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All board meetings are held virtually, once per month, Mondays from 4-6 pm. Your duties as a board member are: Protect the rights, safety, and welfare of individuals who volunteer themselves, their time and/or their data as a research participant. Review relevant materials submitted for each item under review or...
News Article
Nova Scotia implements a better way to approach life support training
November 3, 2023
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By: Kirsten Millar When a medical emergency happens, having the knowledge and skills to provide basic life support (BLS) can mean the difference between life and death. That’s why Nova Scotia Health is implementing a new form of training to...
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Nova Scotia Health affiliate scientist explores exercise as medicine in cancer care
May 8, 2025
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By: Allison Currie According to the Canadian Cancer Society, every three minutes someone in Canada hears the words “You have cancer.” Dr. Melanie Keats is no stranger to these words having never known a day in her life when cancer...
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Advancing dementia care through research
December 6, 2024
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By: Allison Currie Elaine Moody, PhD, RN, has always had a deep connection with older adults, a bond that began during her childhood with her grandparents and continued into her early career as a home support worker while completing nursing...
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Meet affiliate scientist, Dr. Leah Cahill
June 2, 2025
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By: Allison Currie Dr. Leah Cahill is the principal investigator of the Nourish research team at Nova Scotia Health and Dalhousie University where she holds the Howard Webster Research Chair as an associate professor in the Department of Medicine. The...
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The Atlantic Clinical Cancer Research Unit provides care and hope through research
June 13, 2024
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By: Kirsten Millar People who have been affected by cancer, whether as a patient, caregiver, friend, or loved one, know how important it is to have the best possible tools to help fight back. At Nova Scotia Health, the Atlantic...
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From amputation risk to recovery, wound care innovation bringing hope to Nova Scotians
July 7, 2025
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By: Allison Currie When 75-year-old Donna Timmons found a bruise on her foot in spring of 2024, she didn’t think much of it, not even recalling where she got it. Over the next month, her condition worsened, and the area...
Project
VirtualEmergencyNS
Known as VirtualEmergencyNS, this pilot program is intended to reduce wait times for Nova Scotians visiting the emergency department with health concerns that can be appropriately treated through a virtual visit. Following triage, patients who are eligible for virtual care...
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New Digital Cancer Care Platform Facilitates Timely, Easy and Ready Access to Care
April 20, 2022
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As the Medical Co-Lead for System Integration, Quality and Patient Safety at Nova Scotia Health and the Interim Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Dalhousie University, Dr. Amanda Caissie is helping unlock a new way to manage patient...
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Can we do better? Two international clinical trials in Nova Scotia investigate new cancer treatments
April 21, 2026
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When cancer is rare, aggressive, and difficult to treat, standard therapies can be limited. Patients and clinicians grappling with this reality are left asking: what else might help? Two new clinical trials now open in Nova Scotia are trying to...
