May 2014

Dean Will Webster thanks Rita Caldwell for her years of service to the Faculty as Director of the College of Pharmacy.

The Faculty of Health Professions has a new award - the Patricia Cleave Award for Outstanding Leadership.

Congratulations to our faculty, staff, students and alumni on their recent acheivements.

Early this month, the School of Health and Human Performance hosted Discovery Days - an event that brought high school students from across the province to experience a day in the life of an HAHP student.

Congratulations to faculty and students from the FHP who received awards at the Integrated Health Research Training Partnership (IHRTP) graduate research day, and at Full Faculty.

In 2013, the Faculty of Health Professions launched the Employee Milestone Recognition Program which recognizes employees with 10 and 20 years of continuous service with the Faculty. This month, we're profiling Angela Mitchell (Occupational Therapy) who has been with the Faculty for over 20 years.

The Faculty of Health Professions (FHP) welcomes Diversity Faculty Award recipient Dr. Amy Bombay, who will hold a joint appointment between the School of Nursing and the Faculty of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry.

Watch Dr. MacMillan: "Nurse practitioners talk patient impact", Global News ( May 9th, 2014)

Dalhousie University recently hosted its annual Conference on Teaching and Learning, bringing together professors and staff from across campus - and Canada - to present on best practices and emerging trends in e-learning. The Faculty of Health Professions had a large presence at the conference, with presentations from three different schools.