Recipients
2007 RECIPIENT MICHAEL BEZUHLY 
Tackles rejection in kidney transplants
An estimated 1.9 million Canadians – 1 in 15 people – have some form of kidney disease. For most people, there is no cure. Dialysis and kidney transplants are necessary to manage the disease. A transplant often offers the best chance for a more normal lifestyle, and today kidneys are the most commonly transplanted organ in the world. Yet up to 40 per cent of kidney transplants will be rejected after five years.
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2006 RECIPIENT NANCY MacDONALD
Answering unanswered questions for Mi'kmaq children
A meaningful quest for knowledge often starts close to home. Such is the case for Nancy MacDonald, the 2006 recipient of The Quest award, given each year to the top student health researcher in Nova Scotia.
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2005 RECIPIENT LAURA BARBOUR
Their Sexuality, Their Selves
A meaningful quest for knowledge often starts close to home – and such is the case for Laura Barbour, winner of this year’s The Quest award. Her interest in young women’s sexual well-being stems back to her own girlhood and conversations with friends. “When you move into your 20s,” says the 25-year-old graduate student, “you begin to get more perspective. You look back at some of the factors that have influenced who you are.”
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2004 RECIPIENT NICHOLE MCMULLEN 
Dalhousie student researcher gets to the heart of the matter
Heart disease is the number one killer in Nova Scotia, and Canada, accounting for 36 percent of all deaths in this province and this country. Approximately 2800 Nova Scotians die each year from heart disease.
"This is of great concern to Nova Scotians. Almost all of us can name at least one person we know who has been affected or killed by heart disease," says Nichole McMullen, winner of The John Ruedy Award, The Quest.
"Research into the cause, treatment, and prevention of this disease is critical," she adds. "Reducing the toll of heart disease is a high priority for Nova Scotians and for the health system."
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2003 RECIPIENT NICOLE HARTNELL 
Pharmacy student first winner of The Quest
Nicole Hartnell is the first winner of The Quest. She is completing her studies in the Interdisciplinary PhD program at Dalhousie University, only one of four such programs in the country.
Ms. Hartnell is exploring the subject of medication errors, specifically barriers to reporting. She notes that it is estimated as many as 700 Canadians die each year from medication errors and that only one to three percent of serious adverse drug reactions are reported. Reporting medication errors is a Catch-22, says Dr. Neil MacKinnon, an associate professor in the School of Pharmacy at Dalhousie who supervised Ms. Hartnell's one-year research fellowship at the school. "The better you are at reporting, the worse you look."
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