{"id":1683,"date":"2015-02-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-664\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T21:30:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:30:58","slug":"innovation-anthology-664","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2015\/02\/05\/innovation-anthology-664\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Anthology #664:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/Innovation Anthology 664.mp3\">Download MP3 Link<\/a><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Arial;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\";\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:none;\n\tmso-hyphenate:none;\n\tmso-layout-grid-align:none;\n\tpunctuation-wrap:simple;\n\ttext-autospace:none;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;\n\tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;\n\tmso-header-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">The new Metabolomics Technology Demonstration Centre will focus on developing kits to screen for disease, what Dr. David Wishart calls<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>the engineering side of the equation.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">But first comes discovery, and that&#8217;s where David says Alberta Innovates Health Solutions has played a key role in metabolomics research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">DR DAVID WISHART:<em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"><span style=\"color:black\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:\nnormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\n&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;color:black\">They&#8217;ve provided us a grant over the last five years to develop<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>both kits and devices to support what we call personalized medicine.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>So this is to enable metabolomics technology to get into the hands of physicians and the public.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>We&#8217;ve been working with a team of about fifteen other scientists. This includes physicians, engineers, physicists, chemists, biologists, computer scientists, a real broad range of of people to design and build kits to do this metabolic testing.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp; <\/span>But also to make hand held devices, probably about the size of an iPhone, or smart phone that would allow you to do the same thing.<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:\n10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;color:black\">You can hear the full interview with Dr. David Wishart at InnovationAnthology.com<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;\nmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\nfont-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:\nnormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\n&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:\nnormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\n&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">Thanks today to ALBERTA INNOVATES HEALTH SOLUTIONS<span style=\"color:black\"><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:\nnormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:\n&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;color:black\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;\ncolor:black\">I&rdquo;M CHERYL CROUCHER<\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\"><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:\n&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;color:black\"><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Guest<\/h2>\n<h3> , <\/h3>\n<h4>, , , , <\/h4>\n<h2>Sponsor<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aihealthsolutions.ca\">Alberta Innovates Health Solutions<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Alberta Innovates (formerly Alberta Innovates &ndash; Health Solutions) <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p>As the newly formed Alberta Innovates corporation, we still fund top  quality, internationally competitive health&nbsp;research and innovation  activities to improve the health and wellbeing of Albertans.&nbsp;We provide  leadership for Alberta&rsquo;s health research and&nbsp;innovation enterprise by  directing, coordinating, reviewing, funding and supporting&nbsp;research and  innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Working&nbsp;with our many partners&nbsp; in the health system, we ensure that research achieves innovation  in&nbsp;care, policy and practice, and that the needs of patients and  clinicians influence&nbsp;research.<\/p>\n<h3>Our&nbsp;background<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/albertainnovates.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alberta Innovates<\/a> consolidation was launched November 1, 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alberta Innovates &ndash; Health Solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alberta Innovates &ndash; Health Solutions was established as part of the Alberta Innovates system by an Act of Legislation of the Government of Alberta. It is a agency&nbsp;  of the Government of Alberta.&nbsp;We receive a yearly allocation from the  Ministry of Health and report through the ministry to the people of  Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>Our Mandate and Roles document reflects our role and responsibilities and outlines the government statues and regulations with which we comply.<\/p>\n<p>Alberta&rsquo;s Health Research and Innovation Strategy (AHRIS) sets out  Alberta&rsquo;s health research agenda for the coming decade to ensure our  considerable investments in research align with our priority&mdash;to improve  the health of Albertans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et-waypoint et_pb_image et_pb_animation_off et_pb_image_3 et_always_center_on_mobile et_pb_image_sticky et-animated\"> \t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/albertainnovates.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/health_solutions_v2_icon.png\" \/> \t\t\t \t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_module et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_text_2\">\n<p><strong>780-423-5727<br \/>Toll free: 1-877-423-5727<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/aihealthsolutions.ca\">aihealthsolutions.ca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1500,<br \/>10104 &ndash; 103 Avenue<br \/>Edmonton, Alberta, Canada<br \/>T5J 4A7<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/AI Health_AHFMR Tagline_RGB.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Date:<\/strong>\u00a02015-02-05<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metabolomics expert Dr. David Wishart is working with a team of researchers to develop test kits to screen for disease, thanks to the financial support of AIHS<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> (Alberta Innovates Health Solutions) <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,55,7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alberta","category-alberta-innovates-health-solutions","category-genomics","category-health-and-medicine","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1-15david_wishart_sm.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1683"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4983,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions\/4983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}