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 Dr. Carla Prado, director of the human nutrition research unit at the University of Alberta, was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 by BNN Bloomberg. The Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation are donating $5 million over five years to the Mental Health Foundation. University of Alberta professor Sara Davison is developing a web-based tool to increase the effectiveness of end-of-life care for treatment of chronic diseases like heart failure or late-stage cancers. New proposed Canadian drug pricing rules are based in part on research from University of Alberta health economists. Health City CEO Reg Joseph spoke with 630 CHED at the Avenue Edmonton magazine innovation event describing how the city is creating a health innovation ecosystem. Events Sept. 10 – Innovation In Health: A Conversation with Josh Blair at the Sutton Place Hotel. Oct. 10 – Alberta Blue Cross presents The Wellness Summit at the Renaissance Edmonton Airport Hotel Nov. 4-5 – Alberta Health Economic Study Group 2019 at Peter Lougheed Hall, U of A Nov. 26-28 Moving Evidence to Action workshop 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