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For Lori Dithurbide, one of the highlights from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris was the sheer excitement of first getting off the bus and entering the Olympic Village. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 when it really hits you 鈥� when you see the village and you think, 鈥極K, this is what we鈥檝e been preparing for.鈥�

Emily Drake, PhD in Health candidate, was the only PhD Atlantic Canadian winner of the inaugural Canadian Cancer Society鈥檚 2023 Master鈥檚 and PhD Research Training Awards Competition and was awarded $52,500. Among her other scholarships, Drake was previously awarded the Faculty of Health鈥檚 Leon and Rose Zitner Prize.

Named PRICES, the study aims to prospectively learn from the purchasing and dietary behaviours of hospital staff in Nova Scotia during a five-year period. Dr. Mah and her team hope to create a better understanding of dietary choices.

A Dalhousie professor has been awarded a grant of just under $280,000 for his latest work on MRI technologies. Dr. Steven Beyea has been researching diagnostic imaging technologies for over 25 years. He currently works as a professor of diagnostic radiology with cross appointment to the School of Health Sciences.

Two short films premiering at the Black Cultural Centre on November 14th address the barriers faced by African Nova Scotians when accessing healthcare and resources related to gender-based violence, and show the importance of applying an Africentric lens to health and social services.

Dr. Jeff Karabanow says when he moved to Nova Scotia, one of his first interviews was about the lack of investment into public housing in the province, and 25 years later it remains the same. The School of Social Work professor says after a pandemic, very low income assistance rates and rising prices of rent and housing, there鈥檚 really no safety net for people who are struggling.

Research Canada has announced its Leadership in Advocacy Awardees who will be honoured on November 21, 2023 at a reception hosted by Senator Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia at the Senate of Canada. The 2023 Individual Leadership in Advocacy Awardee is Dalhousie researcher and professor Dr. Marsha Campbell-Yeo.

In a world facing devastating climate-induced emergencies and international disasters, Dr. Haorui Wu, assistant professor in the School of Social Work (SSW), is devoted to the empowerment of crisis preparation, response, recovery, and mitigation across local, provincial, federal, and transnational levels.

This unique funding opportunity is directly aimed at Indigenous communities and organizations. Among its primary objectives is to support Indigenous communities to lead research according to their own health research priorities, generating solutions that support improvements to individual and community health and wellbeing, and advancing self-determination in research and research oversight.

Killam Laureate, Healthy Populations Institute Scholar, BHCRI CRTP trainee and PhD in Health candidate Emily Drake (MA鈥�10) is personally, professionally, and academically motivated by the prospect of building and nurturing community for young people with cancer.