Making Innovation
Possible

Leading the way
It’s one thing to fund innovation. It’s quite another to make innovation possible.
Creating strategic partnerships with private industry, the public sector and philanthropic community members is just another way the University Hospital Foundation serves as a catalyst for innovation and advances patient care at the University of Alberta Hospital.
Partnerships created since 2015 have led to even greater benefits to Albertans by:

Collaborations like these allow us to push the boundaries of care and knowledge and improve access to care for Albertans living with these life-changing health conditions.

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A Machine that Breathes
Less than one-third of donated lungs are suitable for transplantation. The rest are discarded, along with hearts, kidneys, livers and other organs deemed too damaged to transplant. At least that’s how it was before the Ex-Vivo Organ Support System (EVOSS).