News from the Faculty of Health

• Advocate for the people: Nursing alumna Mary Ann Fickes
  Nursing alumna Mary Ann Fickes (BScN ’55) has certainly seen a lot of change during her career, but one thing has remained constant: her care and concern for patients, and her strong belief in advocacy.
  
• 'We became a PT family': MSc Physiotherapy grad on what she'll miss most
  Congratulations to all of our Faculty of Health graduates this fall! To celebrate Fall Convocation 2020, we chatted with students from across Dal Health. Today's Q&A profile features Holly Nason, a Master of Science (Physiotherapy) graduate from Fredericton, New Brunswick.
  
• ‘We breathe for you’: Inside the world of a respiratory therapist
  To celebrate Respiratory Therapy Week, we did a Q&A with Melissa Miller. Melissa received a Diploma in Health Sciences with Respiratory Therapy, 2017. Current job title: Respiratory Therapist
  
• New COVID‑19 screening app born from necessity and collaboration
  A new COVID-19 pre-screening application makes pre-screening easier and more accessible to faculty and students from their computer or mobile device.
  
• Global report outlines ethical challenges for social workers resulting from COVID‑19
  Dalhousie’s Dr. Merlinda Weinberg, a Professor in the School of Social Work, was the only Canadian on a global team of eight social work ethicists who conducted this ground-breaking research in partnership with the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW). Only a handful of researchers are working in this area and the study is the only one of its kind in the world.