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ILLUSTRATION: HEFF O’REILLY
The Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation provided $3.8 million to the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute (WCHRI) for children’s health research in 2014-2015. This is part of the Foundation’s $30-million, 10-year investment (from 2006 to 2016) in research.
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WCHRI (BY THE NUMBERS): • Has a membership of more than 400 leading researchers, clinicians and academics; • Was founded in 2006 as a partnership of the University of Alberta and Alberta Health Services with funding from the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation and Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation. • 135 research grants and programs were funded by the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation in 2014-2015, including 80 trainee and student awards.
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WHY PEDIATRIC RESEARCH? • It addresses children’s unique health care needs. • It ensures best evidence based health care is available for children. • Research-integrated hospitals, such as the Stollery Children’s Hospital, offer patients and their families the latest advances in medical knowledge and care. • Many chronic diseases have their origins early in life; early prevention and care are more effective than later treatment.
SCOPE OF RESEARCH: • Research areas span from complex genetic disorders to heart and kidney disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease and is supported through grants, recruitment and retention awards, endowed chairs, student and trainee awards, partnerships, and scientific knowledge exchange programs.
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