Dr. Pilon, also an assistant professor of psychiatry in Dal’s Faculty of Medicine, is the first recipient of the Dr. Charles J.A. Hayes Lifetime Contribution Award, which is named after a well-respected psychologist and long-time APNS member and pioneer.

Dr. Dryden is the James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies in the Faculty of Medicine and an associate professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology.

Physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, managers and other health professionals learned more about the dynamics of COVID-19 transmission, infection, testing, prevention and more, in preparation for the second wave of the pandemic in a virtual conference hosted by the Simulation Education Network and Dalhousie’s Office of Continuing Professional Development and Medical Education.

An international team of researchers led by Dalhousie immunologists and critical care specialists in Spain has found key biomarkers in the plasma of COVID-19 patients, which will help predict the severity of illness and could lead to new treatments for the virus.

The QEII Foundation is pleased to announce Dr. Karthik Tennankore as the new chair holder of the QEII Foundation Endowed Chair in Transplantation Research, for a five-year term.

Two researchers from Dalhousie’s Faculty of Science and Faculty of Medicine are being presented with a regal honour.

At a time of year when people are usually lining up outside stores offering big Black Friday deals, hundreds are instead queuing for a more community-minded reason: to get tested for COVID-19.

With the launch of the inaugural Black Analysis Lecture Series on November 26th, Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, the James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, is taking a closer look at these health disparities and how they impact Black lives.

Earlier this year, Dr. Marshall was set to tackle some of the much needed research on those primary care wait-lists. But then—as was the case with so many things in our lives—the COVID-19 pandemic arrived and changed everything.