About Us
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A Message from the president...Alberta's robust health research environment attracts top health care researchers, practitioners and innovators to the province. Our leading discoveries are enhancing care and practice in areas like cardiovascular health, brain development and health, diabetes, biomedical technologies, infectious diseases, and bone and joint health.
Alberta's long-standing investment in health research excellence is set to have a greater impact than ever, through strengthened research and technology collaboration. These collaborations focus on creating new knowledge and catalyzing ground-breaking discoveries that result in new tools, processes, and technologies for improving health and well-being.
The Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Endowment Fund, through Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions, supports top quality, internationally competitive health research. Our research seeks to further our understanding of health and disease and to produce results that will make a difference to the health, economy and societal well being of Albertans and people around the world.
Click here to read about the organization's history.
Key Links:
- News release: Changes proposed for Alberta's research and innovation system
- Bill 27 - Alberta Research and Innovation Act
- Joint stakeholder letter from AHFMR, Alberta Ingenuity, ARC and iCORE
- Research and Innovation Framework website
Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions Board
For board member biographies, please visit the Alberta Innovates website.
Contact Information
Alberta Innovates- Health Solutions
Suite 1500, 10104 - 103 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4A7
Phone: (780) 423-5727
Toll-free: 1-877-423-5727
Fax: (780) 429-3509
E-mail:
Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions Staff
Interim President & CEO:
Dr. Jacques Magnan
Dr. Jacques Magnan was born and raised in Québec. He received his Bachelor of Sciences in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the Université de Sherbrooke. After completing post-doctoral fellowships in Aberdeen (Scotland), Toronto and Montréal, he joined the staff of the Department of Pharmacology at the Université de Montréal. His research interests were in the area of the pharmacology of peptides, notably the different groups of opioids in the Central Nervous System.
Dr. Magnan became a Scientific Officer for the Medical Research Council of Canada in Ottawa in 1990. His main area of responsibility was the organization of the peer-review process for the Groups and Program grants. In 1994, he came to Alberta to join the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, initially as Director of Grants and Awards, then as Vice President, Programs, and now as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer.
Vice President of Corporate Affairs:
Linda Humphreys, CMA
Senior Staff:
Donna Angus, Manager, Knowledge Transfer Initiatives
Linda Barrett-Smith, Manager, Research Ethics Initiatives
Dwayne Brunner, Communications & Liaison Manager for Southern Alberta
Damen Cole, Manager, Information Technology
Kathryn Graham, Director, Performance Management
Maureen Hagan, Manager, Data and Business Systems
Janet Harvey, Manager, Publications
Kathy Classen, Manager, AHFMR Connects
Karen Thomas, Media Specialist
Kathleen Thurber, Director, Communications and Education
Pamela Valentine, Director, Grants & Awards
Carla Weyland, Manager, Training and Development Programs
Nancy Whelan, Manager, ECO & HYRS Program
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