Research shows that increased parental involvement in neonatal care improves outcomes for infants and their families. That's why Dr. Marsha Campbell-Yeo of Dal's School of Nursing is collaborating with peers at the IWK Health Centre and other partners on a new virtual platform — one that just received a $3M investment from the Government of Canada.

The Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response (MEOPAR) Network, hosted at Dal, will continue its work helping Canada understand, predict and respond to marine risks thanks to a funding renewal through the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program.

Three Dal researchers in the Faculties of Science and Medicine are receving a total of $350,000 in funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation's John R. Evans Leaders Fund.

Collaborating with NSCAD students, Medicine student Saif Syed is working on a project to develop a better hospital gown for both patients and health-care providers.

A new study led by Ä¢¹½AV Dean of Management Sylvain Charlebois has found that a majority of Canadian consumers (63 per cent) are generally concerned about food fraud — food products that are counterfeited, adulterated or misrepresented.