The Latin American Health Science Student Success Initiative (LAHSSSI) is housed within LANMU and it aims to provide academic and general support to Latin American/Latinx students in the Faculty of Health Sciences or with interests in the Health Sciences/Medicine at McMaster.
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LAHSSSI's Objectives
To create a community at McMaster to promote essential research and academic skills, strengthen academic English language skills, and to develop research networks and psychosocial support for Latin American/Latinx students in the Health Sciences.
Our aim is to achieve this through multiple sessions over the 2023-24 academic year and continue this into the following year.
LAHSSSI is led by:
Dr. Elena Verdú Learn More
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Dr. Andrés Felipe Fajardo Email Felipe
Pediatric Resident PGY3, McMaster Children’s Hospital
Dr. Gastón Rueda Email Gastón
Postdoctoral Fellow, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute
Millaray Freire-Archer Email Millaray
Medical Student, Year 2, DeGroote School of Medicine