ACAHO & HCCC release first of its kind report on research partnerships
From the discovery of genes that cause disease to the development of new treatments and new policies and practices that improve our health, Canada’s Health Charities and Academic Healthcare Organizations partner for Success in Health Research to the benefit of the health and health systems of Canadians. In a first-of-its kind joint publication of ACAHO and HCCC, we examine this relationship and how it contributes to the health and well-being of Canadians. Find out what kind of research health charities fund in academic healthcare organizations and why it matters.
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Success Stories and Breakthrough Innovations
The Brain:
- Another piece of the protein puzzle – searching out the causes of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada and the Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec and Université de Laval)
- Taking the truth test: Seeking confirmation of pilot results for an ALS treatment before proceeding (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Society of Canada and Sunnybrook Health Science Centre)
- Challenging training for a challenging disease – a fellowship in Parkinson’s disease (Parkinson Society Canada and Toronto Western Hospital – UHN)
- Substituting new genes for old to help people with inherited blindness (Foundation for Fighting Blindness and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute)
- Looking inside the cell to find treatments for eye cancers in children (Canadian Cancer Society and Alberta Health Services)
- Lighting the way – seeking a cure for congenital stationary night blindness (Foundation for Fighting Blindness and Alberta Health Services)
Multi-System:
- The ABCs of PDT – Understanding how light therapy works on cancer (Canadian Cancer Society and the British Columbia Cancer Research Centre)
- Clearing a passage to health – working to cure cystic fibrosis from the cell up (Cystic Fibrosis Canada and the Hospital for Sick Children)
- Towards the prevention of the common cold: Identifying virus pathways (The Lung Association and the University Health Network)
- A Canada-wide collaboration to help Lupus patients (The Arthritis Society and the University Health Network)
The Spine:
- Behind a painful spine – finding the gene that causes Ankylosing Spondylitis (The Arthritis Society and the University Health Network)
The Heart:
- Improving survival rates from sudden cardiac arrest (The Heart and Stroke Foundation, St. Michael’s Hospital and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
- The Right Direction: An atlas, a report card, and a nation-wide effort to improve outcomes of cardiac care (The Heart and Stroke Foundation and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre)
- What’s good for hearts will also prevent strokes (The Heart and Stroke Foundation and Lawson, the Health Research Institute for London Health Sciences Centre & St. Joseph’s Healthcare London )
The Lungs:
- Steps toward health: does exercise therapy help in lung disease? (The Lung Association and the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute)
The Liver:
- Buying time – Blocking the spread of liver cancer cells (The Canadian Liver Foundation and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority – Health Sciences Centre)
- Treatment minus side effects: easing the future for people with auto-immune Hepatitis (The Canadian Liver Foundation and Hôpital Sainte-Justine)
The Pancreas:
- Moving on to health – using exercise to control type 1 diabetes (Canadian Diabetes Association, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal and the University of Calgary)
The Intestines:
- Getting down to basics – Are the solutions for Inflammatory Bowel Disease to be found in probiotics? (Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada and Sickkids Research Institute)
- Understanding the hidden GEM – genetic, environmental and microbial factors leading to Crohn’s Disease (The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada and Mount Sinai Hospital, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute)