Health Innovation Roundup

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.

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Here are some highlights from this week’s Health Innovation Roundup:

Headlines

• Nanostics has launched — in partnership with the Alberta Prostate Cancer Research Initiative (APCaRI) at the University of Alberta and DynaLIFE Medical Labs — a prospective clinical study to validate its minimally invasive bladder cancer diagnostic test, ClarityDX Bladder. Bladder cancer is the fifth most prevalent cancer in North America, the company said. Alberta Innovates provided $600,000 to support the study.
• The TELUS Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator is accepting applications for its second cohort. The deadline to apply is July 31.
• Filomena Tassi, the federal minister for public services and procurement, toured the facilities of Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API) and the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology, then met with health and life-sciences leaders to discuss innovations and treatments for infectious diseases.
• Dr. Riya Ganguly, the University of Alberta‘s associate vice-president of enterprise, spoke to the Economic Development Matters podcast about the university’s role in supporting the commercialization of innovation and how that affects economic development.
• The Health Innovators Hub has lined up several panels for its Health Innovators’ Meetup, which takes place on the second Thursday of each month.
• Columnist Nick Lees has already secured $50,000 in his quest to raise $250,000 for the University Hospital Foundation. Lees is hoping to raise enough money for the University of Alberta hospital to purchase state-of-the-art cancer-fighting equipment.

Events

• July 20-24: C-Tribe Conference
• July 21, 6pm: TNT Happy Hour from Startup
• July 27, 10:30am: Monthly Community Coffee at Startup Edmonton
• July 29-Aug. 1: natHACKS 2022 by NeurAlbertaTech
• Aug. 18: Great Prairies Pitch Marathon

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