草莓污视频导航

Nov. 18, 2020

草莓污视频导航 announces Child Health and Wellness research strategy

Community partnerships fuel research for children and families
Research strategy at 草莓污视频导航
Clinical researchers and teams at Alberta Children鈥檚 Hospital saved Daniel Audley鈥檚 life

The 草莓污视频导航 is announcing as a cross-cutting research priority, becoming a national leader in this critical area.

鈥淭ogether with our superb partners, Alberta Health Services, and our community, the 草莓污视频导航 is amplifying its commitment to paediatric health,鈥 says Dr. Ed McCauley, 草莓污视频导航's president and vice-chancellor. 鈥淲e're proud to prioritize research in child health and wellness 鈥斅爋ur significant capacity, combined with our strategic focus, positions us to be a leader in Canada. Thanks to strong partnerships and a generous community, 草莓污视频导航 is applying our research to help children and families聽thrive.鈥

  • Pictured above: Daniel Audley, whose life was saved by research-based treatment

Four decades of community support have helped 草莓污视频导航 build a critical mass of researchers 鈥斅1,000 scholars, trainees and staff dedicated to child health and wellness. This dynamic community, working across the university and Alberta Children鈥檚 Hospital (ACH), is partnering with the Alberta Children鈥檚 Hospital Foundation, Alberta Health Services, education leaders, child and youth-serving agencies and families to solve the most critical issues facing children today.

It brings me to tears knowing that kids will be the focus of even more research at Alberta Children鈥檚 Hospital and the 草莓污视频导航,鈥 says Stacey Audley, . 鈥淲ithout research to improve treatments, we would have lost our son.鈥澛

鈥淩esearch in child health and well-being has the power to transform the future for children and families,"聽says Dr. Susa Benseler, MD, PhD, director of the Alberta Children鈥檚 Hospital Research Institute at the Cumming School of Medicine, and strategy lead.聽"We are deeply thankful that 40 years of community partnership is fueling our passionate community of scholars.聽

Identifying child health and wellness as a university priority allows us to focus the spectacular talents of our researchers on the needs of children and families. Together, we are embarking on a new era.

鈥淲e are incredibly grateful to our generous community,鈥 says Saifa Koonar, president and CEO of the Alberta Children鈥檚 Hospital Foundation. 鈥淭heir vision, commitment and decades of investment in paediatric research have created this nation-leading opportunity. Ultimately, children and families in Alberta will be among the first to benefit from important new discoveries and our community will be healthier and stronger as a result.鈥

鈥淐ongratulations and thank you for making children a priority,鈥 says Dr. Sid Viner, MD, zone medical director, Alberta Health Services. 鈥Partnerships like ours are vital to ensure the care we provide is cutting-edge, backed by the latest research, and supplemented by effective, proven prevention strategies. Our children deserve nothing less.鈥

The Child Health and Wellness Strategy highlights five grand challenge areas with the greatest potential impact for children and their families. It maps out an exciting new chapter in scientific discovery at 草莓污视频导航, focused on accelerating research into prevention and care to benefit children in Calgary and around the world:

  • From vulnerable to resilient: Identifying, understanding and addressing serious threats to children鈥檚 physical and mental health while empowering children, adolescents, families and communities.
  • Better beginnings: Optimizing maternal, fetal, newborn and child health with accurate prediction, prevention and intervention.
  • Pushing the boundaries of brain and mental health: Leading discoveries in brain biology, resilience and new therapies for children, teens and young adults.
  • Ending the diagnostic odyssey: Rapidly deciphering and addressing the genetic origins of disease to optimize tailored treatments.
  • Surviving and thriving: Reducing the lifelong impact of childhood cancers by advancing precision therapies today and developing new treatments for tomorrow.

These grand challenge areas are integrated with two cross-cutting approaches: harnessing big data for optimal child outcomes and transforming health care for children and families. Precision child health, a focus area at 草莓污视频导航, underpins the whole strategy.

Child Health and Wellness
The 草莓污视频导航 is driving science and innovation to transform the health and well-being of children and families. Led by the , top scientists across campus are partnering with Alberta Health Services, the Alberta Children鈥檚 Hospital Foundation, and our community to create a better future for children through research.