Healthy People & Health Care Systems
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$3.6 Million in Funding Announced for the Formation of the Atlantic Cancer Consortium
Nova Scotia researchers join Atlantic Cancer Consortium to accelerate precision medicine for cancer patients. The group will work together under a joint pilot project over the next two years with the goal of becoming a member of the Terry Fox Research Institute’s new Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network, a pan-Canadian research network to accelerate…
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Study Highlights Impact of State of Emergency Measures on Infant and Caregiver Well-being
It’s been over a year since Nova Scotia entered a State of Emergency in response to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, triggering subsequent orders to limit social contact. Results from a study conducted during the early-days of lock-down demonstrate how this time period exacerbated existing challenges for new parents and infant caregivers. “Restrictions on in‐person services…
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Research team to determine if UV-C light can reduce infections in Long-Term Care facilities
February 17, 2021 (Halifax, NS) – Nova Scotia has the highest proportion of seniors in Canada. Investing in high quality and safe solutions for long-term care facilities is an important healthy aging strategy here and around the world. That is why researchers in Nova Scotia are launching a project to test whether UV lights installed…
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Researchers from Dalhousie University and Nova Scotia Health Authority receive $1.1 million in funding from Government of Canada to study COVID-19
HALIFAX, NS (June 25, 2020) Researchers from Dalhousie University and the Nova Scotia Health Authority are leading projects which received a $1.1 million investment from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Research Nova Scotia as part of a May 2020 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity. The funding opportunity is a partnership between the CIHR,…