Meet the CBMC Team: Featuring Dr. Jennifer Hall

With an extensive career in family medicine, research and medical education, Dr. Hall brings incredible leadership experience to the CBMC team.  

Serving as the Associate Dean at the Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick (DMNB) campus for nine years, Dr. Hall has successfully implemented numerous initiatives promoting the specialty of family medicine and ensuring exceptional education in and for rural communities.  

Dr. Hall served as the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) President from 2015-16 and is currently the Chair of the Residency CFPC Accreditation Committee, which is responsible for setting the specific standards for family medicine residency programs accredited by the CFPC. 

Notably, Dr. Hall was recognized for her contributions to medical education and received the 2024 Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine Academic Leadership Award. 

As Senior Associate Dean at CBMC, Dr. Hall is working to advance the campus’ mission while ensuring operational readiness before the arrival of the first cohort of learners in August 2025. Once teaching begins, she will continue her collaborative work with the leadership at CBMC and the Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine to oversee the execution of the undergraduate medical education program.  

Dr. Hall’s vision of ‘training in rural Nova Scotia now, to care for rural Nova Scotians in the future,’ is fueled by developing clinical learning environments across rural Nova Scotia, welcoming the first class at CBMC and cultivating rural primary care research. She is inspired by the physicians with a long history of medical education teaching in Cape Breton as well as those who are eager to take on new teaching roles. Dr. Hall also recognizes that the significant collaboration between CBU and Dalhousie has led to the excitement within communities and eagerness to participate in any way they can.  

To prospective medical school students, Dr. Hall says, “embrace the learning journey ahead and always remember that the patient and family are the centre of care.”