International Health Humanities Network Membership

Lara Hazelton is a practicing psychiatrist in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and an Associate Professor with the Dalhousie Department of Psychiatry.  She is the Humanities Coordinator within the Department of Psychiatry, and acts as a liaison with the Medical Humanities Program at Dahousie Medical School.  Dr. Hazelton is interested in medical education, and is currently completing her Masters of Education.  In 2012, she received a Medical Education Fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada to support her thesis research on teaching professionalism to residents.  She enjoys writing creatively, and has published a number of reflective essays in journals such as the Canadian Medical Association and trade publications like Canada's Medical Post.  She has also authored or co-authored peer-reviewed articles on narrative in medicine, medical ethics, psychotherapy, and anatomical sciences education.  She sings alto in the Dalhousie Health Sciences choir.