{"id":2076,"date":"2016-10-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-811\/"},"modified":"2018-05-10T19:39:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T19:39:49","slug":"innovation-anthology-811","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2016\/10\/04\/innovation-anthology-811\/","title":{"rendered":"#811: Dr. Julia Brassolotto: Translational Health Chair Investigates Rural Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/Innovation Anthology 811_b.mp3\">Download MP3 Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a lot harder to deliver health services in rural areas than in cities.<\/p>\n<p>So what are the issues and what can be done to improve the situation?<\/p>\n<p>Those are questions Dr. Julia Brassolotto from the University of Lethbridge will be investigating.<\/p>\n<p>She  has just been appointed the new Alberta Innovates Health Solutions  Translational Health Research Chair in Rural Health and Well Being.<br \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/>DR.  JULIA BRASSOLOTTO<\/span>: &nbsp;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">There are a host of them, everything from looking  at transient health care workers, so challenges with recruiting and  retaining health professionals. &nbsp;So nurses, and physicians and,  specialists. &nbsp;Transportation for patients to health care services.&nbsp; Things  like weather that maybe you get noticed often, but if you have  inclement weather and long distances to travel, that can be prohibitive.  &nbsp; Other issues to do with the social determinants of health, having to  do with access to education, sustainable employment, things like that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dr.  Julia Brassolotto says her research will focus first n seniors and the  delivery of long term care in rural Alberta. &nbsp;That includes looking at  caregivers who deliver paid and unpaid labour.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Thanks today to<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Alberta Innovates Health Solutions.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/p>\n<p>FOR INNOVATION ANTHOLOGY<br \/>I&rsquo;M CHERYL CROUCHER.<br \/><\/span><\/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:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tpanose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;\n\tmso-font-charset:128;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:roman;\n\tmso-font-format:other;\n\tmso-font-pitch:fixed;\n\tmso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tpanose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;\n\tmso-font-charset:128;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:roman;\n\tmso-font-format:other;\n\tmso-font-pitch:fixed;\n\tmso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Cambria;\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:-1610611985 1073741899 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:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ansi-language:EN-US;\n\tmso-fareast-language:JA;}\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\tfont-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\";\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;}\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--><\/style>\n<h2>Guest<\/h2>\n<h3> , <\/h3>\n<h4>, , , , <\/h4>\n<h2>Sponsor<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.albertainnovates.ca\">Alberta Innovates<\/a><\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_4  et_pb_column_1\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_module et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_text_0\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Alberta Innovates<\/span> is a provincially funded Corporation with a mandate to deliver 21st century solutions for the most compelling challenges facing Albertans. We do this by building on our province&rsquo;s research and technology development strengths in the core sectors of health, environment, energy, food and fibre and platforms such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and omics. We are working with our partners to diversify Alberta&rsquo;s economy, improve our environmental performance and enhance our well-being through research and innovation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_module et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_text_0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_module et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_text_0\">The Alberta Innovates system has roots stretching back almost 90 years  \t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_text et_pb_module et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_text_1\">\n<p>In March, 2016 the consolidation of Alberta Innovates was announced  and on November 1, a single, integrated innovation powerhouse, Alberta  Innovates, was formed. Two applied research subsidiaries &#8211; Innotech Alberta and C-Fer Technologies &#8211;&nbsp; serve public and private sector interests.<\/p>\n<\/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>The Alberta Innovates system was first created in January 2010, as  part of an overall innovation framework developed within the Alberta  Research and Innovation Act. At that time, four corporations were  established:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bio Solutions<\/li>\n<li>Energy and Environment Solutions<\/li>\n<li>Health Solutions<\/li>\n<li>Technology Futures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Alberta Innovates system has a 90-year legacy. Our expertise is built on the successes of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alberta Institute for Agriculture<\/li>\n<li>Forestry and the Environment<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Agricultural Research Institute<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Forestry Research Institute<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Life Sciences Institute<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Ingenuity<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Research Council<\/li>\n<li>iCORE<\/li>\n<li>nanoAlberta<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Water Research Institute (AWRI)<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI)<\/li>\n<li>Alberta Oil Sands Technology and Research Authority (AOSTRA).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/ian logo AI LOGO_COLOUR.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Date:<\/strong>\u00a02016-10-04<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Lethbridge researcher Dr. Julia Brassolotto holds the new AIHS Translational Health Research Chair in Rural Health and Wellbeing<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> (Alberta Innovates Health Solutions)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,64,2,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alberta","category-alberta-innovates","category-health-and-medicine","category-women-in-science","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2076"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5430,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2076\/revisions\/5430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}