An early exposure to surgery planted the seed for a career in medicine for the newly appointed associate dean of continuing professional development and medical education (CPDME). Her love of science, combined with the intellectual challenge and complexity she later discovered in internal medicine, helped shape her path forward.

We are proud to congratulate this year’s AFMC award recipients from Dalhousie. Their achievements reflect the strength and impact of our medical community, and we thank them for their continued commitment to excellence.

The quiet peace between Canada and the United States has been broken. How broken? That remains to be seen. But no U.S. president before Eisenhower or since has treated and talked about Canada the way Donald Trump has in the early months of his second term. Tariffs, a trade war, “the 51st state” — all of it seemingly amounting to an unprecedented threat to Canadian sovereignty, lobbed from across the 49th parallel.

Canada is experiencing its largest measles outbreak in more than a decade, with cases rising to about 500 in recent weeks. The majority are in Ontario and Quebec, but other provinces are seeing cases of the highly contagious viral infection as well.

A graduate student in the Faculty of Medicine who is investigating light-sensitive proteins’ abilities to regulate heart arrhythmias has won the 2025 Three-Minute Thesis competition.

Thousands of Canadians are saved each year by a device inserted in the body that zaps the heart back on track when it’s threatened by dangerous rhythms. But the side effect is pain and trauma. A Dalhousie researcher has determined the most effective way to limit the shocks, prompting a re-evaluation of heart treatment worldwide.

In late January, a royal celebration and recognition made its way to campus. Beginning last May and continuing into this year, 30,000 Canadians are being honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medals.

Dr. Sanja Stanojevic is among 39 recipients selected by the Canadian Lung Association to receive the King Charles III Coronation Medal.

At Dalhousie’s Faculty of Medicine, efforts to foster inclusive leadership have evolved into tangible initiatives—including the Diversity in Leadership Fund, which provides financial support for equity-deserving faculty and staff to pursue leadership training.