Research
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The new MicroResearch Institute at Dalhousie is a proven, community‑driven research model that empowers local people — doctors, nurses, midwives, community health workers, teachers, police and students — to investigate and solve the health and public safety challenges they understand better than anyone.
Featured News
Friday, March 13, 2026
Dal research teams are receiving more than $7.3M in Canada Foundation for Innovation support to expand labs and tools driving breakthroughs in water resilience, ocean science, marine tracking, and digital stewardship of Canada’s past
Thursday, March 26, 2026
In this episode of Sciographies, we talk to Dr. Leanne Stevens, an educator and university teaching fellow in Dalhousie’s Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, and associate dean, academic in the Faculty of Science.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Dr. Kimberley Hall’s Killam fellowship will accelerate her collaboration with NRC partners as they work to advance quantum hardware and strengthen Canada’s future secure‑tech capabilities.
Archives - Research
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Canada's police forces need to be more collaborative and more evidence-based, according to a national panel of experts that included Dalhousie sociologist Christopher Murphy.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Ian Weaver, one of eight Dal researchers to receive funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation this week, is looking at the relationship between genetics and stress to determine how stress-related health conditions can be prevented.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Dalhousie's Tom Marrie is named a member of the Order of Canada, recognizing his outstanding achivements as an infectious disease researcher and medical educator.
Friday, January 16, 2015
Dalhousie Medical School researchers are leading an international team exploring how inflammatory responses impact chronic health conditions.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Agriculture researchers partner with Nova Scotia's LaHave Forests Farm to explore the health benefits of Haskap, a berry also known as blue honeysuckle or honeyberry that's new to the region.