Episodes
-
CRT Imaging is Queensland's newest and most sophisticated radiology centre providing general imaging along with specialist cancer radiology and theranostic. In this episode of HealthTech talks, we talk to the expert team behind the brand-new state-of-the-art centre, within Proxima at Lumina Gold Coast, to find out the new technology detecting cancer, what makes it unique and how it supports patients on their cancer journey.
-
Our feet can tell us a lot about our health – just ask Professor James Charles. As a podiatrist, James is passionate about foot health, in particular when it comes to First Nations Peoples. Now as the Director of Griffith University’s First Nations Health Unit, James is focused on the broader health of Indigenous people and, using virtual reality, is helping future generations of health care professionals to understand culture so they can provide more culturally appropriate healthcare. We spoke with James in the lead up to National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners Day.
-
Episodes manquant?
-
As an anatomical pathologist, Dr Admire Matsika spends a great deal of his working day looking through a microscope at placentas, and tissue samples from kidney, bladder and prostate tumours. But in the not too distant future, a microscope might not be part of Dr Matsika’s diagnostic toolbox. We spoke with Dr Matsika about what advances are ahead in the field of anatomical pathology and how this will benefit patients, the health system and pathologists.
-
If you don’t like going to the dentist, you need to listen to this episode of Healthtech Talks! That’s because we’re talking to dentist and entrepreneur Dr Padma Gadiyar who has developed an app that lets you access dental advice from the comfort of your own home. Among Dr Padma’s vision for her app, is that it improves access to dental care across the globe and helps decrease the number of children with tooth decay.
-
A team of Gold Coast health professionals turned entrepreneurs is taking health care ‘Beyond the Clinic’ walls to optimise patient outcomes. Using digital technology and AI, the team has created an app that is revolutionising healthcare by allowing clinicians to engage with patients in between appointments while helping to drive time efficiency in medical practices. Find out more in the latest episode of Health Tech Talks with registered nurse and co-founder of Beyond the Clinic, Ali Stokes.
-
It was a simple online pizza order that gave clinical psychologist Noam Dishon the idea to create an app that could keep his patients better engaged with access to support in between appointments. The app – Wellifiy - is now up and running, and is helping to improve outcomes for patient accessing support for mental health.
-
Ashley Hanger could not have predicted her latest career move. When the former journalist moved in with her former partner, and saw first-hand the daily struggles he experienced living with diabetes, she became so committed to making life easier for him and others, that she took a giant leap of faith and started her first business, Stripped Supply. Australia’s first diabetes subscription box automatically delivering medical supplies straight to people’s home, Stripped Supply also provides diabetes education making top-tier healthcare accessible to all. We spoke with Ash about her journey as a businesswoman and why she has become such a staunch advocate for people living with diabetes.
-
Come behind the scenes of the Lumina Gold Coast innovation precinct with Steve Dolores. Steve is the Senior Development Manager for the Lumina Gold Coast commercial cluster and is responsible for the success of the precinct from a development management perspective. Steve has a big job on his hands, from contract negotiation and stakeholder management to ‘place making’, but with his skills, experience and background he takes it all in his stride.
-
Over the past decade, Craig Rowsell has been responsible for bringing major economic development projects to the Gold Coast. His background includes attracting major sport and Hollywood film productions, including Pirates of the Caribbean. As a passionate Gold Coaster, he's now turned his energy to bringing the world's attention to the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct. As the Precinct's Director, Craig talks to us about his vision for the innovation district, that is growing exponentially and making a huge impact.
-
Maryann Thexton’s passion for everything horses led her to an opportunity in biotechnology that she could not have foreseen. She’s now the CEO of an award-winning company at the forefront of global science producing synbiotic ingredients to improve health and wellbeing in humans and animals. We spoke with Maryann about how working in the paddock changed the course of her life and how the company she co-founded has grown from strength to strength in just three years.
-
Dr Alan Parnham has a dream to make the Gold Coast a centre of health and medical excellence – a place where people will come from around the world to conduct research and grow their companies. As a nephrologist, researcher and now developer of The North Star – a medical facility at the Lumina health and Knowledge Precinct – Alan wants to set up a legacy for quality medicine and research and do more for the community. We talk to Alan about the North Star development, his passion for research, healthtech start-ups and the future of the Gold Coast.
-
The Nikiforides brothers have put their heart and soul into developing the Gold Coast Life Sciences Centre at the Lumina Precinct. The 11-storey centre of excellence for multidisciplinary diagnostic healthcare and translational research, means a lot more than just bricks and mortar to the third-generation property developers. We speak with William, Managing Director, and James, Sales and Marketing Director, about why they are so passionate about their latest development, why they have moved into healthcare after a long history in retail and residential development and what it takes for three brothers to successfully work together.
-
As an Intensivist, Dr Brent Richards' has spent his career in hospital intensive care units saving lives and supporting those at the end of their life. He's now turned his attention to research and healthcare innovation, including artificial intelligence in hospitals, and supporting healthtech start-ups as a mentor for the LuminaX accelerator program. We spoke with Dr Brent about his career in medicine, his vision for innovation and AI in healthcare, and the future for health tech entrepreneurs.
-
An immunoparasitologist, Associate Professor Danielle Stanisic fell in love with parasites as an undergraduate science student. She’s since devoted her career to studying the malaria parasite and developing a vaccine for malaria, a disease spread by mosquitoes that each year kills more than 600,000 people across the globe, mainly children under 5. As a co-lead researcher for the Malaria Vaccine Project at the Institute for Glycomics, Danielle spoke with us about her research, why she is so passionate about it, and how Lumina can support the advancements in her work.
-
Kuku Yalanji and Lama Lama woman Dr Kerry Hall made the decision to become an enrolled nurse more than 35 years ago after witnessing the way her mum was, at times, treated by the healthcare system. Today, through her academic role at Griffith University’s First People’s Health Unit, Kerry is influencing change in the next generation of health professionals, graduating from tertiary settings, to improve health equity and access to culturally safe care.
-
Dr Shahina Braganza has been an Emergency Physician for 17 years. Early in her career she learnt the importance of looking after her own wellbeing and is now using her experience to support her emergency colleagues to be mindful of their own health and wellbeing.
-
Damian Seaton’s experience and interest in cybercrime began more than 20 years ago while working as a Senior Detective in London’s Metropolitan Police specialist crime units, investigating and prosecuting some of the UK’s most complex and serious crimes. Over the decades since, he’s worked across cybersecurity, information security and data protection, to dark web threat intelligence, digital forensics and criminal psychology. He’s now the managing director of Cyber Audit Team an independent provider of information security and cyber security specialist services here on the Gold Coast. We spoke with Damian about cyber security and why businesses need to take it seriously.
-
Yupin Robson’s journey as an entrepreneur started as a young girl selling Avon. Today, she’s the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Edify Medical, a health tech start-up making a big difference for frontline healthcare workers. As one of the first participants in the LuminaX Accelerator program, Yupin explains how the program has taken her business to the next level and why other entrepreneurs should apply for the program.
-
The first commercial development within Lumina is due for completion in the second half of 2023. Proxima, a Centre of Excellence in Paediatrics with Sanctuary Early Learning Adventure, Griffith University, Gold Coast Health, Cancer Imaging & Therapy Centre and Mater Pathology already committed as tenants. In this episode, we spoke with Bede Blatchford, Leasing Associate Director with Colliers International, about Proxima, its design, construction and leasing opportunities.
-
As the inaugural Director of Griffith University’s Clinical Trial Unit, Professor Evelin Tiralongo has successfully turned the unit into a core research infrastructure facility for the university, with substantial ongoing investigator led and commercial trial business expertise. A pharmacist and academic, Evelin spoke with HealthTech Talks about her career in pharmacy and academia, her work in clinical trial leadership, the clinical trial industry in Australia and the exciting opportunities at the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct and Lumina.
- Montre plus
