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Recruitment

The Alberta Prion Research Institute helps to build Alberta's international reputation for research excellence in the area of BSE and related diseases. Researchers are the backbone of APRI's operations.  The Alberta Prion Research Institute supports Alberta universities in their efforts to recruit top-notch scientists to the province's growing prion research community. Over the years, APRI has provided recruitment support directly to universities in the form of salary subsidies for new research staff. It has provided research grants to scientists funded through PrioNet Canada's recruitment program and through the Alberta Ingenuity Fund Scholars Program.

Recruitment Salary Support

APRI formalized its support for university recruitment through a new Recruitment Salary Support program launched in response to its new strategic plan. The program, which supplements salary contributions from universities and other research partners, will make it possible for Alberta universities to recruit six to eight new prion researchers over the next few years.

Direct and indirect support from the Alberta Prion Research Institute has given Alberta universities a competitive edge in recruiting highly qualified researchers from across North America.

2005-2006

• Dr. Stefanie Czub is an internationally acclaimed veterinarian and virologist who is assessing the risk that chronic wasting disease can be transferred to humans.
• Dr. Markus Czub's prion research focuses on the nervous system and the interactions between cells that assist in the spread of prion diseases.

2006-2007

• Dr. David Coltman is an Alberta Ingenuity Scholar and molecular geneticist whose research is helping to revolutionize the fields of biology, agriculture and ecology.

2008-2009

• Dr. Judd Aiken is an Alberta Ingenuity Scholar whose primary research interest is the role of the environment in the dissemination of prion diseases.
• Dr. Ted Allison is using genetically modified zebrafish to conduct investigations on chronic wasting disease.
• Dr. Debbie McKenzie's twenty-year prion research career has focused on the causes of prion infection and on the transmission of disease within and between species.
• Dr. Valerie Sim's research has helped to discover the size of the most infectious prion protein particle.

The work of these scientists is helping to solve the mystery of prion disease and putting Alberta on the map as a leading centre for prion research.