1. Glenrose Rehabilitation Research Innovation and Technology Hub (GRRIT)
Improved Healthcare & Economic
Diversification
Dr. Lois Macklin, Sr. Consultant
Research and Technology
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital

2. 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

3. Glenrose Rehabilitation, Research, Innovation and Technology Hub
GRRIT
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

4. GRRIT Role and Function

5. 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

6. GRRIT Advisory Council
Guided by Eleven Representatives From:
Industry
Research Community
Glenrose Hospital Foundation
Patient Population
Academia
Senior Executives
AHS
Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital

7. 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

8. Current and Future Projects
Projects included are:
Push,
Pull,
Combination

9. Hot – Cold Sensor (PULL)

10. Scoliosis Active Bracing – (PULL)
GRH Prosthetics
GRH Researcher
Edmond Lou

11. 3Scape Immersive Videos (PUSH)

12. Dynamic Shoulder Orthotic (PULL)

13. Quality of Life Project 2016-2017
(Push and Pull)
Quality of Life Project
A major multi-disciplinary initiative:
What is required to maximize the Quality of Life of Older persons with Disabilities?
Identify the challenges by creating a collision space for intellectual exchange between industry and clinicians
Develop technical solutions to those challenges through collaboration
Provide clinical validation and testing at the Glenrose

14. TAKE IT” Yogi Berra Philosophic Approach in the Road –
“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.