Research & Innovation The Academic Neuroscience Program The formation of the Academic Neuroscience Program has been a long time coming for the QEII Health Sciences Centre. It’s a union of neuroscience...
Research & Innovation Breathe easy Allison Lawlor For some patients, performing a standard pulmonary (lung) function test to determine how well their lungs are working is difficult....
Your QEII A word from the QEII Foundation Every day, over 7,000 Nova Scotians come to work at the QEII Health Sciences Centre. They are doctors, nurses, researchers, therapists,...
Your QEII The power of the pituitary Zack Metcalfe David Bernard first became aware of the pituitary gland when he underwent an emergency operation to remove a large tumour from the base...
Research & Innovation A role model for resident physicians Allison Lawlor If you want to find Dr. Alison Rodger, the first place you should look is the busy, Medical Teaching Unit (MTU) at the QEII Health...
Your QEII Priceless: Innovation and teamwork make the QEII’s Hematology Clinic a world-class resource for Nova Scotians David Pretty In 2006, 55-year-old Ron Ternoway began to experience blurred vision, body numbness and crippling fatigue. A year later, he was...
Your QEII A home away from home Carol Dobson When Lori Riles’ son, Kurtis, was transferred from Sydney, N.S. to the QEII Health Sciences Centre’s cardiac unit last spring, she slept...
Your QEII Restoring living, not just life The QEII’s Rehabilitation Centre is filled with people who’ve had their lives changed by an accident, illness or condition beyond their control. And...
Research & Innovation The elastic brain Jon Tattrie Research at the QEII Health Sciences Centre is highlighting how physical changes in our brains impact our mental health, and how...