Monthly Health Check-Up

Hamilton Health Innovation Check-Up

Last Monday of Each Month

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

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Virtually from McMaster Innovation Park
175 Longwood Rd. South.
Hamilton, ON

The Hamilton Health Innovation Check-up is an open discussion with the goal of raising awareness of what’s happening in the Hamilton health innovation ecosystem, identifying partnership opportunities, and building personal networks. The focus of the meeting will be on the development, deployment, and adoption of health innovation.

Meetings are open to all members of the life science community; public and private; large and small.  Participants are free to share or just listen.

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Upcoming Presentations

September 30, 2024

October 30, 2024

  • Topic: TBD
  • Guest Speaker:  TBD

November 25, 2024

2024 Meeting Minutes

January 29, 2024

February 26, 2024

March 25, 2024

April 29, 2024

May 27, 2024

  • Topic: SOPHIE, CAMEDA and HEALTHI Program & Looking Forward
  • Guest Speaker: Alek Tirpan (Program Manager), Brandon McIntyre (Program Coordinator), Jadyn Pereira (Business Analyst Intern), Innovation Factory
    [presentation slides used]

June 24, 2024

July 29, 2024

August 26, 2024

2023 Meeting Minutes

January 30, 2023

February 27, 2023

March 27, 2023

April 24, 2023

May 29, 2023

June 26, 2023

July 31, 2023

August 28, 2023

September 25, 2023

October 30, 2023

November 27, 2023

2022 Meeting Minutes

January 31, 2022

February 28, 2022

March 28, 2022

April 25, 2022

May 30, 2022

June 27, 2022

July 25, 2022

August 29, 2022

September 26, 2022

October 31, 2022

November 28, 2022

2021 Meeting Minutes

January 25 2021

February 22, 2021

March 29, 2021

April 26, 2021

May 31, 2021

June 28, 2021

July 26, 2021

August 30, 2021

September 27, 2021

October 25, 2021

November 29, 2021

2020 Meeting Minutes

January 2020

February 2020

  • Meeting Summary & Ecosystem Highlights [not available]
  • Topic: Overview of Michael G. DeGroote Health Innovation, Commercialization & Entrepreneurship Initiative
  • Guest Speaker: Sarrah Lal, Education Lead, MGD Health Innovation, Commercialization & Entrepreneurship
  • Guest Speaker: Leigh Wilson, Senior Manager, MGD Health Innovation Commercialization & Entrepreneurship
    [presentation slides used]

March 2020

April 2020

May 2020

June 2020

July 2020

August 2020

  • Topic: Overview and Update – ToexFx
  • Guest Speaker: Monika Yazdanian, CEO and Co-Founder, ToeFX

September 2020

October 2020

  • Topic: Introducting the Clinic@Mac and the Clinic@St. Joe’s
  • Guest Speaker: Sarrah Lal, Assistant Professor, Division of Education & Innovation Education Lead, MGD Health Innovation, Commercialization & Entrepreneurship
  • Guest Speaker: Leigh Wilson, Project Development Manager, MGD Health Innovation, Commercialization & Entrepreneurship (MGD Health ICE)
  • Guest Speaker: Milica Vukmirovic, Michael DeGroote Innovation, Commercialization
    Entrepreneurship Fellow, McMaster University
    Innovation and Commercialization Consultant, The Research Institute at St. Joe’s Hamilton
    [presentation slides used]
  • Meeting Summary & Ecosystem Highlights

November 2020

December 2020

  • Holiday break – no Health Check Up
2019 Meeting Minutes

January 2019

February 2019

March 2019

April 2019

May 2019

June 2019

July 2019

August 2019

September 2019

October 2019

November 2019

December 2019

  • Holiday break – no Health Checkup
2018 Meeting Minutes

January 2018

February 2018

March 2018

April 2018

May 2018

June 2018

July 2018

August 2018

September 2018

October 2018

November 2018

December 2018

  • Holiday break – no Health Check Up
2017 Meeting Minutes

September 2017

October 2017

November 2017

December 2017