ACTIVITIES IN EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INVOLVING MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE/PLANNING COMMITMENT AT MCMASTER UNIVERSITY

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In the Faculty of Health Sciences

Coordinator, Programme for Leadership Development, PFD 1992-1997
Member, Health Sciences Education Committee 1992-1995
Chair, Programme for Faculty Development (PFD) 1992-1995
Member, Educating Future Physicians for Ontario (EFPO) Community Consultation Committee 1992-1997
Member, EFPO Faculty Development Liaison Group 1991-1995
Chair, EFPO–McMaster Liaison Committee 1990-1991
Member, EFPO–C1 Executive/Liaison 1990-1995
Member, Education Committee, Undergraduate Medical Programme 1988-1992
Chair, Undergraduate Admissions Committee, Undergraduate Medical Programme 1988-1992
Member, Faculty of Health Sciences Executive 1988-1989
Representing Health Sciences International Health Liaison Committee:
  • Havana, CUBA (sponsored by WHO "Network of Community-Oriented Educational Institutions") (Nov. 10-12, 1988) Workshop on Community Oriented Education
  • Montevideo, URUGUAY (April 3-9, Dec. 10-20, 1988) establishing a Network of medical schools in Latin America
  • Quito, ECUADOR (Oct. 4-10, 1987) establishing a Network of Latin-American medical schools
  • Yogyakarta, INDONESIA Task Force II (July 17-26, 1987, May 22-27, 1988, Sept. 1988, Oct. 1990) Problem Based Learning Workshops
 1987/1988
Member, Faculty of Health Sciences Council 1987-1992
Chair, Workshop Planning Group, Workshops in Health Sciences Education 1984-1987
Chair, Admissions (Personal Interviews), Undergraduate Medical Programme 1982-1986
Coordinator, Visitors' Workshop–Workshops in Health Sciences Education 1981-1998
Chair, Committee on Assessment of Post-Grad. Education, Obst. & Gyn. 1980
Chair, Project Review Group, Programme for Educational Development 1977-1978
Chair, Phase I, Undergraduate Medical Programme 1975-1978
Coordinator, Growth & Development Board of Education, the City of Hamilton 1974-1977
Chair, Research Committee, Dept. of Obst. & Gyn. 1973-1977
Chair, Undergraduate Medical Programme Clerkship Evaluation Committee 1973
Director, Research Programme in Reproductive Biology 1972-1976
Chair, Phase III, Undergraduate Medical Programme 1970-1971
Coordinator, Preliminary Course, Undergraduate Medical Programme 1970-1971
Discipline Coordinator, Undergraduate Medical Programme 1969-1974
Chair, Measurement in Education, Undergraduate Medical Programme 1969-1972
Coordinator, Problem-Based Learning Endocrine Unite–Phase I, Undergraduate Medical Programme 1969-1971

In the Faculty of Science

Member, Science Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 1992-1995
Chair, Biochemistry Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 1992-1995
Undergraduate Student Advisor for Biochemistry, Dept. of Biochemistry 1981-1989

Other Activities

Chair, Women's Studies Programme Academic Review Committee 1993-1994
Member, Undergraduate Council Admissions Committee 1987-1988
Chair, Senate Tenure and Promotion Review, Nominating Committee 1984-1986
Chair, Senate Board of Student Appeals 1983-1989
Vice-Chair, Senate Board of Student Appeals 1982-1983
Member, University Senate Executive 1982-1982
Member, University Senate 1981-1986
Chair, Committee on Labour Studies B.A. Degree Programme 1980
Member, General Studies Programme (Arts & Science), new B.A. Degree 1978
Vice-Chair, Undergraduate Council 1977-1979

Research Interests at McMaster University

The physiology of uterine contractility during pregnancy and labour

The mechanisms responsible for the beginning of labour

The physiology of milk ejection effect in women during lactation

Synthesis of the polypeptides analogous to the oxytocin hormone with inhibiting activity of premature labour

Studies of the structural relation and biological activity of polypeptides of the pituitary gland

The physiology of the permeability of the human placenta and how drugs are transmitted through it

Isolation and identification of oxytocin receptors