| Institution: | University of Manitoba at St Boniface Hospital Research |
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Winnipeg, MB Canada |
For the 4th year in a row, St-Boniface Hospital has made the list of top research hospitals in Canada, according to Research Infosource, which ranks Canadian hospitals on their success in attracting support for health research.
St-Boniface Hospital is ranked 1st in western Canada (10th overall) for researcher intensity – defined as dollars attracted per researcher – 6th in Canada in the category of small hospital-affiliated research facilities, and 3rd in the country for research activity growth, at 20.9% over last year.
“This is a significant accomplishment and even more impressive because we’ve now done it for four years in a row” says Dr. Grant Pierce, Executive Director of Research for St-Boniface Hospital. “Our researchers continue to attract a level of funding that reflects the incredibly high standards of research accomplishment here”.
“St-Boniface Hospital Foundation has always been proud of our researchers and the great work they deliver year in and year out. It’s always wonderful to receive third party recognition of the pioneering research at St-Boniface” says Chuck LaFleche, President & CEO, St-Boniface Hospital Foundation.
“We congratulate our faculty members who are doing this research at St-Boniface on this national recognition,” says Dr. Digvir Jayas, Vice-President (Research and International) and Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba.
St-Boniface Hospital Research encompasses three medical research facilities on the campus of St-Boniface Hospital – the St-Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre, the Dr. Andrei Sakharov MRI Centre, and the I.H. Asper Clinical Research Institute – with four dedicated research programs including the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, the Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders, the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM), and Clinical Research, as well as research that takes place across the St-Boniface campus.
Generously supported by the St-Boniface Hospital Foundation and affiliated with the University of Manitoba, St-Boniface Hospital has gained a world-wide reputation for excellence in medical research; important not only to Canadians, but to people around the world. Please visit ResearchWasHere.com to discover how we are working today to improve our health, and our lives, in the future!
For complete information: http://www.researchinfosource.com/top40_hosp.php