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: Headlines True Angle was among the startups to demo at Plug and Play Alberta’s Expo Day for Batch 1 in Calgary on May 31. The Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology at the University of Alberta has collaborated with Halifax-based Sixth Wave Innovations Inc. to test its Accelerated Molecularly Imprinted Polymer technology, which the company says can detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus at sensitivity levels 250 times lower than commercially available rapid antigen tests. Andrew MacIsaac of Applied Pharmaceutical Innovations published a piece on the Canadian Critical Drug Initiative, a proposed solution to Canada’s drug supply shortage, in BIOTECanada’s Insights Magazine. The “Game Changing Health” track at Inventures in Calgary this week includes sessions with Elizabeth Coker-Farrell of Nude Wings Innovation and Concordia University of Edmonton; Jason Ding of Entos Pharmaceuticals; Verna Yiu, formerly of Alberta Health Services; Ashif Mawji of ScaleGood Fund; and Chief Dale McFee of the Edmonton Police Service. The City of Edmonton, the Downtown Business Association, and Boyle Street Community Services are piloting a program to help prevent and respond to drug poisonings. Overdose Prevention & Response Teams (OPRTs) made up of medical professionals and outreach workers will spend time in the pedway system and surrounding streets to provide intervention, training, referrals, and needle pickup. Startup TNT is hosting an Entrepreneur Education Series every Tuesday until June 28, when Health Cities will present on validating your health tech. Health Cities is looking to hire an administrative assistant. Events June 1-3: Inventures conference in Calgary and online June 2, 7pm: Psychedelics: past, present, and future from the University of Alberta Neuroscience Graduate Student Association June 5-7: 4th Symposium of the Canadian Society for Virology at the University of Alberta Campus June 7, 4pm: Virtual Expedition: The Rise and Fall of Diabetes presented by the University Hospital Foundation June 14, 10am: Healthy Aging Regional Gathering – Online Session from CORE Alberta June 16, 18, and 19: Shining a Light for the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital June 20-21: Alberta Transplant Institute Research Day June 23: Startup TNT Investment Summit V June 28, 10am: Validating Your Health Tech, presented by Health Cities 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