As another academic year draws to a close, we’re pleased to share the news of MSVU’s 2024 academic student award winners. Two special awards events were held this April to celebrate students who have demonstrated…
Applied Human Nutrition
Four exceptional graduate students who have developed health research projects at Mount Saint Vincent University have been announced as the recipients of the 2023/24 Scotia Scholars Awards from Research Nova Scotia. These awards recognize outstanding…
During Mount Saint Vincent University’s spring 2023 convocation ceremonies, Dr. Brook Taylor, Interim Vice-President Academic and Provost, announced the newest recipients of the President and Vice-Presidents’ Advanced Career Teaching Award, the Alumni Early Career Teaching…
Professor Emerita Alleyne Murphy, BscHEc, MSc, DHumL, PDt, was a groundbreaker in nutrition education and the first full-time lay professor at the Mount in 1951. As a past chair of the Mount’s formally named Home…
Each spring, as the academic year draws to a close, Mount Saint Vincent University hosts a special awards event to celebrate students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement. The 2023 student academic award winners have…
Heart-healthy approaches to eating include the Mediterranean diet, the DASH diet and the Portfolio diet. (Shutterstock) Shannan M. Grant, Mount Saint Vincent University; Andrea J. Glenn, Harvard University, and Dayna Lee-Baggley, Dalhousie University Your diet…
Increasing collective understanding of the nutrition and food programming needs of those living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Nova Scotia is the main aim of FoodNOW, an MSVU research…
Jacquie Gahagan, Mount Saint Vincent University and Shannan M. Grant, Mount Saint Vincent University Heart disease affects 2.6 million Canadians, and is the second-leading cause of death in Canada. Women continue to be at higher…
Nicholas Hickens graduated from Mount Saint Vincent University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Human Nutrition (first class honours) just last fall, but already his list of accomplishments is long. Today, he added…
To recognize those impacted by HIV/AIDS, FoodNOW (Food to eNhance Our Wellness) will bring people together for program updates and to generate discussion about nutrition, foods, wellness and living with HIV/AIDS in Nova Scotia, on…