Hamilton Health Innovation Check-Up
Last Monday of Each Month
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Click to Register for the Next Health Checkup Meeting
at McMaster Innovation Park
175 Longwood Rd. South.
Hamilton, ON
L8P 0A1
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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Check out past meeting minutes and presentations here
Upcoming Presentations
May 30
- Topic: Overview and update – Ironstone Product Development
- Guest Speaker: Joel Ironstone (President & Principal Consultant)
June 27
- Topic: Overview and update – HyIvy Health
- Guest Speaker: Rachel Bartholomew (Founder & CEO)
2022 Meeting Minutes
January 31, 2022
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview and introduction – Good To Go Test
- Guest Speaker: Catriona Franc, Manager Business Operations, Bay Area Health Trust
[presentation slides used]
February 28, 2022
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview and update – Allarta Inc.
- Guest Speaker: Maria Antonakos (Co-Founder & COO) & Harald Stöver (Co-Founder & CEO)
[presentation overview provided – full slides available upon request]
March 28, 2022
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Update on Synapse Pitch Competition Winners!
- Guest Speaker: Jennifer Gauvreau (Manager, Marketing & Events, Innovation Factory)
[presentation slides used] - Guest Speaker: Saumik Biswas (Founder & CEO, Tenomix)
[presentation slides used] - Guest Speaker: Roe Sivanandan (President & CEO, Gojitech)
[presentation slides used] - Guest Speaker: Sarrah Lal (Founder & CEO, Kultura Diagnostics)
[presentation slides used]
April 25
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview and update – McArthur Medical Supplies
- Guest Speaker: Frank Fiorenza (Inventor/Product Development/Sales Leader)
[presentation slides used]
2021 Meeting Minutes
January 25 2021
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Investment Approach and Overview: HaloHealth Angel Investor Network
- Guest Speaker: Luke Sheen, Executive Director, HaloHealth
[presentation slides used, and are available upon request]
February 22, 2021
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Recent Success and Looking Forward: Enhanced Medical Nutrition
- Guest Speaker: Eric Zimmerman, CEO and Founder, Enhanced Medical Nutrition
[presentation slides used]
March 29, 2021
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Meet the Synapse Competition Winners
- Guest Speaker: Jennifer Gauvreau, Manager Marketing & Events, Innovation Factory
[presentation slides used]
April 26, 2021
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview of CREATE (CentRE for dAta science and digiTal hEalth) @ Hamilton Health Sciences
- Guest Speaker: Jeremy Petch, Founder, CREATE
[presentation slides used]
May 31, 2021
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Compliance for Digital Health Data Privacy and Security
- Guest Speaker: Simon Woodside, Co-Founder and CTO, Medstack
[presentation slides used]
June 28, 2021
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: CCEM & HEALTHI – NRC-IRAP Programs in Hamilton
- Guest Speaker: Andreas Korinek, Executive Director, Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy (CCEM); [presentation slides used – CCEM]
- Alex Muggah, Director, Synapse Consortium; [presentation slides used – HEALTHI]
- Joon Kim, ITA, NRC-IRAP
July 26, 2021
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Southern Ontario Pharmaceutical and Health Innovation Ecosystem (SOPHIE) Program
- Guest Speaker: Michael Jones, SOPHIE Program Manager
[presentation slides used]
August 30, 2021
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Leveraging Manufacturing Infrastructure to Grow Life Sciences Firms
- Guest Speaker: Stephen Veldhuis, Director of McMaster Manufacturing Research Institute
[presentation slides used]
September 27, 2021
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Navigate pain points of scaling a business – from ideation to IPO and beyond
- Guest Speaker: Sarah Romanuck, Director, SWO + GTA, RBCx
[presentation slides used]
October 25, 2021
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview and update – Eye3 Concepts Inc.
- Guest Speaker: Kate Riley, CEO of Eye3
[presentation slides used – available upon request]
November 29, 2021
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview and update – Elarex Inc.
- Guest Speaker: Brent Lefebvre (Director, Partnerships & Strategy) & Rob DeWitte (Co-Founder & CEO)
[presentation slides used] - Topic: Overview of SOSCIP (Smart Computing for Innovation) Program
Derrik Leach (Partnerships and Business Development Lead)
[presentation slides used]
2020 Meeting Minutes
January 2020
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview of Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Capacity & Capabilities
- Guest Speaker: Padraic Foley, Director of Business Development and Commercialization, OCE
- Guest Speaker: Nicole DeLong, Manager, Business Development and Commercialization (Health), OCE
[presentation slides used, and are available upon request]
February 2020
- Meeting Agenda and Notes [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
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Community Updates & Networking
- No guest speaker
April 2020
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: COVID-19 Community Watch App
- Guest Speaker: Jamie Harsevoort Founder and CEO, Webility Solutions Inc.
- Guest Speaker: Anthony DiValentino Director of Client Relations, Lumedia
[presentation slides used]
May 2020
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Thriving in Our New Environment
- Guest Speaker: Peter Kalra, President & CEO, Bay Area Health Trust (BAHT)
- Guest Speaker: John Hands, Director, Business Development, Bay Area Health Trust
- Guest Speaker: Kaitlin Guarasci, Director of Client Serivces, Bay Area Research Logistics
- [presentation slides used]
June 2020
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Hamilton Hospitals Engagement with CanHealth Network
- Guest Speaker: Fraser Edward,VP Partnerships & Business Development, St. Joseph’s Health System
- Guest Speaker: Dan Perri, Chief Medical Information Officer, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
- Guest Speaker: Katie Porter, Executive Director, Research Administration, Hamilton Health Sciences
[presentation slides used, and are available upon request]
July 2020
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview and Update – VoxNeuro
- Guest Speaker: James Connolley, CEO and Co-Founder, VoxNeuro
[presentation slides used]
August 2020
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview and Update – ToexFx
- Guest Speaker: Monika Yazdanian, CEO and Co-Founder, ToeFX
[presentation slides used]
September 2020
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Making Interdisciplinary Research a Reality at the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
- Guest Speaker: Prof. Jeremy Hirota, Canada Research Chair in Respiratory Mucosal Immunology
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering –McMaster University
CEO and Co-Founder –Infinotype
[presentation slides used]
October 2020
- Monthly Minutes – Oct 2020
- Topic: Introducting the [email protected] and the [email protected] 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]
November 2020
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Strategy and Future Vision of the McMaster Innovation Park
- Guest Speaker: Ty Shattuck, CEO, McMaster Innovation Park
[presentation slides used]
December 2020
- Holiday break – no Health Check Up
2019 Meeting Minutes
January 2019
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Technology & Future of Healthcare Conference
- Guest Speaker: Dennis DiValentino, Physician & President of Hamilton Medical Academy
[presentation slides used]
February 2019
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview and Update – Enhanced Medical Nutrition
- Guest Speaker: Eric Zimmerman, CEO and Co-Founder, Enhanced Medical Nutrition
[presentation slides used]
March 2019
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Synapse Life Science Competition 2019
- Guest Speaker: Jennifer Gauvreau, Manager, Marketing & Events, Innovation Factory
[presentation slides used]
April 2019
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview of the mHealth & eHealth Development and Innovation Centre (MEDIC)
- Guest Speaker: Paul Brown, General Manager, MEDIC, Mohawk College
[no slides]
May 2019
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview and update – Centre for Probe Discovery and Commercialization
- Guest Speaker: Bruno Paquin, Director, Business Development, Centre for Probe Discovery and Commercialization (CPDC)
[presentation slides used]
June 2019
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Building Ontario’s Health Science Industry
- Guest Speaker: Grant Burns, VP Public Affairs and Communication Partnerships and GR, OBIO
- Guest Speaker: Sean Penn, Director Program Development, OBIO
[presentation slides used]
July 2019
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Community Updates and Networking
- No guest speaker
August 2019
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview and Investment Approach of AngelOne Investor Network
- Guest Speaker: David Wright, Manager, Investor Services, AngelOne Network
[presentation slides used] - Additional handout: Future of Health Summit: Summary
September 2019
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview of Hacking Health Hamilton
- Guest Speaker: Cynthia Lokker, Assistant Professor, MSc eHealth FHS Lead, McMsater University & Hacking Health
- Gueset Speaker: Melika Babadi, McMaster University & Hacking Health Hamilton
[presentation slides used]
October 2019
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Disease Design Development (D3) Group @ St. Joesph’s Healthcare, Hamilton
- Guest Speaker: Jodi Gilcrest, Research Coordinator, The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton
- Guest Speaker: Gail Martin, Executive Director, The Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton
[presentation slides used]
November 2019
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Medical Device Certification and Testing
- Guest Speaker: David Bell, Account Executive, TÜV SÜD
[presentation slides used]
December 2019
- Holiday break – no Health Checkup
2018 Meeting Minutes
January 2018
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Community Updates and Networking
- No guest speaker
February 2018
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview of Impact Capital and Doing Business in the United States
- Guest Speaker: Scott Friedman, Partner, Lippes LLC & Co-Founder Impact Capital
- Guest Speaker: Andrea HusVar, Partner, Lippes LLC
[no slides]
March 2018
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview of OCE Services and Support for Startups
- Guest Speaker: Nicole DeLong, Business Development Manager, OCE
- Guest Speaker: Gillian Sheldon, Client Services Team Lead, OCE
[no slides]
April 2018
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Overview: Integrated Comprehensive Care @ St. Joseph’s Healthcare
- Guest Speaker: Fraser Edward, SVP Partnership & Development, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton
[presentation slides used]
May 2018
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Community Updates and Networking
- No Guest Speaker
June 2018
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Overview and Update – Mariner Endosurgery
- Guest Speaker: Mitch Wilson, COO and President of Mariner Endosurgery
[no slides]
July 2018
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Community Updates and Networking
- No guest speaker
August 2018
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Community Updates and Networking
- No guest speaker
September 2018
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Community Updates and Networking
- No guest speaker
October 2018
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Introduction to MGD Initaitive on Health Innovation
- Guest Speaker: Sarrah Lal, Senior Manager Michael G. DeGroote Initiative on Health Innovation (MGDII)
[presentation slides used]
November 2018
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Innovation in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke – Building a Cardiovascular Center of Excellence
- Guest Speaker: Dr. Nick Hopkins, Chief Scientist Jacobs Institute (Buffalo, NY)
[presentation slides used]
December 2018
- Holiday break – no Health Check Up
2017 Meeting Minutes
September 2017
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Community Updates and Networking
- No guest speaker
October 2017
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Community Updates and Networking
- No guest speaker
November 2017
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Community Updates and Networking
- No guest speaker
December 2017
- Meeting Agenda and Notes
- Topic: Community Updates and Networking
- No guest speaker