A 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂ/IWK Health Centre collaboration on rare genetic disorders is receiving $4.8 million in funding through Genome Canada as part of a major national investment in genomics research.

Dal prof Christine Chambers and multiple Dal alumni are key contributors and authors to the new Lancet Child and Adolescent Health Commission — an international research initiative that's the first commission ever to address pediatric pain.

In this week's Sciographies episode, Economics prof Tess Cyrus speaks about what it was like to grow up in Southern California, why economics was the subject that captured her interest (after a short stint in chemistry), and some of her most recent studies on international trade and economics education.

No matter what happens in the U.S. presidential election, Canada will be impacted. The director of 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂ’s Centre for the Study of Security and Development explores three different scenarios that could arise from the Nov. 3 election.

Researchers at 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ have helped in the development of a rapid test to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater — an unexpected resource that is becoming a valuable sentinel in the global fight to contain the virus before it is able to spread.