The Health Innovation Roundup, sponsored by Health City, 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: Local headlines Researchers at the University of Alberta, University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, San Diego teamed up to launch the Open Data Commons for pre-clinical Spinal Cord Injury research(ODC-SCI). Life With Dementia podcast episode 11 features a technological platform that helps caregivers navigate dementia. In case you missed it, DynaLIFE and AltaML teamed up for a project to use digital pathology to help identify and analyze colon polyps. DynaLIFE CEO Jason Pincock and AltaML CEO and co-founder Cory Janssen spoke with Global’s Su-Ling Goh about the project. They were also featured on the Ryan Jespersen Show. The province named Heather Culbert as the chair of the Alberta Research and Innovation Advisory Committee until Aug. 14, 2021. Applications for the Alberta Innovates 2019-2020 suite of Training and Early Career Development programs are open now until Oct. 11. Folio profiled University of Alberta spinoff company Medo.ai, a software company that uses artificial intelligence to create and analyze 3D ultrasound images. Events Falling Walls Venture UAlberta Pitch Competition: Aug. 29 at the Oborowsky Degner Seminar Hall in the Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation, University of Alberta Innovation In Health: A Conversation with Josh Blair: Sept. 10 at the Sutton Place Hotel BioAlberta’s 20th Annual AGM and Awards Gala: Sept. 24 at the Westin Hotel Alberta Blue Cross presents The Wellness Summit: Oct. 10 at the Renaissance Edmonton Airport Hotel Alberta Health Economic Study Group 2019: Nov. 4-5 at Peter Lougheed Hall, University of Alberta Moving Evidence to Action workshop: Nov. 26-28 at the University of Alberta Have a suggestion for a future edition? Send it to hello@taprootedmonton.ca for consideration. Become a “Roundup Cultivator” and sponsor Taproot Edmonton to help them chronicle health innovation in Edmonton. Learn more