Matthew R. Hunt, pht, Ph.D.

Education

• B.Sc., Physical Therapy, McGill University, 1997
• M.Sc., Experimental Medicine – Specialization in Bioethics, McGill University, 2006
• Ph.D., Experimental Medicine, McGill University, 2009
• Postdoctorate, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton ON, 2011
• Postdoctorate, Centre de recherche en éthique (CREUM), Université de Montréal, 2011

Research interests

Bioethics, global health, health equity, humanitarian assistance, rehabilitation.

Research laboratory

Humanitarian Health Ethics Research Group & Global Health, Ethics & Rehabilitation lab (Global health programs and practices; ethics in rehabilitation)

Awards and distinctions

• Prix Rosemary Wedderburn Brown, 2020

Selected publications

Hunt, M.R., Ponnusamy, R., Goulet, A., Anthonypillai, C., Sahayraj, S., Bharathwaj, A., Thomas, A., Archambault, P.S., Garnett, C., Storr, C. & Krishna, D. (Sous presse 2020 (Online ahead of print)) An integrated knowledge translation project to develop, implement and evaluate a train-the-trainer program at a community rehabilitation program in Tamil Nadu, India. Disability and Rehabilitation. [doi]

Hunt, M.R., O’Brien, S., Cadwell, P. & O’Mathúna, D. (2020). Ethics at the Intersection of Crisis Translation and Humanitarian Innovation. Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, 1(3), 29-32. [doi]  OPEN ACCESS

Blackburn, E., Durocher, E., Feldman, D.E., Hudon, A., Laliberté, M., Mazer, B. & Hunt, M.R. (2018). Supporting, promoting, respecting and advocating: A scoping study of rehabilitation professionals’ responses to patient autonomy. Canadian Journal of Bioethics, 1(3), 22-24. [doi] OPEN ACCESS

Hunt, M.R., Chénier, A., Bezanson, K., Nouvet, E., Bernard, C., de Laat, S., Krishnaraj, G. & Schwartz, L. (2018). Moral experiences of humanitarian health professionals caring for patients who are dying or likely to die in a humanitarian crisis. Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 3(12), 1-13. [doi] OPEN ACCESS

Descoteaux N., Chagnon, V., Di Dong, X., Ellemo, E., Hamelin, A., Juste, E., Laplante, X., Miron, A., Morency, P., Samuel, K., Charles, D. & Hunt, M.R. (2018). Expanding the Haitian rehabilitation workforce: Employment situation and perceptions of graduates from three rehabilitation technician training programs. Disability and Rehabilitation, 40(10), 1227-1236. [doi] OPEN ACCESS

—Other publications

Research orientation

Axis 2: Participation, Social Inclusion and Rehabilitation Services

Research topic

Theme 2: Services, Systems and Policies

Research Site

CRIR – Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, CISSS de Laval

University Affiliation