Dr. Eileen Denovan-Wright
As Associate Dean of Research at the Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Denovan-Wright leads Dalhousie’s Medical Research Development Office (MRDO). The MRDO team is dedicated to helping our researchers succeed. They foster a positive and collegial environment for research and ensure that medical researchers at all levels—from student to senior faculty member—have access to the facilities, collaborators, funding, training and other supports they require to conduct excellent research.
Dr. Ruth Lavergne
Dr. Ruth Lavergne is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University and a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Primary Care. Ruth’s research addresses disparities in access to care and builds evidence to make sure our primary care organization, delivery, and workforce meet the needs of the people in Canada, now and in the future.
Her current work examines factors shaping changing primary care supply and population needs, as well as how policy choices, such as payment reform and virtual care, shape equity in access to primary care.
Dr. Jeanette Boudreau
Dr. Boudreau is an associate professor at Dalhousie University in the Departments of Pathology, and Microbiology and Immunology and the Scientific Director of the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, an Atlantic Canada-wide consortium of cancer researchers.
Her training and research programs are interdisciplinary, weaving fundamental cellular and molecular biology and genetics, with model systems and clinical samples analysis. She works closely with clinical collaborators to conduct research that reflects the diversity of cancer conditions, including, and especially, the diversity of their immune genes.
In particular, the Boudreau laboratory is keen to understand how natural killer (NK) immune cells influence disease processes, response to therapies, and can be leveraged for precise anticancer therapies.
Dr. Robin Urquhart
Dr. Urquhart is an Associate Professor and Canadian Cancer Society (Nova Scotia Division) Endowed Chair in Population Cancer Research in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, with cross-appointments in the Department of Surgery and Division of Medical Education at Dalhousie University.
She is a Senior Scientist with the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute and an Affiliate Scientist at Nova Scotia Health. Dr. Urquhart is also the Nova Scotia Lead of the Atlantic Cancer Consortium and Scientific Director of the Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health (Atlantic PATH).
Spanning the entire cancer continuum, from primary prevention to survivorship and end-of-life care, Dr. Urquhart's research examines issues related to access, quality, equity, and effectiveness in cancer care and control, and investigates ways to improve care delivery and patient, family, population, and health system outcomes.
Dr. Leah Cahill
Dr. Cahill is the principal investigator of the Nourish research team at Nova Scotia Health and Dalhousie University in the Departments of Medicine and Community Health and Epidemiology.
Her team studies the prevention and treatment of cardiometabolic diseases using epidemiological and clinical patient-oriented research methods that incorporate novel biomarkers, environmental factors (especially nutrition), and social determinants of health.
The nourish team includes a 10-person patient-public partner panel, research staff, graduate students, medical students, medical residents, and partnerships with administrators, policymakers, and other stakeholders. Dr. Cahill, the only professor at Dalhousie who is a licensed dietician, is proud of her team and has many ideas for how they can remain on the edge of innovation to conduct heart and stroke research with meaningful long-term impact on Nova Scotia and the Maritimes.
Aminat Mustapha
Aminat is a graduate MSc student at Dalhousie University's department of medical neuroscience. She works in Dr. Alon Friedman's Blood Brain Barrier lab, specifically studying the effects multiple Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) have on the brain.