong research, but on how that knowledge is taught, shared, and carried into practice.

Flourish Lab A recent field visit led by Rohan D’Souza gave McMaster’s first-year MSc Global Health students a closer look at how maternal-fetal medicine and maternity care are delivered in a tertiary-care setting.

Rohan D’Souza has been recognised with a Mid-Career Research Award at the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact’s 2025 Research Day.

His work continues to ask precise, necessary questions about maternal health - how evidence is shaped, whose experiences are centred, and what must shift to build systems that are more responsive, inclusive, and grounded in reality. This recognition speaks not to output, but to impact: on policy, on practice, and on the possibilities research can unlock.

Research Day 2025: Highlights from HEI’s annual flagship event - Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) hosted its 22nd annual Research Day event at the Ron Joyce Centre. Recognized as the department’s flagship event, Research Day provides a unique opportunity for faculty, staff, learners, and alumni to...