Nazik Hammad: Medical education in times of distress

Nazik Hammad shared on X/Twitter:

“Just published with the bright fifth-year students at my alma mater, the University of Khartoum who worried about epidemiological shifts and future of cancer in Sudan. Now the public medical school is closed and possibly looted because of conflict. Medical education in times of distress!”

Source: Nazik Hammad/X

Nazik Hammad is a Professor at the Division of Hematology and Oncology, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto. She is the Chair of the Education and Training Committee of the African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC). Dr. Hammad is a visiting professor at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She is the co-chair of the Network for Advancing Black Learners (Medical Students and Residents) in Ontario.

She is the former Director of Global Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University. Dr. Hammad is the recipient 2019 Harvard Global Health Catalyst Distinguished Young Leader Award.