Follow along for updates on current funding opportunities, upcoming events, award recipients, and researcher stories that highlight the research taking place in Nova Scotia.
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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… Read more
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Research Nova Scotia invests $250K in Dalhousie University Research Team for Emerging Poxvirus Surveillance
June 19, 2023 (Halifax, NS) – Dalhousie University researcher Dr. David Kelvin, is launching an $850,000 research project to strengthen global and regional health security through the surveillance of emerging poxviruses in humans, domestic animals, livestock living around humans, as well as wildlife. Research Nova Scotia is investing $250,000 in the project, the Canadian Institutes… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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Scotia Scholars Spotlight: Erin Noftall
In 2021, Erin Noftall, a student in the Bachelor of Science, Human Kinetics program at St. Francis Xavier University, received a Scotia Scholars Undergraduate Award from Research Nova Scotia. The award allowed her to gain valuable research experience, create connections, and prepare for her future education and career. Leading up to the summer of 2022,… Read more
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Dalhousie Forestry Research Team Receives $1.57 Million to Study Nova Scotian Forests
May 9, 2023 (Halifax, NS) – A team of forestry researchers led by Dalhousie University is receiving $1.57 million to undertake research on Nova Scotia’s forests and the industries and communities who depend upon them. The new project forms the cornerstone of Research Nova Scotia’s (RNS) forestry research program, which seeks to identify and convene… Read more
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