Author: healthprofessionalradio

Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest: Jefferson Harcourt
Guest Bio: Jefferson Harcourt formed Grey Innovation in 1998. Jefferson is also a director of Verde Health Foundation; a DGR1 charity which channels philanthropic funds to de-risk and accelerate medical device technologies. Jefferson works with members of the investment community to help build business, sits on a number of start-up company boards, and is committed to helping create successful high-tech companies.

Segment overview: Grey Innovation is an Australian based technology commercialisation company with a strong track record of identifying and commercialising breakthrough technologies. Grey Innovation has the in-house capability to take technology from research, through product development and certification, into clinical trials and production.

Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest: Michael Foley
Guest Bio: Associate Professor Mick Foley is the founding scientist of AdAlta and a key inventor of the AdAlta technology. In 1995 he was awarded an ARC QEII Fellowship where he established the phage display of antibodies and peptide technology as a means of answering fundamental questions of immunity to infectious diseases, particularly malaria of which he is an internationally recognized leader. Having published over 70 scientific publications Mick has received funding from ARC, NHMRC,NIH (USA) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Segment overview: AdAlta is a privately owned company established in 2007 to develop the next generation antibody platform, the i-body and the single domain shark antibody. AdAlta is growing a pipeline of i-bodies for treatment of cancer and fibrosis from its internal discovery efforts utilizing the i-body technology.

Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest: Allanah Crameri
Guest Bio: Allanah currently works as a full-time Orthoptist in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. She has a Bachelor of Health Sciences and Master of Orthoptics (Honours). Allanah is the current Public Relations Coordinator for Orthoptics Australia; a national organisation representing members across Australia. She enjoys seeing children in the clinic & helping them manage their eye conditions.

Segment overview: Allanah discusses the national organization Orthoptics Australia (OA) that represents members in all states of Australia, as well as members from other countries, including New Zealand, United Kingdom, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. They strive to promote and advance the discipline of orthoptics in public hospitals and ophthalmology practices, and to actively seek and implement career and work benefits and opportunities for its members.

Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest: Amanda Ferguson
Guest Bio: Amanda has worked with the Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland as a Support Services Coordinator since 2013, providing practical and emotional support to blood cancer patients. She also coordinates the Foundation’s myeloma support and educational program, as well as the Cooking for Chemo nutrition program. Prior to joining the Foundation, Amanda worked as a Registered Nurse for over 20 years at hospitals in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Saudi Arabia.

Segment overview: Leukaemia Foundation of Queensland‘s Support Services Coordinator Amanda Ferguson talks about “Cooking for Chemo” – a new cooking and nutrition program to help Queensland blood cancer patients during treatment.