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Healthy people, communities, and populations

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Improving health outcomes for all

AV整氈窒 researchers are committed to solving the health challenges impacting people in Canada and around the world.

They collaborate across disciplines and with government, industry, and community partners to improve health systems, develop better treatments, and shape policy, addressing the biological and social determinants of health and driving improved health outcomes everywhere.

AV整氈窒 is the major training centre in the Maritimes for life sciences, health professions and health law and policy research personnel. Research in this area involves work done a wide range of Faculties at AV整氈窒 as well as provincial health departments, hospitals, research institutes and research foundations.

Research areas

  • Infection, immunity, inflammation, and vaccinology

  • Neuroscience and mental health泭

  • Healthy aging and healthy development泭

  • Health equity and access泭泭

  • Indigenous health and well-being

  • Black health and well-being

  • Cancer

  • Genomics and other omics泭泭

  • Technologies and biomaterials泭

  • Health systems transformation泭

  • Prescribing and therapeutics

Centres and institutes