Researchers from Dalhousie University are leading an initiative in rural Zambia to combat the high prevalence of epilepsy and reduce the stigma that deeply affects individuals living with the condition.

RJ Roggeveen spent two days making sure the email he received from Good Morning America (GMA) in early December was legitimate. The second-year medical student and full-time wheelchair user—Dalhousie Medicine’s first—couldn't quite fathom that the number one ranked American broadcasted morning show and website was interested in sharing his story.

One of the most sought-after programs at all of Dalhousie University is celebrating its tenth year.

What do vaccines, warming oceans, and plastic pollution all have in common? Aside from having a pronounced impact worldwide in their own unique ways, they also represent the areas of expertise of three current Dalhousie University faculty members named to the prestigious 2024 Highly Cited Researchers list from Clarivate, a leading data analytics company.

Fourth-year Dal medical student Tyler Herod and collaborators in the sight-loss community are doing their part to remove barriers for those with sight loss.

Discovery and innovation will be in the spotlight this Thursday night (November 14) as researchers from across Nova Scotia gather for the 22nd annual Discovery Awards.

Dalhousie graduate student Dina Rogers is no stranger to sharing her groundbreaking research. She won the people’s choice award at the 2024 3MT competition at Dalhousie and now has taken an even bigger prize in the 2024 Falling Walls Lab pitch competition: first place in the Science Breakthrough of the Year in the Emerging Talents category.

Dalhousie’s Dr. Christine Chambers and her colleagues at Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) are encouraging hospitals to adopt Canada’s first Pediatric Pain Management Standard, which gives institutions like Halifax’s IWK Health Centre additional tools and support to prevent and treat the chronic pain one in five Canadian children endure.

The field of exercise oncology has been growing rapidly, showing benefits including reduced disease and treatment-related side effects like depression, anxiety, muscle weakness and cancer-related pain, as well as a reduced risk of disease recurrence and cancer mortality.

With a goal to increase endoscopy capacity in Nigeria and entirely supported by Dalhousie’s Global Surgery Office, Dr. Knapp, and fellow Dalhousie surgical colleague, Dr. Richard Spence, along with ARGO partners, designed curriculum to be delivered over nine weeks leading up to the in-person training course.