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Dr. Phil Tibbo, the Paul Janssen Chair in Psychotic Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, QEII Health Sciences Centre, and Dr. Amanda Vinson, transplant nephrologist at the QEII Health Sciences Centre – the first recipients of grants from the QEII Foundation’s Health Equity Fund, made possible by Emera.
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Dr. Phil Tibbo, the Paul Janssen Chair in Psychotic Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, QEII Health Sciences Centre, and Dr. Amanda Vinson, transplant nephrologist at the QEII Health Sciences Centre – the first recipients of grants from the QEII Foundation’s Health Equity Fund, made possible by Emera.
Two researchers advancing equitable health care in Nova Scotia have received the inaugural grants from the QEII Foundation’s Health Equity Fund, launched in October 2025 through a landmark $1-million gift from Emera.
Dr. Phil Tibbo, Paul Janssen Chair in Psychotic Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, QEII Health Sciences Centre, and Dr. Amanda Vinson, a transplant nephrologist at the QEII, are the first recipients, each receiving $100,000 from this Canadianfirst fund to help reduce health disparities people may experience when accessing health care.
Dr. Tibbo’s work will assess whether early psychosis services appropriately support rural residents, new Canadians, African Nova Scotians and other underserved populations.
Dr. Vinson’s research will examine whether rural patients face barriers to kidney transplantation, from referral through recovery.
The fund will invest $200,000 annually for five years into equity-seeking healthcare projects as part of the QEII Foundation’s $100 million We Are campaign.
This funding is such a gift to help get this research off the ground. If there are inequities there, we need to know what they are. It’s not reasonable to continue the status quo without questioning if it’s fair for our patients.
— Dr. Amanda Vinson,
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