January 25, 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: HeadlinesDiveThru is among the 10 small businesses to receive a She’s Next Grant from Visa Canada. The mental-health business will receive $10,000, one year of business coaching through IFundWomen, and mentorship through York University. Founder Sophie Gray has been posting progress reports on the startup’s brick-and-mortar location.Health Cities qualified for the 2022 I.D.E.A.L. Bioscience Employer Recognition Program, which recognizes organizations that “embody the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility leadership (IDEAL), as best practices needed to promote growth and success in the biotech sector.”Pacylex has added to its executive team by naming Michele Libonati as chief operating officer and Annette Marcantonio as vice president of clinical operations.The Faculty of Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation at the University of Alberta is holding a career and industry networking fair on Feb. 17 at the Van Vliet Complex. “Whether you are actively hiring within your organization, need to fill summer positions, recruit volunteers, or just want to increase awareness and familiarity about your organization to the KSR community, we welcome you to attend,” organizers say. The deadline to reserve a table is Feb. 10.Two risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease affect men and women differently, indicates new research from the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute at the University of Alberta. This finding helps make a case for precision health, psychology professor Roger Dixon told Folio.On The Well Endowed Podcast, Johnna Lowther of Caregivers Alberta spoke to Candace Smallwood and Kristen Smallwood about supporting a loved one with dementia and the reasons they started an endowment fund called Shannon’s Fund for Dementia Research.Anastassia Voronova, the Canada Research Chair in Neural Stem Cell Biology at the University of Alberta, is exploring the power of a brain molecule called fractalkine to halt and possibly reverse the symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple sclerosis.Researchers at the University of Alberta are working on a way to scale the production of uniforms made of fabric that kills viruses and bacteria on contact, so that soldiers, hospital workers, firefighters, and paramedics can be kept healthy and safe. “We want to take the technology from the lab and scale it up so that it is efficient and compatible for industry-level manufacturing processes, which is a very big step,” said Patricia Dolez, a textiles scientist in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences.EventsJan. 25, 4pm: Ethics in Relation to Copyright and Artificial Intelligence with AI4SocietyJan. 25, 6:30pm: YEGBio Hangout at AmiiJan. 26, 5pm: DAMA Edmonton Chapter Meeting: ChatGPT at the NAIT Nexen TheatreJan 26, 6:30pm: Hope for Tomorrow: Research Insights into Alzheimer’s Disease at the University of AlbertaJan. 26, 7pm: What the Health: Let’s Talk About Advances in Mature Women’s HealthJan. 27, 12pm: Reclaiming 2SLGBTQIA+ Health: Advocacy and Access to Queer Health in Alberta, presented by the MacEwan University’s School of Continuing EducationFeb. 9, 7am: Health Cities Breakfast: A New Lens on Health and Prevention at the Foundry RoomFeb. 9, 4pm: Life Sciences Summit: Top 20 Pitch Night, presented by Startup TNT and APIFeb. 16, 4pm: Health Innovators’ Meetup: Get To Know Your Investors at Enterprise SquareFeb. 23, 12pm: Digitizing & Automating Mental Health Treatment, presented by Lenica Research GroupMarch 23: Life Sciences Investment Summit Finale in CalgaryBecome a “Roundup Cultivator” and sponsor Taproot Edmonton to help them chronicle health innovation in Edmonton. Learn more