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Winter 2024 Recipients


Developing Microbial Observatory Science Outreach Modules (MOSOMs)

Project Leads
Dr. Joseph Bielawski, Ms. Jessica Latimer, Mr. Yuri Kulish, Mr. Paul Bjorndahl, Dr. Katherine Dunn, Dr. John Archibald
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science

Project Abstract
The preservation of Earth’s biodiversity will be impossible without (i) understanding the microbial processes essential to every ecosystem and (ii) training the next generation of biodiversity scientists. The Microbial Observatory Science Outreach Module (MOSOM) program will meet this challenge through inclusive and collaborative science education based on active exploration of the microbial world that surrounds us. Dalhousie undergraduate students will co-produce the educational content of the MOSOMs alongside practicing scientists (graduate students and professors) while they are analyzing real biodiversity data. Those undergraduate students will then work with our outreach partners (Diversity of Nature or MAP Mentorship) to contribute to a program of inquiry-based learning in local high schools. They will develop workshops to train and lead citizen-science done by high school students from underrepresented communities. CTL funding will support the first generation of Dalhousie teachers-as-learners in this program and thereby support science outreach to youth from historically marginalized communities.


Building graduate student competencies in academic publishing through the Healthy Populations Journal (HPJ): Special Issue on Inter-Professional Health Education (IPHE) and Collaborative Practice.

Lead
Dr. Sara Kirk (Project Lead; Professor, Health Promotion, School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health; Scientific Director Healthy Populations Institute)

Co-Applicants
Dr. Diane MacKenzie
, OT Reg. (NS) (Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy, Cross-Appointment, Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health; Cross-listed, Vision Science Affiliate Scientist, Nova Scotia Health)
Julia Kontak (Co-applicant, PhD in Health Candidate, Faculty of Health)
Stephanie Zubriski (Co-applicant, PhD in Health Candidate, Faculty of Health)
Christie Stilwell (Co-applicant, PhD in Health Candidate, Faculty of Health)
Brittany O’Shea (Co-applicant, MA Health Promotion, School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health)
Dr. Cecilia Carrea (Interim Managing Director, Healthy Populations Institute)
Dr. Hilary Caldwell (Post-Doctoral Scholar, Healthy Populations Institute)

Project Abstract
The Healthy Populations Journal (HPJ) is a student-led, open-access, multi-disciplinary journal housed at the Healthy Populations Institute (HPI) at Dalhousie University. HPI is an interdisciplinary and multi-faculty institute focused on improving population health and healthy equity. With a focus on student publishing, the HPJ editorial team has identified a gap in engaging and educating students in the peer review process. Thus, HPJ has established a peer mentorship model that guides our peerreview and editorial processes to provide interdisciplinary training in academic publishing for students. Nested within HPI and the Faculty of Health, HPI has access to the most dynamic and multidepartment health faculty in the country, where there is a strong commitment for interprofessional health education (IPHE) and collaborative practice across the university. Pairing HPJ’s pedagogical practice with Dalhousie’s dedication to IPHE, we aim to further our peer review mentorship model through a Special Issue on IPHE.

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