College of Health Professions associate professor Mary Helen McSweeney-Feld has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2025–26. The prestigious honor will broaden her long-term care administration research and put her amongst a group whose distinguished alumni includes 63 Nobel Prize winners and 98 Pulitzer Prize recipients.

"We are incredibly proud of Dr. McSweeney-Feld’s outstanding teaching and research and thrilled to see her recognized as a Fulbright Scholar," says Melanie Perreault, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. "The fellowship will enable her to expand her research and share her findings for the benefit of our students and the broader community."

We are incredibly proud of Dr. McSweeney-Feld’s outstanding teaching and research and thrilled to see her recognized as a Fulbright Scholar.

Melanie Perreault, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs

McSweeney-Feld combines her background in health administration and international affairs to teach health law and ethics as well as serve as director of TU’s master’s program in health science. The fellowship installs her as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and Social Justice at the University of Ottawa, from which she will pursue research on the broad health perspectives of Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) law.

The law has made Canada the No. 1 provider of MAID worldwide and a critical test case for countries across the globe looking to understand the implications and outcomes of the regulation. McSweeney-Feld will bring her findings back to TU to extend her research in long-term care issues and inform classroom discussions on the ethics and nuances of such laws.

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Mary Helen McSweeney-Feld, associate professor of health science

“I feel blessed to have this opportunity and look forward to bringing my experiences back to the classroom Â鶹ɫ˛Ą,” says McSweeney-Feld. “I’m so grateful for support from Dr. Sam Collins, Dr. Allison Kabel and other TU faculty and leaders who offered their guidance throughout the application process. I want all TU faculty to know this opportunity is available to them and that there are resources on campus to support them in earning these awards.”

There have been 39 TU professors named Fulbright U.S. Scholars since 1957. TU has had 25 Fulbright student awardees since 1968, and was named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution in 2023 and 2024.

The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government's flagship international academic exchange program. Since 1946, the program has provided talented and accomplished students, scholars, teachers, artists and professionals of all backgrounds with the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research abroad. Participants exchange ideas, build people-to-people connections and work to address complex global challenges.