Hacking Health Waterloo Cafe

Are you a doctor, nurse, administrator, researcher with an interesting idea? Are you developer, designer, engineer interested in the healthcare field?

Hacking Health (HH) Cafes: where ideas and people mingle.

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This month's guest speakers and presentations include:

• Dr. Karla Boluk (https://ca.linkedin.com/in/dr-karla-boluk-5a438b31) from Hack4Health (https://uwaterloo.ca/applied-health-sciences/news/hack4health-provides-bright-ideas-those-living-dementia-and). Hack4health provides an exciting space for the creation of practical applications (software, hardware, and social solutions) for people living with MS or Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

• Alexa Roeper (https://ca.linkedin.com/in/alexaroeper) from Ladies Learning Code Waterloo (http://ladieslearningcode.com/chapters/waterloo/). If you are a health care practitioner or administrator wanting to learn more about coding, this presentation is for you! Ladies Learning Code's adult programming offers women (and men) hands-on, project-based learning experiences that are designed to give beginners the skills and confidence they need to become digital creators.

• Krizia Francisco (https://ca.linkedin.com/in/krizia-francisco-80510548) from the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network (http://www.waterloowellingtonlhin.on.ca/). Krizia will be speaking about maximizing opportunities for system improvement through supporting health system, telemedicine and eHealth.

• William Marchand (https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-m-521554b2) is a is a Research Assistant at the University of Waterloo and will be sharing his latest project related to young onset dementia.

• Huayi Gao (https://ca.linkedin.com/in/huayig), co-founder at Medella Health (http://medella.ca/). Medella Health is developing the next generation of bio-sensors and electronics that help us monitor our health.

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Here is how the night is going to go:

• 6:30 - 7:00 pm: Networking and light snacks

• 7:00 - 7:05 pm: Opening remarks

• 7:05 - 8:00 pm: Guest Speaker Presentations

• 8:00 - 8:30 pm: Wrap-up and Networking

This month's Hacking Health Cafe will be held at Laurier University's Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work (https://wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-of-social-work/index.html).

Hope to see you there!

The Hacking Health Waterloo Team