Research and Knowledge Exchange Programs - April 2009 Competition
The AHFMR Conference Grant program is intended to benefit Alberta's research community by providing funds to help bring distinguished researchers to Alberta. These experts will present lectures, participate in panel discussions, help plan or implement collaborative programs of research, and/or explore and evaluate recent breakthroughs in research. This process facilitates the dissemination of knowledge to the province's researchers and health professionals. The AHFMR Conference Grant is a competitive, peer-reviewed award.
The AHFMR Community Health Research Travel Grant program is intended to facilitate contact among health researchers in Alberta, as well as with national and international colleagues. Candidates from a wide variety of disciplines may apply as long as they are actively engaged in health research in a non-profit organization and the purpose of the travel is to promote community health research. The AHFMR Community Health Research Travel Grant is a competitive, peer-reviewed award.
The AHFMR Community Health Research Visiting Lecturer Award program is intended to assist Alberta's non-profit organizations that are directly involved in health research in attracting outstanding health researchers to the province. This process facilitates the recruitment of the visitor as a health researcher to Alberta and/or could relate to a pre-planned seminar series sponsored by a health research organization or Alberta Health Services. The AHFMR Community Health Research Visiting Lecturer Award is a competitive, peer-reviewed award.
AHFMR is pleased to announce the successful applications for the Conference Grant (Biomedical and Health Research) and the Community Health Research Travel Grant as listed below. Letters of Award will be sent out the week of June 8, 2009. No applications were received for the Community Health Research Visiting Lecturer Award program for this competition.
Additional information on each program can be found here: Conference Grant, the Community Health Research Travel Grant and the Community Health Research Visiting Lecturer Award.
Conference Grant
Candidate's Name |
Department/ Faculty |
Institution |
Conference |
Location |
Amount |
| Caulfield, Timothy A. | Law | University of Alberta | The 5th International DNA Sampling Conference: The Age of Personalized Genomics | Banff, AB | $7,000 |
| Cobb, Jennifer A. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | University of Calgary | Alberta Genomic Instability and Aging Conference | Calgary, AB | $6,000 |
| Harrop, Rob | N/A | Calgary Health Region | 27th Annual Department of Surgery Surgeon's Day Research Symposium | Calgary, AB | $1,900 |
| Kelemen, Linda E. | N/A | Alberta Cancer Board | Cohorts and Consortia: From Biotechnology to Populations | Banff, AB | $6,000 |
| Marshall, Deborah | Community Health Sciences | University of Calgary | Beyond Markov - How do We Best Model the Clinical and Economic Impact of Health Care Interventions? | Banff, AB | $2,000 |
| McKay, Derek M. | Physiology & Biophysics | University of Calgary | Neuroimmunophysiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract | Banff, AB | $7,000 |
| Prochazka, Arthur | Physiology | University of Alberta | Special Alberta Motor Control Conference Honouring Professor Peter Ellaway (Imperial College) | Jasper, AB | $5,000 |
| Rancourt, Derrick E. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | University of Calgary | Second International Conference on the Functional Annotation of the Mammalian Genome | Banff, AB | $5,000 |
| Syed, Naweed | Cell Biology & Anatomy | University of Calgary | 17th Annual Medical Sciences Graduate Students Association (MSGSA) Symposium - "The Evolving Mosaic: Innovators in Research" | Calgary, AB | $2,000 |
Community Health Research Travel Grant
Candidate's Name |
Institution |
Conference |
Location |
Amount |
| Cawthorpe, David R. | Calgary Health Region | Travel to "4th International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology" | London, UK | $1,888 |
| Lou, Edmond H. | Capital Health Region | Travel to "The 6th International Conference on Conservative Management of Spinal Deformities" | Lyon, France | $2,000 |
| Siever, Jodi E. | Calgary Health Region | Travel to "30th Annual Conference of the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics" | Prague, Czech Republic | $2,000 |
| Wilson, Brenda | Calgary Health Region | Travel to "DCD VIII International Conference" | Baltimore, MD | $1,600 |