Research Spotlights
Read more about UPEI's researchers and their amazing achievements!
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Dr. Patrick Murphy has received a grant through the Canadian Cancer Society’s 2021 Atlantic Cancer Research (ACR) Grants competition for research into breast cancer.
![upei professor and researcher bill montelpare standing in health sciences building stairwell in background](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_spotlight_round/public/2022-02/bmontelpare_spotlight_round.jpg?h=f0d95172&itok=gjObVUyU)
A team led by Dr. William Montelpare, Margaret and Wallace McCain Chair in Human Development and Health at UPEI, has been awarded a $500,000 grant to develop and implement a vaccine support program for Prince Edward Island.
![upei graduate student olivier philips working at a table](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_spotlight_round/public/2022-02/feb_2022_spotlight_round.jpg?h=50250a8c&itok=KDQiVJ4M)
Olivier Philips, an MSc student with Dr. Patrick Murphy in UPEI’s Department of Biology, is the first UPEI recipient of a graduate scholarship of $29,750 through BHCRI’s Cancer Research Training Program (CRTP).
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Dr. Kate Scarth is Chair of L.M. Montgomery Studies and Assistant Professor of Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture (ACLC) at UPEI.
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In the role as UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability, Dr. Mitchell will take a broad perspective on small islands’ sustainability across the intersecting socio-economic, cultural, aesthetic, and environmental domains.
![Josh MacFadyen](/sites/default/files/styles/fp_spotlight_round/public/2021-12/jm_round.jpg?h=05dd5a98&itok=jR3I_pVZ)
Dr. Josh MacFadyen is an associate professor in the Faculty of Arts, and the Canada Research Chair in Geospatial Humanities.
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PhD student Stephanie Arnold is helping farmers adapt to climate change by providing precision agriculture data from the air, thanks to the UPEI Climate Lab's fleet of drones.