The New Health Investigator Grant supports early-career health researchers who are engaged in research that is focused on the efficient and effective delivery of healthcare to Nova Scotians. The grant provides up to $100,000 over two years for researchers who are within the first five years of their first academic appointment. Funding provided will support the establishment of independent programs of research, improve competitiveness for awards from national and other external funders, and expand the potential for early-career researchers to make significant contributions in their field. For the 2024-25 academic year, funding for this grant is provided by the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness.
$1,484,941
In Funding
15
Projects
3
Institutions
Below you can search for recipients by their name, their affiliated institution/organization, or by project key words.
Project: Nirsevimab for prevention from Respiratory syncytial virus in high-risk infants in Nova Scotia: effect on health and immunological outcomes
Dr. Bahaa Abu-Raya
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $99,980.00
Total Project Value: $103,980.00
Key Words: respiratory syncytial virus, nirsevimab, palivizumab, preterm infants, immunization, RSV provincial working group
Project: Early-stage osteoarthritis diagnosis in Nova Scotia from patients personalized biomechanical data
Dr. Vahid Adibnia
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $100,000.00
Total Project Value: $189,333.00
Key Words: Personalized Medical Device, osteoarthritis, disease diagnosis, health of the aging population, musculoskeletal diseases, microfluidics
Project: Efficacy of low-cost at-home virtual reality rehabilitation for motor recovery following stroke: a pilot study
Dr. Daniel Blustein
Nova Scotia Health (NSH)
RNS Funding Contribution: $100,000.00
Total Project Value: $130,000.00
Key Words: stroke, rehabilitation, health technology, telemedicine, virtual reality, treatment access
Project: Adapting supervised consumption services for patients who inject drugs in acute care hospital settings in Nova Scotia: the Safe Harbours study
Dr. Thomas Brothers
Nova Scotia Health (NSH)
RNS Funding Contribution: $99,968.65
Total Project Value: $111,968.65
Key Words: substance use disorder, acute care, health care quality, health care access, marginalized populations, addiction medicine
Project: Listening to the Voices of Young Refugees Survivors of Gender-Based Violence to Learn About the Special Strengths and Social Connections that Promote Their Mental Health
Dr. Margherita Cameranesi
Saint Mary’s University (SMU)
RNS Funding Contribution: $100,000.00
Total Project Value: $105,000.00
Key Words: gender-based violence, mental health, well-being, refugees, asylum seekers, biopsychosocial model
Project: The delivery of oncologic surgery in Nova Scotia: a real world population-based analysis of treatment patterns and outcomes
Dr. Ashley Drohan
Nova Scotia Health (NSH)
RNS Funding Contribution: $98,087.00
Total Project Value: $98,087.00
Key Words: cancer, surgery, health services, colorectal, gastric, sarcoma
Project: Exploring Multifactorial Barriers and Resources for Accessing Care and Equity in Mental Health for Black Communities in Nova Scotia (EMBRACE- MHB)
Dr. Ejemai Eboreime
Nova Scotia Health (NSH)
RNS Funding Contribution: $99,938.00
Total Project Value: $163,326.00
Key Words: mental health equity, African Nova Scotians, culturally responsive care, community-based participatory research, social determinants of health, health system transformation
Project: Identifying and Studying Best-Practice Communities of Comprehensive Youth Health Resilience in Nova Scotia
Dr. Jan Höltge
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $99,970.00
Total Project Value: $99,970.00
Key Words: youth, resilience, community, social determinants, ecological determinants, multidimensional well-being
Project: The Implementation of Virtual Prehabilitation in Patients undergoing Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Dr. Samuel Jessula
Nova Scotia Health (NSH)
RNS Funding Contribution: $98,573.00
Total Project Value: $199,419.00
Key Words: prehabilitation, exercise therapy, abdominal aortic aneurysm, vascular surgery, virtual care, health outcomes
Project: Optimizing Healthcare Delivery: Advanced Computational Methods for Safe Medication Practices in Nova Scotia’s Aging Population
Dr. Somayeh Kafaie
Saint Mary’s University (SMU)
RNS Funding Contribution: $100,000.00
Total Project Value: $183,000.00
Key Words: drug-drug interactions, polypharmacy, explainability, network science, knowledge graphs, elderly care
Project: Nerve Transfer Surgery in Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Improving Independence for Nova Scotians living with Spinal Cord Injury
Dr. Emily Krauss
Nova Scotia Health (NSH)
RNS Funding Contribution: $99,371.08
Total Project Value: $106,371.08
Key Words: spinal cord injury, nerve transfer surgery, vulnerable populations, health outcomes, people with lived-experience, healthcare delivery
Project: Co-designing a community-informed social prescribing approach in Nova Scotia to improve health and well-being
Dr. Ellen McGarity-Shipley
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $99,933.00
Total Project Value: $135,433.00
Key Words: social prescribing, social determinants of health, co-design, quality improvement, community-informed, health equity
Project: Mapping and Enhancing HIV Prevention Utilization: Participatory Action Research with and for African Caribbean and Black Communities in Nova Scotia
Dr. Thabani Nyoni
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $99,907.46
Total Project Value: $107,407.46
Key Words: HIV prevention, African, Caribbean, and Black Communities, health equity, participatory action research, community-based systems dynamics, Nova Scotia
Project: Promoting Health Equity Among Underserved Populations Through Culturally Responsive Care
Dr. Austin Oswald
Dalhousie University
RNS Funding Contribution: $99,978.00
Total Project Value: $99,978.00
Key Words: 2SLGBTQIA+, culturally responsive care, health disparities, access to healthcare, interprofessional health education, equity and inclusion
Project: Improving access to germline genetic testing for Nova Scotians with blood cancers using DNA extracted from nail clippings
Dr. Amy Trottier
Nova Scotia Health (NSH)
RNS Funding Contribution: $89,234.88
Total Project Value: $91,234.88
Key Words: genetic testing, hereditary, germline, blood cancer, nail clippings, DNA