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Clinical Trials Funding Expansion Initiative

The new program aims to support researchers in developing investigator-initiated clinical trial proposals for 2025 grant competitions.

Jennifer Fitzgerald

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Health And Wellness, Research

U of A to run clinical trials for patients with hepatitis C and long COVID

Canadian Institutes of Health Research award $5.4 million for trials of a new vaccine and a potential treatment.

Gillian Rutherford

(From left) Brodi Paul, Koshkabi (helper); Darcy Paul, Koshkabi; Amanda Radil, research associate with CHCP; Daphne Alexis, Knowledge Keeper, Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation; Arnold Alexis, Elder, Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation; Youth, Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation; Doug Klein, U of A professor of family medicine; Loretta Tuttauk, Indigenous Community Co-ordinator with CHCP (Photo: Charice Chan)

Research, Health And Wellness

‘In order to be healthy, you have to know who you are’

Elders share cultural knowledge with First Nations youth in wellness-focused pilot projects.

Gillian Rutherford

Two new studies from a U of A lab could help reduce deaths from prostate cancer through more accurate testing for all patients and earlier screening for Black men in Alberta. (Photo: Getty Images)

Research, Health And Wellness

Clinical trial could lead to new ‘gold standard’ test for prostate cancer detection

Second study from same U of A lab suggests Black men with prostate cancer have similar outcomes to other Albertans but would benefit from earlier screening.

Gillian Rutherford

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Research, Health And Wellness

U of A research teams awarded nearly $110 million for pandemic preparedness

Federal grants will support cross-Canada research to find and make new vaccines, diagnostic tests and treatments against a wide range of pathogens.

Gillian Rutherford

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Health And Wellness, Research

Racism leads First Nations patients to leave emergency departments without completing care, study finds

First Nations patients face anti-Indigenous stereotypes and language, U of A researchers say.

Gillian Rutherford

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Science and Technology, Research, Business, Health And Wellness

Cardiac-resynchronization defibrillators still saving lives after 14 years

Long-term followup study reveals “tremendous survival advantage” of combining biventricular pacemakers with simpler implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for eligible heart failure patients.

Gillian Rutherford

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Health And Wellness, Science and Technology, Research

Portable ultrasound tool uses AI to detect arm fractures more quickly

Alberta Innovates funds new project that could shorten wait times and save costs in emergency departments.

Gillian Rutherford

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Science and Technology, Research, Business

Amazon Web Services, U of A team up to make the power of AI more accessible

Cloud computing collaboration will spur world-leading research and expand the talent base of trained professionals in Alberta.

Michael Brown

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Health And Wellness, Research, Science and Technology

New U of A-based study to examine very rare adverse events linked to COVID-19 vaccines

The multimillion-dollar global initiative will study causes and risk factors, to ensure safer vaccines are ready for the next potential pandemic.

Sarah Vernon