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AHA, Google announce joint CHD initiative
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ORLANDO, Fla. — The American Heart Association and Google Life Sciences announced a collaboration to create a team of specialists from different fields that will work toward understanding, preventing and reversing CHD.
The $50 million investment will be spread out over approximately 5 years and split evenly between the organizations, according to an announcement made during the AHA Scientific Sessions by Google Life Sciences CEO Andy Conrad and AHA CEO Nancy Brown. The project will start to roll out early in 2016 and will be the most heavily funded project in the AHA’s 91-year-history, according to a press release.
A project leader will be responsible for assembling an overall plan, which includes putting together a team of researchers, engineers, scientists and other specialists. The screening process for candidates will begin now that the job has been announced, according to Conrad.
Conrad generated hype around the project, saying that words like “cure” and “prevention” should be used, according to the press release.
“The only thing we can promise is that we’ll try harder and we’ll try to do something bigger,” he said. “I’m confident that someday we will have a huge impact on preventing [CHD]. … We just have to try.”
Brown echoed similar far-reaching objectives.
“We intend to really change the way [CV] research is conducted,” she said. – by Julia Ernst, MS
Reference:
American Heart Association. ‘1 Team, 1 Vision’ — AHA, Google Life Sciences launch $50 million project. blog.heart.org/american-heart-association-google-life-sciences-seeking-novel-strategies-to-prevent-heart-disease/. Accessed on Nov. 9, 2015.