Soillse Cancer Quality of Life Research Laboratory

12/12/2021

HALIFAX, N.S. — Kevin Barnett says when he received his prostate cancer diagnosis, he felt overwhelmed and alone. Now, he has a much better outlook since ...

12/02/2021

November was Men’s Health Awareness Month, and despite the month coming to a close, Dalhousie’s Dr. Gabriela Ilie will continue her tireless research and focus on Men’s Health year round.
Visit our website www.pcpep.org to learn more about our patient empowerment program!

https://dmrf.ca/about/blog/mens-health-awareness-month/

The Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation is an independent, external funding agency and was established for the sole purpose of funding excellence in medical research at Dalhousie Medical School and its affiliated research institutions.

12/02/2021

To read about Dr. Ilie's program for patients with prostate cancer, visit:
https://dmrf.ca/about/blog/mens-health-awareness-month/

November was Men’s Health Awareness Month. As we open into December, we wanted to highlight a trailblazing program development by one of our researchers, Dr. Gabriela Ilie. Dr. Ilie has dedicated the past 6 years creating the PC-PEP (an acronym for Prostate Cancer Patient Empowerment Program), a patient education and empowerment program aimed at improving the lives of men living with prostate cancer in the short and long term through exercise, nutrition, relationship-building, social support, and more.

The program is part of a six-month, in-home, comprehensive health-promotion program, the first of its kind in Canada, and as of January 2022, the program will be rolled out to prostate cancer patients across Atlantic Canada.

To read more about Dr. Ilie’s program, visit our blog at:
https://dmrf.ca/about/blog/mens-health-awareness-month/

12/02/2021

Our homegrown Patient Empowerment Program is expanding throughout Atlantic Canada!

In Nova Scotia alone, 670 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. In 2018, Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, DMRF Endowed Soillse Research Scientist and Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation (DMRF)-supported researcher Dr. Gabriela Ilie, initiated...

11/24/2021

Diagnosed with prostate cancer? Join our patient empowerment program to improve your quality of life!

Website: www.PCPEP.org
Email: PEP@nshealth.ca
Phone: 902-237-6277

11/24/2021

The Director of Soillse Lab - Dr. Gabriela Ilie's mandate - is to bring the voice of the patient into the medical system because we should all be involved. Her leading-edge work in prostate cancer quality of life research is proof of that.

https://youtu.be/ozQswHWpnaQ

DMRF proudly supports Dr. Gabriela Ilie, the Soillse (sohl’sha) Research Scientist in Prostate Cancer Quality of Life Research

11/24/2021

Welcome to Soillse (sohl’sha) - Cancer Quality of Life Research Laboratory!

11/24/2021