TelegraphJournal, Guest opinion, April 2022. Author: Dr. Keith Brunt We are long overdue for an operating system upgrade in health care and have been paying a steep price in reduced services and burntout health-care workers as a result – and that was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Just adding more doctors to an obsolete system
Continue ReadingIMPART nurse-scientist (RN-PhD), Dr. Rose McCloskey, is currently working with the University of New Brunswick on a project to prevent the spread of COVID-19 within nursing homes. Since the beginning of January 2021, outbreaks in Saint John nursing homes has killed residents and staff members. It is a public health challenge to maintain those nursing
Continue ReadingObesity has long been thought to impact recovery from heart surgery, but traditional measures have been ineffective in predicting outcomes for patients. Full article here
Continue ReadingJuliana Prestes is collaborating with community groups such as the New Brunswick Black History Society and PRUDE Inc., and calling for racial ethics and Black history classes to be made part of the sentence if a 47-year-old man convicted for his actions during a Black Lives Matter protest in Moncton, New Brunswick. Read TODAY@Dal
Continue ReadingIMPART founders Dr. Ansar Hassan and Dr. Jean-Francois Legare: With the coronavirus pandemic leading to reduced demand for many health services, we have an opportunity to see if we can find ways to deliver more efficient health care in the future. FULL ARTICLE: https://nationalpost.com/opinion/opinion-on-covid-19-an-opportunity-to-re-examine-how-we-provide-health-care
Continue ReadingDr. Keith Brunt, IMPART member and Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick (DMNB), highlights the pressure New Brunswick pharmacies are currently under due to COVID-19 and the impacts that removing the co-pay per prescriptions will have – especially on pharmacists in small, rural communities. Dr. Brunt outlines that “the pharmacy in New
Continue ReadingIMPART members, Dr Keith Brunt and Dr Jeremy Simpson have pioneered research into understanding the mechanisms of increased shortness of breath in patients with heart failure. By applying a collaborative approach, they have identified suitable drugs for effectively treating these symptoms to significantly improve the quality of life of patients. Access full article at Scientia.
Continue ReadingAt the Medical Dragons’ Den, the winning pitch was for a new microscope that helps test new drugs quickly at the cellular level. All members of IMPART Team, Dr. Keith Brunt and Dr. Sohrab Lutchmedial were interviewed by CBC Radio. Click on the link below for interview: http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1207342659851
Continue ReadingROBERT WILLIAMS TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL SAINT JOHN • A research group in New Brunswick is developing an app that helps doctors determine a person’s level of vulnerability, and connects them to a social agency to tackle the program. It’s a solution that could save the province billions on health care costs for its vulnerable population, says
Continue ReadingThe multi-talented Dr. Ansar Hassan might be found stitching people up after cardiac surgery by day, but he has them IN stitches at comedy clubs by night.
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