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Nova Scotia leads the world with technology that could revolutionize radiation treatment
July 14, 2023
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By: Norma Lee MacLeod After two years of surgeries and chemotherapy to treat stage four colon cancer, Todd Dowser moved to radiation therapy this spring and got a glimpse of the future. He signed up for a clinical trial testing...
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Dr. Karthik Tennankore
QEII Foundation Chair in Transplantation Research
Dr. Tennankore is the QEII Foundation Chair in Transplantation Research and is part of the Kidney Research Institute of Nova Scotia. This research team is made up of clinical researchers, research coordinators, and a dedicated project manager. His work largely...
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Cecelia Moore: Being part of research that could help others
August 8, 2023
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Cecelia Moore was living an overall happy and healthy life in Halifax when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 41. “I was fit, I was healthy, I had a great job – really nothing [was] stopping...
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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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Contract review and timelines
innovationhub.nshealth.ca/support-and-resources/contracts/contract-review-and-timelines
Review Process: Through on-going review, the draft contract is edited using track changes. Often previous contracts with the sponsor/CRO are used to check precedent. Where the sponsor’s language/clauses significantly differ from the RID approved CTA template; suggested language is inserted into the draft copy. Often comments are added to explain...
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Collaborate with us
innovationhub.nshealth.ca/collaborate-us
Partnerships are at the heart of everything we do at the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub. We’re working to solve critical health challenges within our province by bringing innovators, researchers and industry partners together – through support, space and networks – in an ideal place to transform care. Thanks to...
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UV light technology research explores infection control in LTC facilities
July 28, 2023
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By Kirsten Millar In the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care (LTC) facilities faced unprecedented challenges in keeping their residents safe from infections, both locally and nationally. Nova Scotia has the highest population of seniors in Canada and...
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Meet our Affiliate Scientist, Dr. Shanna Trenaman
November 14, 2024
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By: Allison Currie Dr. Shanna Trenaman is an Affiliate Scientist with Geriatric Medicine Research, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine at Nova Scotia Health and an Assistant Professor in the College of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health, at Dalhousie University...
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Meet Ruobing Zhi, Technology Entrepreneurship & Innovation (MTEI) Student with the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub
December 5, 2022
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The Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub is proud to welcome students from the Technology Entrepreneurship & Innovation (MTEI) program at St. Mary’s University to our team. Learn more about Ruobing Zhi, who believes the projects we are developing today have...
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Contracts
innovationhub.nshealth.ca/support-and-resources/contracts
Many different forms of contracted research take place at Nova Scotia Health (NSH). The Research Innovation and Discovery (RID) Contracts Team navigates and facilitates all contracts and budgets related to research for which a Nova Scotia Health affiliated researcher is invited by a company, external site, colleague, partner, or collaborator...
