News from April 2009

Annual Team Meeting 2009

April 17, 2009

Our second annual meeting was held at the Rim Rock Resort in February 2009. The meeting was a great success for the team. Once per year we meet from all corners of the globe to talk about our research program and measure our progress.

A big part of our team is learning how to become a better team of researchers, as we bring together our thoughts and work on the difficult research questions.

We also plan for the next year ahead and discuss expectations for research outcomes from the research projects.

The team research is now underway and this next year presents many hours of work, collecting the information and analysing data to bring about the type of results that can provide a positive impact for all mothers, fathers and babies.

Dr. Suzanne Tough Awarded at the University of Alberta!

April 14, 2009

Dr Suzanne Tough was recently honoured at the University of Alberta Alumni Awards in recognition of outstanding contributions to research and society…...

University of Alberta alumni bring honour to themselves and their alma mater in a multitude of ways. Each year at a gala ceremony, the University of Alberta Alumni Association recognizes outstanding alumni and their contributions to society.

Suzanne Carol Tough, ’96 PhD, is an award-winning researcher and teacher whose work is changing the landscape of maternal and child health care in Alberta by contributing to policy development and practice changes. She is an associate professor at the University of Calgary and the scientific director of the Alberta Centre for Child, Family, and Community Research—Canada’s leading provincial research funder for policy relevant research. Widely published, she continues to mentor graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. In 2008, as the co-director of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Interdisciplinary Pre-term Birth and Health Outcomes Team, she received the largest AHRMR award ever—a $5-million grant to combat pre-term birth.