MAJUMDAR, BASANTM. Sc. 1987INDUCTED: 2002
Dr. Basanti Majumdar is known nationally and internationally for her research and teaching about HIV/AIDS, the empowerment of women, problem-based learning, and self-directed learning methods. These interests stem from her background in nursing, having earned Bachelor and Masters degrees from Delhi University. She has been interested in improving the quality of life for under-privileged people around the world since she left her native India to study at Columbia University. She was able to get more actively involved in helping under-privileged people and researching the socio-economic factors of health care as her sons grew.After completing her second Masters degree at McMaster, she completed her Ph.D. in Adult Education at the Michigan State University in 1990. Currently, she is a Professor in the School of Nursing and the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University. She has also played a leading role in the bridging the university and ethnocultural communities through the development of "Culture and Health," a course designed to benefit students of multidisciplinary faculties.As one of the founders of the Ethnocultural Research Division, Basanti developed the first Canadian Cultural Sensitivity Training Manual for health and social service workers. She also continues to research transcultural communication and learning methods. Additionally, her research in HIV/AIDS care has looked at home-based and community-based care in Canada and South Africa. She is the Director of a five-year development project between McMaster and the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa to train nurses, birth attendants, and lay women in primary health care concepts and human rights in order to empower disadvantaged women. She has been a consultant for the World Health Organization and the Canadian International Development Agency. Clinically, she is involved in community health with immigrants and refugees and in primary health care. In 1998, Basu was nominated for the Ontario Outstanding Achievements in Human Rights award.
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