Healthy People, Communities, and Populations

Improving health and well-being across lifespan

Dalhousie researchers work across disciplines to advance knowledge that improves our understanding of the biological and social underpinnings of disease, with the goal of developing and implementing evidence-informed interventions to improve wellness and longevity.

We also collaborate with government, industry, and communities to inform and evaluate policies while implementing community-based measures to improve health outcomes for all.

Research areas

• Infection, Immunity, Inflammation & Vaccinology
• Neuroscience & Mental Health 
• Healthy Aging & Healthy Development 
• Health Equity & Access 
• Indigenous Health & Well-being
• Black Health & Well-being
• Cancer
• Genomics & Other “omics” 
• Technologies & Biomaterials 
• Health Systems Transformation 
• Prescribing & Therapeutics

Research centers and institutes

• Healthy Populations Institute
• Black Studies Research Institute
• Brain Repair Centre
• Canadian Centre for Vaccinology 
• Institute for Comparative Genomics
• Dalhousie Health Justice Institute 
• Atlantic Research Centre 
• Centre for Transformative Nursing and Health Research 
• Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute
• Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP)