Editorial board
2025-2026
Editor-in-Chief
Sofia Lizza is a third-year medical student at McGill. As a medical student and future physician, she is interested in working with migrant populations and pursuing research on narrative competence in medicine.
Editor
Moustafa Laymouna is a third-year PhD candidate in Family Medicine and Primary Care at McGill University. He completed his medical degree in Egypt and an MSc in Family Medicine at McGill with a focus on digital health. His doctoral research focuses on rapid antiretroviral therapy initiation among migrants, integrating evidence from clinical guidelines and real-world practice to generate practical solutions that advance patient-centred care and reduce health disparities.
Health Reporter on Medical History and Health Economics
Hillary G. Wright is a fourth-year undergraduate student, studying Economics (Arts) at McGill University. She complements her primary curriculum with minors in History and Health Geography. Hillary is from Ottawa, Ontario and shares a deep passion for health policy and health care systems, while considering the socio, political, economic, and environmental influences on health. She looks forward to pursuing a career in health policy and health research.
Editor
Ahoor Saleem is a third-year Honours Anatomy and Cell Biology student at McGill University. This year, she joins the Perspectives team as an Editor, motivated by a passion for advancing discussions around global health. Committed to global health education, awareness, and equity, Ahoor has explored the intersection of global health within her academic and extracurricular pursuits — such as participating in research on infectious diseases of global importance and engaging in global health campus initiatives such as CAGH. In the future, she aims to further her education in global health, focusing on its role in shaping medicine and fostering community well-being.
Graphic Designer
Joseph Gad is a third-year Bioengineering student at McGill University specializing in biomolecular, cellular, and tissue engineering. He is an intern at the University of Montreal’s Gurjao Lab, where he focuses on shaping the landscape of microbial studies based on next-generation sequencing technologies.
Health Reporter on Health Policy and Systems
Bridget Li is a third-year student at McGill University studying Chemistry and Political science with a keen interest in health policy and systems. She is particularly interested in local health, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and what accessibility looks like in Montreal. In her spare time, she loves debating, going to new restaurants and listening to the newest pop girlie album.
Editor
Kanako Isobe is a first-year Master of Science in Public Health student with a bachelor’s degree in Global Health and years of experience in health promotion in recreational settings. She is passionate about advancing maternal and women’s health, especially in marginalized populations where women’s voices are often overlooked in health decision-making. Her interests center on developing culturally safe, community-driven approaches to surveillance and preventive care that promote health equity.
Social Media Manager
Tamara Golosarsky is a fourth-year Honors Anatomy and Cell Biology student at McGill University. She has a background in global clinical trial development within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, where she has been directly involved in the construction of clinical trials on a global scale. Her current research investigates the connection between Matrix Gla Protein (MGP) and increased risk in obesity in patient populations and the mechanisms that underlie this relationship. Furthermore, she is the president of Medical Perspectives, a student organization dedicated to supporting healthcare career exploration and providing scholarships for students with financial need. Tamara aspires to pursue a career in medicine that bridges clinical research and patient care, with a focus on advancing equity in clinical trial access and representation, especially in chronically underserved populations.
Health Reporter on Health, Environment, and Culture
Rebecca Winkelaar is a fourth-year BSc Ecological Determinants of Health student at McGill University. Her research with Dr. Maheu-Giroux focuses on global patterns of HIV-related stigma through data analysis and visualization. She participated in the Global Health Scholars Program in 2025-2026 and currently serves as VP Advertising for the Canadian Association for Global Health at McGill. She is especially interested in bridging research and storytelling to make global health more accessible.
PRevious EDITORS-in-Chief
2024-2025
Alex Stoljar Gold is a 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.
Claire R. Gapare, a 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.
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.