Impact Story
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Ukrainian Researcher Spotlight: Dmytro Tymoshenko
“I had thought about coming to Canada before, but not so suddenly,” explains Dmytro Tymoshenko. “Due to the beginning of the full-scale war, I didn’t know what would happen to my studies and future academic pursuits.” Dmytro arrived in Nova Scotia in August 2022 to be a Research Assistant with Dr. John Archibald, Professor in…
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Ukrainian Researcher Spotlight: Bohdana Bila
“We need to understand that people in Ukraine, especially those who study there, need help from supervisors and teachers all around the world to be able to satisfy their dreams in a practical way,” says Bohdana Bila. Bohdana is a summer research intern working with Dr. Richard Price and his team to research differences in…
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Ukrainian Researcher Spotlight: Yaryna Tylchak
“When your country is in war, when you have air alarms and rocket attacks, when the people who live there work to build the economy and go to the battlefield to fight for Ukraine, it becomes really complicated to leave your life, to leave your family, and to do research,” says Yaryna Tylchak. About 11…
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Removing Guess Work for Clinicians to Enable More Efficient and Effective Care for Patients: There’s an App for That
NEW HEALTH INVESTIGATOR GRANT RECIPIENT SPOTLIGHT: DR. RYAN E.R. REID A clinician doesn’t have to guess patients’ cholesterol levels; they can do a blood test. However, clinicians can’t objectively measure patients’ level of physical activity, sedentary time, and sleep time. These measures must be self-reported without a known universal scale of what defines high or…
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Celebrating Student Research Accomplishments
This article was originally posted by Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Applied Research. NSCC’s 2023 Scotia Scholar Showcase Nerves and excitement filled the theater last week, as NSCC students and their families from across the province arrived at Ivany Campus to present their self-led, health-related research projects. NSCC President, Don Bureaux, kicked off the event…
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Research Nova Scotia Investing an Additional $1.1 Million in Infection Control Research in Long-Term Care Facilities
June 7, 2023 (Halifax, NS) – Research Nova Scotia is investing an additional $1.1 million to test whether UV lights installed in long-term care (LTC) facilities will reduce respiratory viral infections (RVI) among LTC residents. “The foundational work completed as part of a pandemic response has established Nova Scotia as a leader in this area…