Greater Halifax has a growing reputation for being a hub for life sciences research and innovation. It is one of the most cost-competitive research and development locations in the world, and has one of the largest concentrations of health care facilities and specialists in Canada.
Today, thousands of researchers are conducting ground-breaking studies with the power to revolutionize disease prevention and treatment, agriculture, fisheries, and the environment.
Dalhousie University is a world-class leader in the life sciences sector. Last week- while checking out their department blogs- we learned about exciting projects happening in their Community Health and Epidemiology department and thought we would share it as an example of the great work happening in this sector.
"What we do"
Posted by Craig Gorveatt at Dalhousie University
I just thought I would put together a list of some of the research that is done in the department. This isn’t an exhaustive list but just those projects that I can link to.
Atlantic Interdisciplinary Research Unit (or AIRN), Dr. Susan Kirkland:
The Atlantic Interdisciplinary Research Network (AIRN) is a group of university-based researchers, from a variety of disciplines in Atlantic Canada, working in collaboration with other government and community stakeholders in the areas of HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV).
AIRN works to share information and coordinate research efforts in HIV and HCV throughout the Atlantic provinces to improve the quality of life of those affected by HIV and HCV and to shape policy and program responses.
Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (or CLSA), Dr. Susan Kirkland:
The goal of the CLSA is to assemble a cohort of Canadians aged 45 to 85 years to be followed over time. An integrative approach that examines healthy aging through a number of different disciplinary lenses, arrayed along a continuum from micro to macro levels of organization and analyses is proposed. The determinants of health framework is being used to conceptualize the ways in which social and physical environments, genetic, biological and clinical factors, lifestyle and behavioural factors, social and societal factors, economic prosperity, and the health care system are interrelated to influence disease, health, and well-being.
The RURAL Centre, Dr. Judy Guernsey:
Formed in 2004 and funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Atlantic RURAL Centre promotes research development, collaboration, and knowledge translation between researchers, government agencies, concerned citizens and rural Atlantic Canadians.
To enhance our understanding of physical and socioeconomic environmental influences on health and the capacity of rural Atlantic Canadians to respond to these challenges.
We also have a research assistant in Nicole Landry who has an active blog and has published a book.
We are a very research intensive department. And this is just a fraction of what is done here everyday.
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