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News from the Faculty of Health

• Applications open for Leon & Rose Zitner Prize
  A prize for outstanding contributions to citizen knowledge and community engagement in the area of health, broadly defined, including yet not limited to: personal, collective, social, structural, environmental, clinical, spiritual, biopsychosocial, cultural, and political dimensions of well-being.
  
• Practicing what we preach: The importance of leisure and recreation for those who study, teach and work in health
  Stress and academia, two words which unfortunately seem intertwined within post-secondary institutions, making it difficult at times to know where one’s work and non-work lives begin and end. Let’s face it, the pandemic has not made it easier to disconnect from work.
  
• Dal Health announces new Associate Dean, Equity and Inclusion
  We are so pleased to announce that Dr. Terrence Lewis has accepted the inaugural position of Associate Dean, Equity and Inclusion, Office of the Dean, Faculty of Health for a term commencing from June 1, 2024, to June 30, 2029.
  
• New Director announced for College of Pharmacy
  Dr. Kyle Wilby accepted the position of Director, College of Pharmacy/Assistant Dean, Faculty of Health, for a term commencing from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2029.
  
• PhD in Health candidate recognized for her innovation in cancer research
  Emily Drake, PhD in Health candidate, was the only PhD Atlantic Canadian winner of the inaugural Canadian Cancer Society’s 2023 Master’s and PhD Research Training Awards Competition and was awarded $52,500. Among her other scholarships, Drake was previously awarded the Faculty of Health’s Leon and Rose Zitner Prize.