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What’s Inside AHFMR announces $48 million for health research Research Views Responding to the reader Cellular construction Staying alive Stroke: brain attack Research outside the lab The road to commercialization 2005-2006 Lionel McLeod Scholarship winner Reader Resources AHFMR announces $48 million for health research Most of us think of heart failure as a disease of aging. Tragically, it can also occur in the tiniest of patients—newborns. Dr. Jason Dyck investigates pediatric cardiac hypertrophy, an abnormal increase in the size of the cells of the heart muscle that can result in heart failure and other heart-related illnesses. Dr. Lori West is a renowned pediatric heart-transplant researcher recently recruited to Edmonton from Toronto. Their work is part of a growing body of expertise in newborn and child health at the University of Alberta. Ground-breaking research has earned Dr. Dyck and Dr. West funding from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) that will help them improve the health and quality of life of Albertans and people around the world. They are among the 63 researchers in Alberta who have been offered a total of nearly $48 million in AHFMR funding in 2006. This year’s recipients also include Dr. Carolyn Emery, a physiotherapist and epidemiologist at the University of Calgary who does research on the prevention of injuries in youth sports such as soccer; and Dr. Robert Sutherland, director of the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, who studies fetal alcohol syndrome. AHFMR funding provides salaries, equipment, laboratory start-up, and other support for top health researchers in our province. Over the past 25 years, AHFMR has invested more than $850 million in health research in Alberta. For a complete list of senior personnel awards for 2006, go to http://www.ahfmr.ab.ca and click on “AHFMR awards $48 million for research in Alberta”. Back to Top