Research & Innovation Virtual reality to improve glaucoma diagnosis Physicians and researchers at the QEII Health Sciences Centre are piloting a new eye-testing device that could improve the detection of...
Your QEII Guardians of the operating room Up to five times a day, a staff perfusionist like Roger Stanzel stands behind a control panel, busy with dials and digits, pumps and cords. Every...
Research & Innovation Banking blood: QEII hematopathologists create world-leading blood bank algorithm Dr. Calvino Cheng and Dr. Jason Quinn have developed an innovative method to dramatically reduce red blood cell product waste at the QEII Health...
Your QEII Shining a spotlight on thyroid cancer According to the Canadian Cancer Society, cases of thyroid cancer are on the rise. In fact, the incidences of this cancer have been steadily growing,...
Research & Innovation Exercise and cancer: a winning combination Decades of research show “taking it easy” is not always the best prescription for healing. While there are obvious contraindications, a...
Your QEII Porters with purpose: QEII porters play an important role in patient care Kevin Crain speeds into the porters’ break room in the basement of the QEII’s Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Building to take a breath for a...
Your QEII Residents at the QEII Each year, about 500 residents from Dalhousie University’s residency program train at the QEII Health Sciences Centre. Resident physicians are...
Research & Innovation Accessing MRI when it matters most In March 2019, the QEII Health Sciences Centre received delivery of the Evry* MRI machine, a unique instrument designed to provide point-of-care...
Research & Innovation ‘What can we do better?’ Big data and artificial intelligence to drive health care forward When most people hear the term artificial intelligence (AI), they have a futuristic image ripped straight from the latest action/sci-fi movie in which...