Dr. Deborah Slobada is an Associated Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences at McMaster University. Dedicated to improving maternal and child health, she explores the relationship between prenatal risk factors, such as poor maternal nutrition, and long-term disease risk in hopes of translating her basic science research...

Written by Kevin Zhao, Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours) Class of 2021, Biomedical Sciences Specialization, McMaster University   The role of the physician as the authoritative, primary care deliverer has become such a fixture that it is rarely even questioned. Within the medical system of the past century, doctors have...