Check out this week’s 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. 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 Here are some highlights from this week’s Health Innovation Roundup: Local headlines Researchers at MacEwan University will undertake a study this summer to re-think dementia care. The research will look at day programs for older adults with dementia and the connections between those programs and home. Avenue Edmonton profiled the Gamma Knife unit at the University of Alberta hospital, which allows for painless brain surgery. The Edmonton Protocol — an islet transplant to treat Type 1 diabetes — turns 20 this year. Take part in BioAlberta’s state of the industry survey before June 30. Events June 18 – Avenue Magazine is hosting an Innovation Event. Register here June 17 and 18 – The Canadian Cytometry and Microscopy Association will host its next conference at the University of Alberta. September 10 – Edmonton Chamber Lunches with Leaders series is bringing Josh Blair, Group President and Chief Corporate Officer with TELUS, to speak about Health Innovation. The Health Innovation Roundup, sponsored by Health City, is written and published weekly by Taproot Edmonton. Sign up here to get the full edition delivered directly to your inbox.