Nazik Hammad: Proud to be a Black woman from the African Sahel

Nazik Hammad shared on LinkedIn:

“Proud to be an IMG , proud to be a Black woman from the African Sahel. Grateful to all friends and colleagues who peer mentored me and to the organizations that gave me the opportunity to be of service. All my love for African girls who are struggling even to have a primary school education and in unstinting support of public schools, public universities and universal health coverage.”

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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. Her academic work and research interests include medical education and workforce development in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.