The Scotia Scholars Award provides financial support to research trainees with exceptional potential who are engaged in health research at participating Nova Scotia institutions. This award will support the growth, acquisition, and retention of highly skilled individuals who are advancing and translating knowledge in disease detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, strengthening health care delivery systems, caring for vulnerable populations, and promoting better opportunities for future health and wellbeing. Funding for this award is provided by the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness
Doctoral / Master’s / Undergraduate
$784,500
Funding
45
Students
7
Institutions
Doctoral Award
The value and duration of the Scotia Scholars Doctoral Award is up to $15,000 per year, renewable for 3 years. Funds were allocated to Dalhousie University and Saint Mary’s University. The number of awards issued were determined by each university.
Dalhousie University Charlotte Aelick Project: Risk Factors and Barriers to Successful Reintegration of Indigenous People in Contact with the Canadian Justice System Christine Ausman Project: Optimizing patient experience for stroke survivors in a fNIRS neurofeedback intervention with Therapeutic Recreation strategies Joel Bierer Project: Inflammation and Ultrafiltration: Enhancing Recovery after Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Theresa Gaughan Project: Probing the nature of motor imagery-based learning for rehabilitation: A brain and behaviour perspective. Taylor Hill Project: Time well spent: Promoting mental health in everyday life Ryan Lukic Project: Changes in alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic and potential population impacts on prevalence of future alcohol related illness Dylan Miller Project: Parasite manipulation of blood metabolite levels to suppress host feeding behaviour Marie-Claire Wasson Project: Investigation the molecular mechanisms of oncogenic long non-coding RNAs associated with breast cancer stem cells Saint Mary's University Gregory Anderson Project: Can empathy coaching reduce medical residents’ levels of burnout, job dissatisfaction and turnover intentions over the course of their residency period? A longitudinal study. Seyedehsan Etezad Project: Developing an Intervention to Prevent Physician Burnout Post COVID-19 Pandemic The value and duration of the Scotia Scholars Master’s Award is up to $10,000 per year, renewable for 1 year. Funds were allocated to Acadia University, Dalhousie University, Mount Saint Vincent University, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design and Saint Mary’s University. The number of awards issued were determined by each university. Acadia University Olivia Cleary Project: Memory of parent reaction to coming out as LGBTQ+ across decades: Association to mental health, internalized homophobia, and relationship closeness Noémie Bergeron-Germain Courtney Gosselin Taylor McAulay Project:The Role of Attachment Styles in Technology-Based Addictions Rhonda McInnis Project: Examining the Role of Femmephobia as a Situational Risk Factor in Intimate Partner Violence Taylor Swanburg Project: Detecting the spread of invasive mosquitoes and disease potential in Nova Scotia Atlantic School of Theology Dawn-Lea Greer Project: Spiritual Care is not just for Christians. Working collaboratively to increase the health of the Community in the Western Zone with Spiritual care Dalhousie University Brett Allen Project: VPAC receptors as potential targets to treat Cystic Fibrosis lung disease Hudson Barr Project: Evaluating the Validity of Motor Simulation Theory and Mechanisms of Motor Imagery Alireza Ghasemi Ghodrat Project: Textile Embedded Vital Health Signs Monitor Shannen Grandy Project: Establishment of long-term Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm on human epithelial cell culture to study host stress and inflammatory responses during chronic infection Theresa Gu Project: An angled Ultrasound Endoscope for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Melina Markotjohn Project: Vestigial Orienting in Speech Perception Chelsey McGean Project: Nanoparticles and Their Application in Drug Delivery and Bacterial Infections Emily Napier Project: Machine Learning Approach to Analysis of Gait in Parkinson’s Patients Courtney O’Brien Project: Development of a semi-synthetic composite hydrogel to model normal as well as chronically infected mucous-microbe-epithelium niches Sarah Scruton Project: Investigating variations in survival rates for women diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in Nova Scotia Ruth Shelton Project: The Impact of Childhood Adversity on Anxiety Disorders in People with Mood Disorders Temi Toba-Oluboka Project: Assessing Clozapine Eligibility in Schizophrenia Jessica Vickery Project: Investigating How the Type and Magnitude of Needs Post-Treatmeant Impact Health Care Utilization in Cancer Survivors Guoqing Yu Project: Leisure recording and savoring as a stress survival strategy Mount Saint Vincent University Allison Britten Project: How are the Students Doing? An Investigation of Nova Scotian Youth Mental Well-Being Alexandra Bromley Project: Exploring social justice advocacy in Nova Scotian physicians Laura Gosine Project: Exploring renal nutrition intervention effectiveness in addressing nutritional diagnoses in the behavioural and environmental domain: Striking a balance between clinical outcomes and social determinants of health Tongtong Li Project: Sensory Evaluation of Foods Formulated with Seaweeds and Their Effect on Satiety and Food Intake Rachel Waugh Project: Exploring Weight-focused Evidence Implementation in Dietetic Practice: A National Survey NSCAD University Amanda Trager Project: BE \ LONGING \ SONG Saint Mary's University Desiree Elchuk Project: Understanding Young Friends in an Online Sample of Individuals with Sexual Interest in Children Elizabeth Gerhardt Project: Examining Public Perceptions of Mental Health Interventions (Wellness checks) in Nova Scotia Claire Keenan Project: Expectations and Perceptions of Access to Justice from Nova Scotian Justice Involved Women Theodore (Ted) Lownie Project: Investigating collagen fibril buckling resistance with age and in vivo loading Hannah Markham Project: Investigating Workplace Trauma in Nova Scotian Nurses Jennifer McArthur Project: Cyber dating abuse victimization and the predictors of help seeking behaviors Samantha Williams Project: Examining the relationship of psychopathy and indiscriminate arousal in victim-age polymorphic sexual offenders The remaining undergraduate Scotia Scholars Award competitions for the 2021/22 year will be held later this fall. University of King's College Samuel Goldberg Project: Humanities in Hospital Healthcare: A Study of Books by Heart
Clinical Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Julie Blais
Amount: $60,000
Health
Supervisor: Dr. Heather Neyedli
Amount: $60,000.00
Medical Research
Supervisor: Dr. Jean Marshall
Amount: $60,000.00
Health
Supervisor: Dr. Shaun Boe
Amount: $29,000.00
Experimental psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Sean Mackinnon
Amount: $45,000.00
Health
Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Mah
Amount: $45,000.00
Psychology & Neuroscience
Supervisor: Dr. Shelley Adamo
Amount: $5,000.00
Pathology
Supervisor: Dr. Paola Marcato
Amount: $60,000.00
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Debra Gilin
Amount: $15,000.00
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Debra Gilin
Amount: $15,000.00
Master’s Award
Clinical Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Diane Holmberg
Amount: $10,000.00
Clinical Psychology
Project: Understanding spatial neglect recovery: An exploration of neural markers of prism adaptation in neurotypical and neurodivergent cohorts.
Supervisors: Dr. Anne-Sophie Champod
Amount: $12,500.00
Clinical Psychology
Project: Does self-compassion buffer against PDA-related vigilance in predicting positive sexual minority identity and well-being?
Supervisor: Dr. Diane Holmberg
Amount: $2,500.00
Clinical Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Doug Symons
Amount: $2,500.00
Clinical Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Kathryn Bell
Amount: $10,000.00
Biology
Supervisor: Dr. Neil Kirk Hillier
Amount: $10,000.00
Divinity
Supervisor: Dr. Jody Clarke
Amount: $10,000.00
Physiology & Biophysics
Supervisor: Dr. Valerie Chappe
Amount: $20,000.00
Physiotherapy
Supervisor: Dr. Shaun Boe
Amount: $20,000.00
Process Engineering and Applied Science
Supervisor: Dr. Ghada Koleilat
Amount: $10,000.00
Microbiology and Immunology
Supervisor: Dr. Zhenyu Cheng
Amount: $10,000.00
Biomedical Engineering
Supervisor: Dr. Jeremy Brown
Amount: $20,000.00
Audiology
Supervisor: Dr. Steven Aiken
Amount: $10,000.00
Chemistry
Supervisor: Dr. Peng Zhang
Amount: $20,000.00
Computer Science
Supervisor: Dr. Sageev Oore
Amount: $10,000.00
Biomedical Engineering
Supervisor: Dr. Brendan Leung
Amount: $10,000.00
Epidemiology and Applied Health Research
Supervisor: Dr. Robin Urquhart
Amount: $10,000.00
Psychiatry Research
Supervisor: Dr. Barbara Pavlova
Amount: $10,000.00
Psychiatry Research
Supervisor: Dr. Phil Tibbo
Amount: $20,000.00
Epidemiology and Applied Health Research
Supervisor: Dr. Robin Urquhart
Amount: $10,000.00
Leisure Studies
Supervisor: Dr. Susan Hutchinson
Amount: $20,000.00
School Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Krista Ritchie
Amount: $10,000.00
Applied Human Nutrition
Supervisor: Dr. Jennifer Brady
Amount: $11,333.33
Applied Human Nutrition
Supervisors: Dr. Shannan Grant and Dr. Patty Williams
Amount: $18,833.33
Applied Human Nutrition
Supervisor: Dr. Bohdan Luhovyy
Amount: $10,000.00
Applied Human Nutrition
Supervisor: Dr. Shannan Grant
Amount: $18,833.33
Art Education
Supervisor: Dr. April Mandrona
Amount: $20,000.00
Applied Psychology (Forensic Stream)
Supervisor: Dr. Skye Stephens
Amount: $2,500.00
Forensic Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Meg Ternes
Amount: $6,800.00
Applied Psychology (Forensic Stream)
Supervisor: Dr. Marc Patry
Amount: $6,800.00
Applied Science
Supervisor: Dr. Samuel Veres
Amount: $6,800.00
Applied Health Services Research
Supervisor: Dr. Kevin Kelloway
Amount: $6,800.00
Applied Psychology (Forensic Stream)
Supervisor: Dr. Marguerite Ternes
Amount: $6,800.00
Applied Psychology (Forensic Stream)
Supervisor: Dr. Skye Stephens
Amount: $2,500.00
Undergraduate Award
History of Science & Technology and Philosophy
Supervisor: Dr. Gordon McOuat
Amount: $5000.00