INTERVIEWS

Guest: Dr. Craig Erskine-Smith BDS
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Dr Erskine-Smith graduated in 1979 receiving a Bachelor of Dental Surgery from the University of Adelaide. During his practice life he has developed various innovative techniques including the use of gum-coloured filling material for disguising teeth with excessively worn gums, a method for stopping unsightly gum shrinkage following extraction, and special techniques for making highly durable tooth coloured veneers on natural teeth and over existing caps or crowns. He has also developed patented dental products and devices such as the worlds’ first flexible patient education model demonstrating the dynamics of cracked cusp syndrome to make it easier for the patient to understand this complex condition. This has received acclaim from dentists in Australia, the US and Europe.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, learn more about proper dental care and hygiene from Dr. Craig Erskine Smith BDS of Piksters – Erskine Dental. They offer consumer products for personal oral care as well as professional dental products and services for members of the dental profession. Piksters is a 21 year old company owned by a former dentist and although they are australian based, they have warehouses in three continents and export to 15 countries. Among their products is the Piksters interdental brush, its ease of use tends to make people want to use them habitually – which is good because it is important to effectively remove the plaque and its bacteria at least once each day. They also have the X-Floss which can be used to floss teeth with large spaces. The firm threader is easily pushed through the spaces at the gum and the soft floss cleans the teeth and gums gently but more efficiently.

Guest: Dr. Kyra Bobinet
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Kyra Bobinet is the CEO of engagedIN, a design firm using neuroscience to change behavior for which she received the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Innovator Award. Dr. Bobinet is a sought after national speaker who has founded health start-ups and created blockbuster products, health apps, big data algorithms, and evidence- based programs in mind-body & metabolic medicine. She earned her medical degree at UCSF School of Medicine and teaches health engagement at Stanford School of Medicine.

Segment overview: In this segment, Dr. Kyra Bobinet, a physician turned behavior designer, brain expert, and author of “Well Designed Life: 10 Lessons in Brain Science & Design Thinking for a Mindful, Healthy, & Purposeful Life”, will give some tips about weight control and tricks using behavior design to help keep the pounds off during the holiday season.

Guest: Dr. Kyra Bobinet
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Kyra Bobinet is the CEO of engagedIN, a design firm using neuroscience to change behavior for which she received the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Innovator Award. Dr. Bobinet is a sought after national speaker who has founded health start-ups and created blockbuster products, health apps, big data algorithms, and evidence- based programs in mind-body & metabolic medicine. She earned her medical degree at UCSF School of Medicine and teaches health engagement at Stanford School of Medicine.

Segment overview: In this segment, Dr. Kyra Bobinet, a physician turned behavior designer, brain expert, and author of “Well Designed Life: 10 Lessons in Brain Science & Design Thinking for a Mindful, Healthy, & Purposeful Life”, talks about Behavior Design and what it means.

Guest: Dr. Kyra Bobinet
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Kyra Bobinet is the CEO of engagedIN, a design firm using neuroscience to change behavior for which she received the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Innovator Award. Dr. Bobinet is a sought after national speaker who has founded health start-ups and created blockbuster products, health apps, big data algorithms, and evidence- based programs in mind-body & metabolic medicine. She earned her medical degree at UCSF School of Medicine and teaches health engagement at Stanford School of Medicine.

Segment overview: In this segment, Dr. Kyra Bobinet, a physician turned behavior designer, brain expert, and author of “Well Designed Life: 10 Lessons in Brain Science & Design Thinking for a Mindful, Healthy, & Purposeful Life”, discusses ‘slow brain’ and ‘fast brain’ in relation to behavior and the reason we don’t do what we should.

Overview:
• Tasmania’s aged care sector has called on the State Government to close hospital beds in favour of more resources in preventative health care. Aged and Community Services Tasmania (ACST) chief executive Darren Mathewson said the average hospital bed cost taxpayers up to $1,600 a day.

• Expectant mothers will be able to take private midwives into public hospitals as part of a pilot program to begin in Victoria next year, so they can experience continuity of care throughout their pregnancy.

• The Garvan Institute’s Kinghorn Centre for Clinical Genomics (KCCG) is embarking on a collaborative genome sequencing project with the Sax Institute, a largest ongoing study of healthy ageing in the southern hemisphere.

Guest: Dr. Kyra Bobinet
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Kyra Bobinet is the CEO of engagedIN, a design firm using neuroscience to change behavior for which she received the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Innovator Award. Dr. Bobinet is a sought after national speaker who has founded health start-ups and created blockbuster products, health apps, big data algorithms, and evidence- based programs in mind-body & metabolic medicine. She earned her medical degree at UCSF School of Medicine and teaches health engagement at Stanford School of Medicine.

Segment overview: Dr. Kyra Bobinet talks about engagedIN, a behavior design firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area that uses behavioral research and neuroscience principles (and a healthy dose of creativity!) to make products and communications more engaging. We focus at the intersection of wellness and technology.

Guest: Dr. Nina Anderson
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Nina Anderson is Executive Director of Tova Community Health, Inc. Their aim is to build capacity for a community-based health center dedicated to providing the highest quality of care for people who live with chronic medical conditions like Sickle Cell Disease. Dr. Anderson’s mission is to provide holistic care and services to her clients to achieve optimal health outcomes.

Segment overview: In this segment, Dr. Nina Anderson talks about support for the Sickle Cell disease from the local government as well as their other source of supporters. She also discusses the plans for the future of Tova Community Health.

Guest: Dr. Nina Anderson
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Nina Anderson is Executive Director of Tova Community Health, Inc. Their aim is to build capacity for a community-based health center dedicated to providing the highest quality of care for people who live with chronic medical conditions like Sickle Cell Disease. Dr. Anderson’s mission is to provide holistic care and services to her clients to achieve optimal health outcomes.

Segment overview: In this segment, Dr. Nina Anderson shares her insight regarding sponsorships and getting advertisers. She explains why it is so difficult to get mainstream sponsors for research and development of a chronic illness such as Sickle Cell. Dr. Anderson also tackles some of the best outlets to place advertisements for the greatest impact.

Guest: Dr. Nina Anderson
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Dr. Nina Anderson is Executive Director of Tova Community Health, Inc. Their aim is to build capacity for a community-based health center dedicated to providing the highest quality of care for people who live with chronic medical conditions like Sickle Cell Disease. Dr. Anderson’s mission is to provide holistic care and services to her clients to achieve optimal health outcomes.

Segment overview: In this segment, Dr. Nina Anderson discusses the 5K Walk/Run held last September and the cost of organizing the race with donations. She also explains how do private organizations raise funds versus the ways in which corporate organizations raise funds.

Guest: Patricia Page
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Tricia Page is a Senior Director with the JScreen program at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. At Emory, Tricia has worked as the Director of Genetic Counseling Services, Program Manager for Newborn Screening, and the Assistant Director of the Genomics and Public Health Program. In her current position, Tricia focuses on improving the delivery of genetic services from both an individual and public health perspective, especially in the realm of preconception carrier screening.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we welcome Senior Director Patricia Page as she shares valuable information about the JScreen program. This is a multi-state public health initiative managed by Emory University School of Medicine’s Department of Human Genetics, to give individuals and families easy access to information and to allow testing to be done conveniently from home.