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Doris Grant

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Managing Director at Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub
📍 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Doris Grant is a leader in Nova Scotias life sciences sector, concurrently serving as CEO of Life Sciences Nova Scotia and Managing Director of the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub. With over 25 years of experience spanning industry, academia, and healthcare, she specializes in commercialization, strategic partnerships, and intellectual property. She holds an M. Sc. from Dalhousie University.

Her dual leadership role is a unique strategy to fully integrate and strengthen the provinces healthcare innovation and life sciences ecosystem.

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Experience
29 Years
Current Role
Managing Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Life Sciences Ecosystem
Leads two major provincial organizations with a stated vision to build a "thriving, resilient, connected life sciences ecosystem" in Atlantic Canada.
Healthcare Innovation
Oversees the Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub and previously led transformative initiatives like VirtualCareNS to enhance healthcare delivery in the province.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
Managing Director
Nova Scotia Health Innovation Hub
5-2024
Chief Executive Officer
Life Sciences Nova Scotia
3-2023 - 5-2024
Vice President Business Development and Strategy
Life Sciences Nova Scotia
1-2020 - 3-2023
Senior Director, Innovation
Nova Scotia Health Authority
10-2017 - 1-2020
Director, Industry Liaison and Innovation
Dalhousie University
In the press

Media appearances

Doris Grant – CEO, Life Sciences Nova Scotia (Profile & Interview). Featured in Innovations of the World
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Nova Scotia Health and Life Sciences Nova Scotia Enter Formal Collaboration. Featured in Life Sciences Nova Scotia
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Education
1995 - 1997
M.Sc.
Dalhousie University
1990 - 1994
B.Sc. (Agr)
Nova Scotia Agricultural College
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