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 NAIT has awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award to Dallas Schroeder in recognition of her four decades of contributions to advancing respiratory therapy in Alberta. She had retired in 2020 but returned to work to aid in the battle against COVID-19. Edmonton Global‘s Jeff Bell crunched the data on the degree to which the University of Alberta punches above its weight in developing world-class talent. “Unlike some peer institutions, the University of Alberta has capabilities in both pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences – the two foundational disciplines needed to support the development of new medicines,” he says of the school’s strength in health and life sciences. BLINC Lab shared Edmonton Global’s video on how the lab is combining artificial intelligence and medicine to create and improve next-generation bionic limbs for people with amputations. Up to 45% of patients affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy could benefit from a new “cocktail” drug in development at the University of Alberta. The University of Alberta is offering a new graduate certificate in climate change and health that students can earn while completing their degree. “It’s become very clear that climate change has already impacted our health, and the evidence shows that’s going to continue to happen over the course of this century,” Sherilee Harper, a Canada Research Chair for climate change and health, told Folio. “You can’t take just a strictly biomedical health line to it. It’s about society, it’s about culture. It’s about the environment. It’s about ecology and ecosystems.” Doctors and researchers at the University of Alberta and Stollery Children’s Hospital are looking to bridge the knowledge gap for teens with congenital heart disease. The University Hospital Foundation‘s Heart Pledge Day raised $763,987 for the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute. The health-care division of Genesis Integration, an Edmonton-based video-collaboration company, has been acquired by FlexITy, an Ontario company specializing in digital transformation in health care. The acquisition gives FlexITy the nurse-call system developed by Genesis Integration. Health Innovation Hub is partnering with legal startup Goodlawyer to provide savings on legal services to community members and entrepreneurs. Applications are open until March 18 for the Valley Ready Spring 2022 Program from Canadian Entrepreneurs in Life Science. Events March 2, noon: AI and Your Health March 4-6: 2022 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Symposium at the Lister Centre March 8, 7pm: Break the Bias: Dismantling Disparities in Women’s Health Research and Care March 14-17: Minogue Medical’s da Vinci Roadshow on robotic surgery March 17: Startup TNT Life Sciences Investment Summit March 22 BioAlberta 2022 Policy Forum and 2021 Awards Gala March 30-31: IoT North Conference May 24-27: Amii’s AI Week 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