AHFMR News
Heritage researcher investigates adolescent sport injuries
AHFMR announces $48 million in new health research funding
(Calgary, AB) Thursday March 23, 2006... Sports injuries rank the highest of any type of injury for adolescents in Canada. Heritage researcher, Dr. Carolyn Emery investigates youth sport injuries with the hope of learning why and ultimately how to encourage sport injury prevention and better rehabilitation.
Dr. Emery's innovative research has earned her funding from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR). With the help of the Heritage Foundation, researchers like Dr. Emery are improving the health and quality of life of Albertans and people around the world. Dr. Emery is one of 28 researchers in three faculties at the University of Calgary who have been offered AHFMR funding this year. AHFMR funding provides salaries, equipment, laboratory start-up, and other support for top health researchers in our province. For over a quarter of a century AHFMR has invested $850 million in health research in Alberta.
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*** A Photo Opportunity with a Researcher in the Human Performance Lab will be Available ***
| What: | Media opportunity: A brief presentation to Dr. Carolyn Emery by Dr. Kevin Keough, AHFMR CEO & President, and Dr. Douglas Walker, U of C - Vice President of Research (interviews with Dr. Emery to follow) | |
| When: | Thursday March 23, 2006 | |
| Time: | 1:45 PM * | |
| Where: |
U of C - Faculty of Kinesiology. - Human Performance Lab Next to Jack Simpson Gymnasium (Collegiate Blvd. NW) |
* Please call Dwayne Brunner, AHFMR Communications, at (780) 966-1518 in order to arrange an interview
Backgrounder
Dr. Carolyn Emery is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology. She is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary.
Dr. Emery is one of 28 researchers at the University of Calgary who was successful in AHFMR's 2006 senior personnel competition. She has been offered an award as a Population Health Investigator. This year AHFMR is offering $48 million in grants to researchers at the universities of Alberta, Calgary, and Lethbridge.
Funding at the University of Calgary is approximately $22 million.
The 2006 awards include 43 offers to researchers who have received previous Heritage support.
This year's competition includes successful applicants from a number of different university faculties including, Medicine and Dentistry; Science; Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics; Nursing; Kinesiology; and Physical Education. With the implementation of these awards, AHFMR will have contributed in excess of $850 million to the medical research community in Alberta.
Heritage investigators have earned international acclaim for their pioneering work in areas such as: heart attack therapy, islet transplantation for diabetics, nerve regeneration, the cell biology of cancer, drugs for viral infections, electrical therapy for paralysed people, vaccines, and better understanding and treatment of arthritis.
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) currently provides funding for over 600 researchers and researchers in training at the province's three main universities. The foundation supports a community of researchers who generate knowledge that improves the health and quality of life of Albertans and people throughout the world. AHFMR's commitment is to fund health research based on international standards of excellence and carried out by new and established investigators and researchers in training. Total AHFMR funding more than a quarter of a century is in excess of $850 million. For more information, visit www.ahfmr.ab.ca.