April 26, 2023 The Health Innovation Roundup, sponsored by Health Cities, is written and published weekly by Taproot Edmonton to bring you the latest news and events in research, technology, companies and people changing health for the better in Edmonton.Sign up to get the full edition delivered directly to your inbox. Use the code HEALTHCITY & you’ll get 10% off the first year.Here are some highlights from this week’s Health Innovation Roundup: HeadlinesHealth Cities has launched a new initiative called the Edmonton Community Data Warehouse aimed at improving the delivery of social services using data and technology. “By using data to better understand the needs of the community, we can inform where our resources are needed most — and through partnership and collaboration, we can provide solutions which incorporate and address social determinants of health,” CEO Reg Joseph said in a release.Edmonton-based mmHg, which provides a virtual care platform that enables remote patient monitoring of measures including blood pressure and heart rate, is among the latest cohort of early-stage agetech companies that will share in more than $4.55 million in funding through the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation’s Mentorship, Capital, and Continuation (MC2) program.WWIKY BioSciences, Synapsis Medical, and adewunmi are among the 20 Edmonton companies that will be pitching on May 4 for a berth in Startup TNT‘s Investment Summit VII finale on June 15.Broadcaster and cancer patient Dave Jamieson spoke to CBC about how True Angle’s Mobili-T device has helped him keep up with his exercises to combat dysphagia. While the device is used in studies in Canada, it is not approved for sale here, though it is in the United States, True Angle CEO Jana Rieger told Edmonton AM.Voting closes on May 7 for three “people’s choice” categories in the YEG Startup Community Awards, an annual event organized by business people, students, and “YEG Superfans” to celebrate success within Edmonton’s startup ecosystem. The winners will be revealed at a ceremony on May 10.Alberta Health Services highlighted the work of the Edmonton Zone stroke program with has twice won awards of distinction from Accreditation Canada for ensuring the highest quality of care.Alberta had a record number of organ transplants in 2022, reports Alberta Health Services, with 491 transplants performed, breaking the previous record of 462 in 2017.The Alberta Reproductive Centre and Whole Family Health are celebrating Canadian Fertility Awareness Week with the event Redefining (in)Fertility with Whole Person Integrated Fertility Care on April 30. The event can be streamed online or attended in person at the Parkallen Community Hall.Several Edmonton-based researchers contributed to a paper published in Nature comparing the outcomes of patients who were admitted to hospital because of COVID-19 as opposed to those who had COVID-19 but were admitted for other reasons. The paper concludes that policy decisions should take both kinds of patients into account.EventsApril 26, 7:30pm: Canadian Fertility Awareness Week: Light the Night MeetupApril 26-27: Health Gamechangers: The Impact of Digital Technologies in Research at the University of AlbertaApril 30, 2:30pm: Canadian Fertility Awareness Week: Redefining (in)Fertility with Whole Person Integrated Fertility CareMay 2: Genome-Based Precision Health with Don Husereau, hosted by BioAlbertaMay 4, 7am: Health Cities Breakfast: Unlocking the Power of Personal Data in CalgaryMay 4, 5:30pm: Top 20 Pitch Night — Startup TNT Investment Summit VIIMay 10, 5pm: Prairie BioEconomy Guild: Sarcomere Dynamics, presented by BioAlbertaMay 10-12: 2023 Canadian Glycomics Symposium at the JW Marriott in the ICE DistrictMay 18: Research Day 2023 presented by the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of AlbertaMay 23-26: Upper Bound, presented by AmiiMay 30-31: Fit Cities Fit Towns Canada: 3rd Annual Conference, presented by Housing for Health at the University of AlbertaMay 31-June 2: Inventures in CalgaryBecome a “Roundup Cultivator” and sponsor Taproot Edmonton to help them chronicle health innovation in Edmonton. Learn more