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Halifax Infirmary proudly adds new research assistants and a research coordinator to its team.

Exciting update! We are thrilled to introduce the new members of our research team at the Halifax Infirmary. In July 2024, we welcomed a fantastic group of dynamic and dedicated research assistants. They will join our existing team with Chayce Sullivan, Aidan MacDonald, Maggie Byrne, and Ashton Ferguson. Breanna Thorne, [...]

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Dr. Adam Parks and team awarded EMYRG to continue their exceptional work on the AIRO Database

Dr. Adam Parks has been awarded the Raymond L. Roberts Emergency Medicine Young Researcher’s Grant (EMYRG) for their project titled “The Atlantic Canadian Emergency Medicine Airway Interventions Registry and Observational Database (AIRO Database): a multicenter, observational database for airway management in Atlantic Canadian Emergency Departments.” Over the past two years, [...]

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PACE/EMS Research Day

Dalhousie University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of EMS has partnered with the McNally Project for Paramedicine Research, and the Paramedic Association of Canada (PAC) Thursday, September 19th, 2024 Halifax Convention Centre 1650 Argyle Street, Halifax, NS 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM Keynote Speaker Dr. Georgette Eaton, PhD Consultant Paramedic, [...]

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The East Coast Research Event 2024

The East Coast Research Event 2024 The East Coast Research Event took place on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at the Atlantica Hotel in Halifax, NS. The keynote speaker was Dr. Laurie J. Morrison, a professor at the Emergency Medicine Division of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University [...]

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Important Deadlines – Research

Raymond L. Roberts, EMYRG Applications opened on February 28, the deadline to submit is June 6, 2024 Please email Melissa MacDougall for the application form.   Nova Scotia Health Research Fund – Spring 2024 Competition  Deadline Date Project Registration May 13, 2024 at 16:00 ADT Application deadline July 08, 2024 [...]

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Raymond L. Roberts, EMYRG marks its first anniversary as successful young researchers commence their research program

Congratulations to this year’s EMYRG recipients: Adam Parks, Ryan Fitzpatrick, and James Gould.  All studies are currently underway. Applications for the EMYRG grant are open now, with a deadline of June 6, 2024, Please email Melissa MacDougall melissa.macdougall@dal.ca for the application form.             Adam Parks: [...]

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New Brunswick begins data collection for AIRO

The NB Airway Database was initiated by Dr. Jay Mekwan in 2015. In 2018, Dr. Kavish Chandra helped transfer the registry to a database. On average, around 60 cases per year are recorded. Currently, Saint John is working in collaboration with Dr. Adam Parks at the Halifax Infirmary to develop [...]

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Resident Research Update

Shashwat Desai Dr. Shashwat (Shash) Desai is a PGY-5 emergency medicine resident at Dalhousie University. He obtained his MD from the University of Alberta before moving to Halifax to pursue postgraduate medical training at Dalhousie. Shash has a keen interest in pediatric emergency medicine and is currently completing his fellowship [...]