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Nova Scotia Health launching mental health and addictions Text4Support research study
October 3, 2022
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Nova Scotia Health’s Mental Health and Addictions Program, in collaboration with Nova Scotia Health Innovation HUB and the QEII Foundation, have launched a research study on supportive text messages for mental health and addictions clients aged 18 and up accessing...
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Meet our Affiliate Scientist, Dr. Mark Asbridge
August 7, 2024
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By: Kirsten Millar Meet Dr. Mark Asbridge, Professor and Interim Department Head for the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University. Can you tell us a little bit about your field of research? My primary field of research...
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Meet Elisha Millard: PWIC+ Nurse Practitioner Spotlight
November 17, 2022
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Elisha is one of the first Nurse Practitioners to join the Pharmacist Walk-in Clinic+ (PWIC+), a new innovative collaborative care model in partnership with Sobeys and Lawtons Drugs that pairs a Pharmacist and Nurse Practitioner in a clinical setting to...
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Dr. Sean Christie
Neurosurgeon, Nova Scotia Health
Dr. Sean Christie is a neurosurgeon at Nova Scotia Health and a Professor, Vice Chair and Director of Research, Division of Neurosurgery, at Dalhousie University. His research focuses on the understanding of the mechanisms of secondary injury following spinal cord...
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Research
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We believe that research is care. Nova Scotia Health is changing people ’s lives through research by championing advances in therapies and leveraging multidisciplinary approaches to improve access to care. Physicians, nurses, researchers, and clinical care teams work in a collaborative environment with academic partners to translate research insights into...
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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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Meet David Kerr, Corporate Residency MBA Student with the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub
April 22, 2022
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The Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub is proud to welcome four Dalhousie University Corporate Residency MBA Students to our team this semester. Learn more about David Kerr, a Toronto native with a passion for medical technology and start up opportunities...
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The nurse that wears many hats: Amy Rockwell, RN, BScN, MN, finds inspiration from her varied experience
May 10, 2023
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By: Kirsten Millar Amy Rockwell is a Surgical Clinical Nurse Reviewer within the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) at Valley Regional Hospital. In this position, Rockwell collects data on surgical patients to help evaluate and improve surgical practices and...
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Dr. Keisha Jefferies
Dr. Keisha Jefferies is a registered nurse and a health outcomes scientist at Nova Scotia Health. Her doctoral research, funded by several prestigious provincial and federal awards such as Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, Killam Trust, and Research Nova Scotia, examined...
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Dr. James Robar
Dr. James Robar is a globally recognized medical physicist. He is the Chief of Medical Physics at Nova Scotia Health, Professor of Radiation Oncology at Dalhousie University and founding Program Director of the Masters and Doctoral Programs in Medical Physics...
