Mark Campbell Journalist Profile

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The Future of Biosimilars: Learning from Prior Mistakes

Oct 28, 2024 | pharmacytimes.com | Mark Campbell

More biosimilars continue to be developed, and as they come to market, they should help lower costs. Systemic barriers continue to limit access, and therefore, savings. Market manipulation by drug manufacturers, complexities caused by formulary placement by large pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), administrative hurdles, and an array of variations in biosimilar products led to patient and physician confusion and lack of adoption.
Prof's impact inspires alum to support scholarship for women in engineering

Aug 8, 2024 | dal.ca | Mark Campbell

Damian Daniels (BEng’10) says Dalhousie industrial engineering professor Dr. Corinne MacDonald had a huge impact on his life and career. By giving to a scholarship created in her name, he hopes to do the same for a new generation of women in engineering. Damian Daniels knows the difference that one individual can make in your life. For him, it was Dalhousie industrial design professor Dr. Corinne MacDonald.
Alum honours exceptional pharmacy students with award in his name

Aug 2, 2024 | dal.ca | Mark Campbell

It was 1994, and Dale Daley (BScPh’74) had travelled to Halifax from Ontario just to meet the newest recipient of the Dale Daley Pharmacy Award for Excellence. Although he knew the Dalhousie College of Pharmacy student chosen for this annual honour was exceptional, he could not have anticipated that this particular individual, Jeff Leger (BScPh’95), would go on to become the President of Shoppers Drug Mart.
After 63 years, alum fulfills dream of Bachelor of Arts degree

Jul 5, 2024 | dal.ca | Mark Campbell

Ken Clark (BA’24) marvels at how much Dalhousie changed over the course of his Bachelor of Arts degree. For example, textbooks became accessible online and the dress code became much more relaxed. “I noticed a lot more tattoos and piercings,” laughs Clark. If the nature of those changes seems surprising, consider that Clark’s degree has been 63 years in the making.
Worlds of opportunity

Jun 24, 2024 | dal.ca | Mark Campbell

On April 2, an enthusiastic crowd filled Dal’s McInnes Room for the launch of Bringing Worlds Together—Dalhousie’s campaign for transformational change. With a goal of $750 million, it is the largest fundraising campaign ever among Atlantic Canadian universities. The energy in the room was palpable when Dal’s President, Dr. Kim Brooks, revealed that nearly half of the campaign goal had already been raised.
Bridging the gap

Jun 24, 2024 | dal.ca | Mark Campbell

A cure for cancer. It’s long been a holy grail for researchers like Dr. Jeanette Boudreau. But the associate professor with Dalhousie’s departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology may be on the verge of better treatments using one of the most powerful weapons we have in this ongoing fight: the human immune system. Dr. Boudreau is looking at the potential of using white blood cells, known as natural killers, as immunotherapies for cancer.
Why I give: Shirley King

Jun 24, 2024 | dal.ca | Mark Campbell

When Shirley King thinks of her parents, she recalls how profoundly they were shaped by their early life experiences in Truro, N.S.Their families had generational ties to settlers from Scotland and New England and pursued traditional livelihoods in farming, small business, and the rail services in Colchester County,” King says.
Alum honours exceptional pharmacy students with award in his name

Jun 10, 2024 | dal.ca | Mark Campbell

It was 1994, and Dale Daley (BScPh’74) had travelled to Halifax from Ontario just to meet the newest recipient of the Dale Daley Pharmacy Award for Excellence. Although he knew the Dalhousie College of Pharmacy student chosen for this annual honour was exceptional, he could not have anticipated that this particular individual, Jeff Leger (BScPh’95), would go on to become the President of Shoppers Drug Mart.
Dalhousie wraps up coast‑to‑coast launch of Bringing Worlds Together

Jun 5, 2024 | dal.ca | Mark Campbell

When Dalhousie University President Dr. Kim Brooks announced on April 2 that the university was Bringing Worlds Together, she promised a campaign for transformational change. Six events and more than 4,500 kilometres later, that promise is starting to be fulfilled. The university has wrapped up a series of launch events across Canada to share the news about its $750-million fundraising campaign — the largest-ever undertaken by an Atlantic Canadian university.
Alum honours engineering professor Corinne MacDonald's impact as a role model and mentor through gift

May 28, 2024 | dal.ca | Mark Campbell

Damian Daniels knows the difference that one individual can make in your life. For him, it was Dalhousie industrial design professor Dr. Corinne MacDonald. As one of the first women to earn a PhD from the department and the first to lead it, Dr. MacDonald was a pioneer and role model. In 2007, Daniels was an engineering student on track to study materials engineering because he loved design and how things were made.