2025 Health Professions Educator Award

Ruth Chen is the associate dean, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) and an associate professor in the School of Nursing. Currently, she is also the acting director, McMaster Continuing Education (MCE). She is the pathophysiology course lead for the provincial primary health care nurse practitioner program; she teaches in both undergraduate and graduate programs and previously taught in the Health Sciences Education (HSED) MSc program. She is a member of PhD & MSc thesis committees in the FHS and advisor to course-based MSc students. She has held previous leadership roles at McMaster, including assistant dean, Academic Resources; department education coordinator for the School of Nursing; and assistant dean of Faculty Development for the FHS. Ruth completed her bachelor’s degree in Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, her master’s degree at Yale University, and her PhD in Health Research Methodology at McMaster.