Dalhousie medical researchers bypass nerves to activate muscles directly with light
Dalhousie medical researchers have found a way to bypass the nervous system to stimulate muscles that have lost their connection to the nervous system through injury or disease. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - October 13, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Melanie Jollymore Tags: News Source Type: news

New research chair aims to improve orthopaedic care
Dr. Michael Dunbar was recently named the inaugural QEII Foundation Endowed Chair in Arthroplasty Outcomes. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - September 24, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Tanya MacLean & Allison Gerrard Tags: News Source Type: news

Hepatitis C immunity study launched by Dal researcher in PEI correctional centre
Dr. Lisa Barrett, a clinician scientist in the Division of Infectious Diseases is lead investigator of a hepatitis C immunity study in PEI’s provincial correctional centre. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - September 23, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Melanie Jollymore Tags: News Source Type: news

Dal pain researcher connects with parents over social media
Dr. Christine Chambers and her team at the Halifax-based Centre for Pediatric Pain Research, have partnered with YummyMummyClub.ca (YMC) on a year-long social media campaign called It Doesn’t Have to Hurt. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - September 22, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Allison Gerrard Tags: News Source Type: news

Dal researcher invents chemo delivery system that minimizes impact on healthy cells
A researcher at Dalhousie Medical School has developed a new way to deliver chemotherapy drugs using nanotechnology. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - July 22, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Erinor Jacob Tags: News Source Type: news

Infrastructure funding will put Dal on the map for rare disease research
Canadian Foundation for Innovation announces funding to support the Research Program for Rare Pediatric Diseases (RaPiD). Dalhousie Medical School's Dr. Chris McMaster is a co-principal investigator. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - June 1, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Alana Milner Tags: News Source Type: news

Private donors enhance melanoma care in the Maritimes
Mrs. Leslie Shaw and her husband, Allan, recently made a $1-million gift to the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation to improve melanoma diagnosis and treatment in the Maritimes. (Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News)
Source: Dalhousie University | Medical School News - May 21, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Dalhousie Medical School Tags: News Source Type: news