As Atlantic Canada´s leading research university, we attract more than $100 million in research grants and awards annually.
In 2003 and 2004, The Scientist magazine placed Dalhousie among the top five places in the world, outside the United States, for postdoctoral work and conducting scientific research.
Whether we´re tracking climate change, inventing new treatments for Alzheimer´s, or making new materials for safer roads, Dalhousie is improving lives and communities.
Maiden voyage
The DalBlimp will be used to photograph and monitor eelgrass beds—the "rainforests" of the Atlantic More ...
Protecting the brain
Donald Weaver isn’t interested in treating the symptoms of Alzheimer’s and epilepsy—there are already drugs that can do that—he wants to obliterate their root causes More ...
Is a hands-free phone safer?
Dalhousie PhD student Yoko Ishigami concludes that hands-free devices may be even more dangerous than hand-held while driving. More ...
OutFront: Research that Matterschronicles
some of the inspiring research being conducted at the
university in a way that shows the tangible impact on
our day-to-day lives.
Dr. Rafael Garduno, Canada Research Chair in Food and Waterborne Bacterial Pathogens, works with his favourite microscopic “pets” in the lab, to increase food and water safety and reduce outbreaks of dangerous illness.
