Health researchers from Dal and beyond gathered in late September to mark Global Health Day, sharing their work on various public health initiatives and discussing the impact of those on health outcomes around the world.

Dr. Jean Gray, Professor Emeritus of Medical Education, Medicine and Pharmacology at Dalhousie University, has been named a 2020 inductee into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

Dalhousie University will soon be home to Atlantic Canada’s only Orbitrap Fusion mass spectrometer, a powerful research instrument that will allow researchers to explore new territory in their search for cures for cancer, infectious diseases, autoimmune disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, psychiatric illnesses and many more deadly and debilitating conditions.

New Dal-led research questions preconceived notions about the health impacts of red and processed meats.

Two world-renowned researchers from Dalhousie have been honoured by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) for their outstanding achievements.

Last fall, Ingrid Waldron noticed something surprising on Twitter. A post using the hashtag for her book, There’s Something in the Water, had received thousands of likes and shares, almost overnight.

The research partnership between Dr. Keith Brunt (Dalhousie University) and Dr. Jeremy Simpson (University of Guelph) began when they met in graduate school and is still going strong nearly twelve years later along with a team that now includes cardiologists and cardiac surgeons at the New Brunswick Heart Centre and collaborators both national and international.

With the news that Dr. Christine Chambers has been appointed as scientific director for the CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, Dalhousie becomes one of only two universities in Canada to host two CIHR institutes.

Dalhousie Medical School is ready to welcome 16 additional undergraduate medical students over the next year, after a significant investment by the province of Nova Scotia.

Dr. Makrigiannis’ traditional training taught him that our bodies have several complicated methods to protect us from harmful intruders, two of which are the innate and adaptative immune systems.