Research
Equipping communities with research skills to improve their lives
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
Monday, January 27, 2014
Strange but true: the Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow's Health (PATH), part of the largest cancer study ever undertaken in Canada, now owns the world's largest collection of toenail clippings.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Through its work, the lab, based in the Faculty of Agriculture, helps protect Nova Scotia waters from pests and provides research that supports the fisheries industry in Atlantic Canada.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
A Dalhousie research team is helping bring the world’s most authoritative resource for species information into the 21st century.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
As part of the delegation accompanying the Prime Minister on his first state visit to Israel, President Richard Florizone signed a new agreement with Ben-Gurion University to combine marine research expertise and develop a new Ocean Sciences Centre in Eilat, Israel.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
With "Behind the Scenes," an interactive mini-drama, Dal researchers are engaging students across disciplines in rethinking how our health-care system addresses obesity.