April 23, 2008: Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation honours four outstanding researchers at the Community of Scholars gala. Dr. Roy Duncan received the Max Forman Research Award, while Dr. John Archibald, Dr. Ratika Parkash and Dr. Yukiko Asada received DMRF Awards of Excellence.
April 19, 2008: Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation Chair Frank Sobey announces the appointment of Alison Edwards as the foundation's new Executive Director. View announcement.
November 2007: DMRF Clinical Research Fellow, Dr. Karim Mukhida, finds potential relief for neuropathic pain and publishes results in the international journal, Stem Cell.
October 19, 2007: Official announcement of $15 million in federal funding for the Life Sciences Research Institute (LSRI). Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation committed initial cornerstone funding of $2 million to the LSRI. View Dalhousie Medical School news release.
Spring 2008 issue of Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation's newsletter, The Philanthropist, is now available. Click here for past issues.
June 2008: Dr. Poul Sorensen, Johal Chair in Childhood Cancer Research at the University of British Columbia, will visit Dalhousie Medical School as Picchione Scholar in June. Click here to learn more.