»Ê¹Ú²©²Êapp combines exceptional student experience, high-impact research, and a deep sense of social responsibility in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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»Ê¹Ú²©²Êapp is one of Canada's top 15 research-intensive universities. Thought leaders come here to make impactful discoveries that change our world for the better.
»Ê¹Ú²©²Êapp research is improving lives in Nova Scotia, Canada and around the world. Here's how.Ìý Ìý
Healthy people, communities, and populations
Mental health care can feel out of reach for Nova Scotians without private insurance or the means to pay out of pocket. »Ê¹Ú²©²Êapp’s Centre for Psychological Health offers a new solution, providing free care to low-income Nova Scotians while giving PhD students the hands-on training they need to stay and practice in the province.
For millions living with life-threatening heart arrhythmias, the go-to treatment has long been medication. But aÌý»Ê¹Ú²©²Êapp cardiology researcher has demonstrated that a minimally invasive procedure should be the first-line treatment.
»Ê¹Ú²©²Êapp’s Dr. Christine Chambers and her colleagues at Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) are working with hospitals to adopt Canada’s first Pediatric Pain Management Standard.
Climate tech and clean energy
Dal startup Zen Energy pivoted their business to double down on »Ê¹Ú²©²Êapp’s unmatched battery science. Now they’re setting up factory operations in India and prepared to serve one of the biggest markets in the world.
»Ê¹Ú²©²Êapp researchers are set to transform wastewater treatment worldwide with a revolutionary system powered by the LED technology that lights up our phones. Slashing energy consumption, the new tech also eliminates the toxic mercury of current treatment processes.
»Ê¹Ú²©²Êapp is collaborating with policymakers to make Nova Scotian pharmacists among the first in the country with the ability to prescribe the lifesaving medication.
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While pursuing research to restore salmon habitats,ÌýDr. Shannon SterlingÌýdiscovered an approach to carbon dioxide removal that put her at the forefront of the science and growing market demand to remove the gas from the atmosphere.
Dr. Alexa Yakubovich is embedding with health professions most likely to treat abused women to build processes that help keep them safe.