Cathy Humphreys is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics. She is the inaugural Assistant Dean of the Master's of Science in Child Life and Pediatric Psychosocial Care Program in the Faculty of Health Sciences which she co-developed and championed through the university’s new program approval process. This continues to be the first master's degree program within the Department of Pediatrics, and is the first of its kind in Canada. Cathy also teaches full-time in this program. Prior to this, Cathy held several different leadership roles between 2001-2016 in the former Child Life Studies post-baccalaureate diploma program at McMaster University.
Cathy has practiced as a certified child life specialist at McMaster Children's hospital in a number of clinical areas with the most years of service in inpatient general pediatrics, and outpatient pediatric hematology/oncology. She also has past experience serving as the Child Life Professional Practice Leader.
Cathy is Past-President of the Canadian Association of Child Life Leaders, past board member of the Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP), founding member of the Canadian Child Life Institute and member of the Founders Council of the Child Life Academic Society.
