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Glenrose Rehabilitation Research Innovation and Technology Hub
(GRRIT)
GRRIT Improved Healthcare & Economic
Diversification
Dr. Lois Macklin, Sr. Consultant
Research and Technology
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
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Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• 244 bed publically funded hospital • Dedicated to the delivery of rehabilitation medicine• 122 different clinics (neo-natal to geriatrics)
• ~30,000 active patients annually
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Glenrose Rehabilitation, Research, Innovation and Technology Hub
Mission:To advance and assist research and innovation that improves the quality of life for people with disabilities through cooperation with academic and industrial partners
GRRIT
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GRRIT Role and Function
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Building an Innovation Eco System
GRRIT contributes by:• Assisting academic and industrial partners
with access to AHS/GRH• Brokering collaborations with external
partners• Providing partial financial support for R&D• Pursuit of external funding • Changing organizational culture
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GRRIT Advisory Council
Guided by Eleven Representatives From:• Industry• Research Community• Glenrose Hospital Foundation• Patient Population• Academia• Senior Executives
• AHS• Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital
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GRRIT Funding
• Glenrose Foundation provided base funding
• NRC – Industrial Research Assistance Program provided a series of 3 grants
• Alberta Innovation and Advanced Education grant
• Western Economic Diversification Program• Total Funding ≈ $1.25 million
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Current and Future Projects
Projects included are:• Push, • Pull,
• Combination
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Hot – Cold Sensor (PULL)
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Scoliosis Active Bracing – (PULL)GRH Prosthetics
GRH Researcher Edmond Lou
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3Scape Immersive Videos (PUSH)
http://www.imageworksalberta.com/
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Dynamic Shoulder Orthotic (PULL)
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Quality of Life Project 2016-2017
A major multi-disciplinary initiative:
What is required to maximize the Quality of Life of Older persons with Disabilities?
1) Identify the challenges by creating a collision space for intellectual exchange between industry and clinicians
2) Develop technical solutions to those challenges through collaboration
3) Provide clinical validation and testing at the Glenrose
(Push and Pull)
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Philosophic Approach
“When you come to a fork
in the Road –TAKE IT” Yogi Berra
To achieve our innovation ambitions at the GRH, we must be a meaningful partner in the innovation/commercialization process.