Research
When a tick bite no longer means a trip to the emergency room
Enabling pharmacists to prescribe preventive Lyme disease medication shifted hundreds of routine cases out of emergency departments, easing pressure on the health-care system, shows a new AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ study. Read more.
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Thursday, August 20, 2026
A new Dal-hosted research institute will connect researchers, students, partners and communities to advance AI research, learning and innovation rooted in Atlantic Canada.
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
A national collaboration will connect researchers and community partners to explore how relationships with animals can strengthen resilience, improve well-being and inform policy.
Friday, July 31, 2026
Dal PhD student Zoya Tyabji’s approach to shark and ray conservation in South Asia earned her a keynote speaker spot at the world’s largest gathering of shark and ray researchers earlier this year.
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Thursday, July 30, 2020
The move to remote working and closure of offices and daycares during the pandemic has significantly impacted the careers of women. We asked Dal's Karen Foster how gender inequity impacts women in the workforce and how these inequities have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
Monday, July 27, 2020
How Assistant Professor of Biology Jonathan Ferrier is using an Indigenous framework to guide his summer research projects.
Thursday, July 23, 2020
While Canada has done well compared to countries like the U.S. and the U.K. in containing COVID-19, rates of infection and deaths are higher than in many similar western democracies. Why? Social Work prof Raluca Bejanad her colleague Kristina Nikolova look at the comparisons.
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
When researchers deployed 15,000 underwater video cameras on coral reefs around the world, they expected to see sharks in most if not all of the footage they would gather over a three-year span. What the research team, led by Dal biologist Aaron MacNeil, found was grim corroboration of how overfishing has dramatically depleted reef shark populations globally.
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
The effects of economic stress on children are big, writes Dal economist Shelley Phipps and PhD grad Nancy Kong. Parents' anxiety about their financial situation is equivalent to the effect of a divorce, and is likely at play amid COVID-19.