Funding Sources

ADSS

The Alberta Diabetes Surveillance System is entirely funded by a $1 million grant from Alberta Health and Wellness.  The project began in 2006 and will run until March of 2012, or until the contract is renewed.

Active Community Dissemination of ADSS Findings

In January 2007, the ADSS received a grant of over $150,000 from the Public Health Agency of Canada to support community-based dissemination, including the development of this website.  The information generated by the ADSS is of great interest to policy makers at the zone and provincial levels, health care providers, the public and different community and advocacy groups.  The local dissemination of ADSS information will help planning (COMMA) specific to certain areas or populations.

In June 2009, the ADSS received a grant of $92,800 from the Public Health Agency of Canada to continue the ADSS team’s dissemination work and to assist in the development of an interactive ADSS website.  Some of the ADSS team’s dissemination activities include providing presentations and visits to the primary care networks in the province and providing community specific diabetes data to assist in program planning and evaluation.

Link to the Public Health Agency of Canada website

ACHORD (Alliance for Canadian Health Outcomes
Research in Diabetes)

The ADSS is operating out of the ACHORD offices, located at the University of Alberta, School of Public Health, Department of Public Health Sciences in Edmonton, Alberta.

The Alliance for Canadian Health Outcomes Research in Diabetes (ACHORD) is a new emerging team in diabetes research. Our research is focused on the clinical epidemiology, economic and health-related quality of life aspects of diabetes and its comorbidities and complications. Our aim is to provide research which will lead to improved management of diabetes in Canada, from both clinical and health policy perspectives.  ACHORD consists of a core group of primary investigators and is supported by research and administrative staff, as well as a number of research trainees.

Infrastructure Funding

ACHORD is based at the University of Alberta in Edmonton Alberta, and the University of Calgary in Calgary Alberta. The Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alberta provides office space to house the majority of the ACHORD staff and students in Edmonton. The ACHORD offices are based in the Alberta Diabetes Institute at the University of Alberta. The ACHORD Group has also greatly benefited from two consecutive 5-year team grants from CIHR to help establish our core infrastructure.

From 2002-2007 we held a Chronic Disease New Emerging Team (NET) Grant. This 5-year grant, of close to $1 million, was made possible through a special partnership initiative between the Canadian Diabetes Association, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Kidney Foundation of Canada and the CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD), and the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health. This Chronic Disease NET program was intended to promote the growth of small existing interdisciplinary teams focused on common and related aspects of kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

In 2008, ACHORD was awarded an Emerging Team (ET) Grant from CIHR INMD. The ET Grant program was intended to provide ongoing support to those NET Grant holders who were successful in establishing a strong and productive team. The ACHORD ET Grant will provide nearly $2.5million from 2008-2013. These ET funds support our research infrastructure, studentships, ACHORD research meetings and dissemination activities.

ACHORD has also been supported by funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) under the Leadership Opportuniaty Funding associated with Jeff Johnson's Canada Research Chair.  CFI funding has been used to establish infrastructure in the ACHORD Research Laboratory at the University of Alberta.

Ongoing grant funding is also provided from Alberta Health and Wellness to support the activities of the Alberta Diabetes Surveillance System (ADSS) and the Alberta’s Caring for Diabetes (ABCD) Project. These project grants support the delivery of these services, but also provide a platform for research and engaged scholarship as we aim to improve the quality and efficiency of care for diabetes in Alberta.

Operating Funding

Operating grants from various sources, including CIHR, the Canadian Diabetes Association and the nstitute of Health Economics support ongoing ACHORD projects.  All of the ACHORD Investigators are also indenpendently supported by personnal awards from Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions (formerly Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research).

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