Innovation Anthology #664:

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 The new Metabolomics Technology Demonstration Centre will focus on developing kits to screen for disease, what Dr. David Wishart calls  the engineering side of the equation. 

But first comes discovery, and that’s where David says Alberta Innovates Health Solutions has played a key role in metabolomics research.

DR DAVID WISHART:    They’ve provided us a grant over the last five years to develop  both kits and devices to support what we call personalized medicine.  So this is to enable metabolomics technology to get into the hands of physicians and the public.   We’ve been working with a team of about fifteen other scientists. This includes physicians, engineers, physicists, chemists, biologists, computer scientists, a real broad range of of people to design and build kits to do this metabolic testing.  But also to make hand held devices, probably about the size of an iPhone, or smart phone that would allow you to do the same thing.

You can hear the full interview with Dr. David Wishart at InnovationAnthology.com

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Alberta Innovates Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates (formerly Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions)

As the newly formed Alberta Innovates corporation, we still fund top quality, internationally competitive health research and innovation activities to improve the health and wellbeing of Albertans. We provide leadership for Alberta’s health research and innovation enterprise by directing, coordinating, reviewing, funding and supporting research and innovation.

Working with our many partners  in the health system, we ensure that research achieves innovation in care, policy and practice, and that the needs of patients and clinicians influence research.

Our background

Alberta Innovates consolidation was launched November 1, 2016.

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions

Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions was established as part of the Alberta Innovates system by an Act of Legislation of the Government of Alberta. It is a agency  of the Government of Alberta. We receive a yearly allocation from the Ministry of Health and report through the ministry to the people of Alberta.

Our Mandate and Roles document reflects our role and responsibilities and outlines the government statues and regulations with which we comply.

Alberta’s Health Research and Innovation Strategy (AHRIS) sets out Alberta’s health research agenda for the coming decade to ensure our considerable investments in research align with our priority—to improve the health of Albertans.

Program Date: 2015-02-05