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The Faculty of Health is pleased to welcome Dr. Merritt as our new Dean of the Faculty of Health. A new season and academic year is upon is, making this a good time to check in with Dr. Merritt on what she’s most excited about as she takes on the role, priorities for the Faculty and a personal message to our faculty, students, staff and alumni.

To celebrate fall Convocation 2019, we chatted with some graduating students about their experience at Dal and plans for the future. Today, we’re catching up with MSc Physiotherapy grad Carolyn Crane.

Debra A. Barrath (MN 2000) grew up in a multiracial neighborhood in Durban, South Africa. Since the age of 12 she’s had a five-year plan and was willing to make big changes and move great distances to realize those goals. At 21 she was accepted by Dalhousie for her Masters’ Degree thanks to scholarship funding through the Southern African Student Education Program (SASEP) so she has always felt that Dalhousie chose her!

It’s been a whirlwind few months for Dr. Ingrid Waldron. The documentary she co-produced with Ellen Page and Ian Daniel based off a book she wrote with the same title, There’s Something in the Water, premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, then had three (originally just one) screenings at the Atlantic International Film Festival.

Dr. Peter Stilwell is a fourth year PhD in Health student, supervised by Dr. Katherine Harman (School of Physiotherapy) and Dr. Brenda Sabo (School of Nursing). He is researching how communication between patients with lower back pain and their clinicians can be improved for better outcomes.