AIHS

About AIHS

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 wellbeing.

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 wellbeing of Albertans and people around the world.

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Health Research Transfer Network of Alberta (RTNA)

About the RTNA

The Health Research Transfer Network of Alberta (RTNA) is a province-wide network that undertakes activities to strengthen the flow of knowledge between researchers, practitioners, patients, and policy makers. This transfer of knowledge supports informed research, policies, and practices that lead to better health outcomes for Albertans.

The RTNA aims to:

  • Build Capacity of health professionals and researchers to engage in knowledge transfer
  • Foster partnerships and mentorships to contribute to knowledge transfer
  • Exchange knowledge and expertise on knowledge transfer with provincial and national organizations
  • Create a network of people interested and engaged in knowledge transfer

Download the RTNA Brochure

Knowledge Translation - Evidence for Better Decisions (2012).pdf