There were 3 ear surgeons in the world who have cochlear implants and also perform cochlear implant surgery. Now there are 4. Deeply, deeply personal milestone achieved yesterday doing my first CI surgery as an attending in our new CI center. 😃☺️ 1/2

Growth takes time. Trust the process.

You're not lazy. You're listening to your body.

Some days you may train hard. Some days you may take a nap instead. Everyday, you do you.

In addition to our on-going COVID study, the PROSIT lab has been working on a few new projects 🎉

This morning, I yelled at my computer while I was in a Zoom meeting. I got 5 text messages moments later from people telling me that I wasn’t on mute... How’s your Wednesday going?

Just listened to my dad try to explain my dissertation to the rest of my family and I now understand why hearsay is inadmissible in court.

VIDEO: A ship with COVID-19 aboard crossed the Atlantic and arrived in Nova Scotia earlier this month. Here's how the locals reacted.

Nova Scotia. Let’s start planning how to safely reopen schools. Schools don’t drive community spread: 1.First choose regions with low cases & no community spread 2.Start with special needs students who rely on school supports 3.Offer vaccines to all teachers & staff now.

Something about Kyle Dubas rushing to John Tavares hit me hard.

The 3 Minute Thesis finals are taking place this evening! Watch 11 research-based grad students, including Oceanography PhD student Nuwanthi Samarasinghe, compete for cash and prizes and a place in June's regional competition dal.ca/news/2023/03/1…

Good luck to Dal Health's Erin McConnell (Dal Nursing) Melina Markotjohn (@dalscsd), Olivia Crewe (Dal Physio), Juliet Rowe (Dal Physio) presenting at the #Dal3MT finals this evening 5:45 at DAL SUB. 👏 Come cheer them on! Dal Grad Studies

Next up, Melina Markotjohn from @dalscsd presenting on ear-volution: post-auricular orientation of auditory attention in sound field versus virtual sound space 👂 Dal Health @Dal3MT

A little snippet of my 3MT presentation at Dalhousie University Full presentation here: youtu.be/1bzWvY9RT_0 Dal Health Dal Grad Studies @dalscsd

The St. Stephen's Elementary School KRC is off to a great start thx to teachers Helen Johnstone & Heli Loo and DalMedSchool students Melina Markotjohn & Jessica Youssef. KRC rep Grace Christie & Medavie Blue Nose Marathon Myles had lots of fun running with this enthusiastic group.

With so many Dalhousie Science alumni to cheer on, come out to support : Melina Markotjohn (BSc'20, MSc'23) Surangi Dharmawansa (MSc'23 ) Constadina Rogers (BSc'23) Pengcheng (Louis) Bu (BSc'23) Alexa Wilson (BSc'19))

Thanks DAL INNOVATES Invest Nova Scotia @DalVPR for such a fun evening!! So many new and novel ideas—can’t wait to see where everyone goes from here!

Congrats to these Dalhousie Science Alumni who placed in the top three of the recent @falling_walls competition: Constadina Rogers (BSc’23), Alexa Wilson (BSc’19), Melina Markotjohn (BSc'20, MSc'23). Check out the rest of Dal's Innovation Week happenings today! ow.ly/vAnC50Trfwq.