AdAlta: The Next Generation of Drug Treatment [transcript][audio]

Guest: Samantha Cobb

Presenter: Tabetha Moreto

Guest Bio: Samantha “Sam” Cobb is the founding CEO of AdAlta. She has over 15 years’ experience in business development and commercialisation of early stage scientific technologies. As the founding CEO of AdAlta, she has raised over $20m in capital from angel investors and venture capital. Samantha was also involved in taking AdAlta public on the ASX, raising $10m in an oversubscribed IPO. Prior to AdAlta, Samantha was the Business Development Director at the Co-operative Research Centre for Diagnostics. She has also worked for the biotech start-up companies Sensologix Inc and Nephrogenix Pty Ltd, and at the University of Queensland’s technology commercialisation companies Uniquest Pty Ltd and IMBcom Pty Ltd.

Segment Overview: In today’s interview, Sam Cobb joins the programs to talk about her company. AdAlta is a highly innovative drug discovery and development company using its powerful technology platform to generate a promising new class of protein therapeutics for treating a wide range of diseases.

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Electronics Solutions Company Providing Equipment and Support for the Aged Care Community [Interview][Transcript]

Richard_Paterson_ElectrotekGuest: Richard Paterson
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Richard Paterson’s professional career has included many years in Electronic Security, and a long spell working in the Not For Profit sector. These two, seemingly unrelated chapters, have combined to find him helping Aged Care and Health Care professionals improve their practice with electronic solutions. Richard’s mantra is “my job, is to help you to yours”. He is passionate about partnering with clinical staff, in order to provide better outcomes for their clients/patients.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we welcome Solutions Delivery Consultant for Electrotek Richard Paterson. Built on almost 30 years of experience, they are a Queensland based electronics solutions company that aims to provide exemplary aged-care equipment, electronic equipment design and supply, service and consultative support to customers. With an incredibly clever and experienced team of technical experts in-house, they are able to translate needs into solutions. Having such experience and intelligence at hand, they are able to explore available products, but also create and adapt for tailored outcomes.
Electrotek is always finding new challenges to solve.

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The News – 7 July 2014

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  • A US study published in the journal Science shows that most volunteers who were asked to spend no more than 15 minutes alone in a room doing nothing but sitting and thinking found the task onerous
  • Researchers at the Australian National University have uncovered the exact way pain relief drugs work on the body, which could lead to truly targeted pain medication.
  • Two oyster growers on Tasmania’s east coast have stopped production after the discovery of a shellfish toxin in the area.

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Creating an Optimum, Injury-free Work Environment to Develop Psychologically Flexible People [Interview][Transcript]

dr_natasha_lazareski_psyflexGuest: Dr. Natasha Lazareski (Kiso)
Presenter: Henry Acosta
Guest Bio: Natasha is an occupational health specialist, and an expert in organizational health and psychosocial risk management. She worked in personal insurance area as Medical Officer and Claims Manager in AXA Australia and workers’ compensation as National Manager of CGU Injury Management Services. She has helped a wide range of organisations – including national and global employers; and government institutions – to successfully develop sustainable risk management strategies and holistic health frameworks. She completed her medical degree in Belgrade, Serbia and was a junior doctor during the war there in the late 80s and early 90s. Natasha’s first had exposure to the disastrous effects of war and trauma, and their devastating effects on the human mind, stirred her to explore preventive medicine and psychological health. She became especially interested in psychological flexibility and helping people develop the strength to deal with challenging situations.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we are joined by Dr. Natasha Lazareski from Psyflex. Dr Natasha Lazareski (Kiso) is a co-director of PsyFlex, together with Dr Russ Harris. They aim to create strong, flexible workforces, using best-practice methods, guided by cutting-edge research. They offer a cutting edge approach for thriving organisations, resilient employees and supportive work environments. Among the services that they offer are Organisational Development Programs, Health and Wellbeing, Psychosocial Risk Management, Individual Development, Workshops and Specific Health Management Services. Both Natasha and Russ continue to explore the important connections between mind, body, environment and wellbeing.

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World’s Leading Telecare Solutions Provider for the Elderly [Interview Transcript]

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Guest: Lisa Capamagian
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Lisa joined Tunstall in 2006, with 20 years of sales, marketing and management experience in a variety of industries including: health, food manufacturing, travel, gaming and media. Lisa has a degree in health science and a post graduate degree in communications. She is a passionate advocate for proactive health care management and health promotion. As Corporate Development Manager of Tunstall Healthcare, Lisa is responsible for the development of new business strategies in the Asia Pacific region.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, learn more about the services that Tunstall Healthcare has to offer. Tunstall Healthcare is a world leading provider of telecare and telehealth solutions. Operating in over 50 countries and supporting more than 3.6 million people, our connected care solutions play a key role in helping older people, and those with long-term health needs, to live safely and independently in their own homes. With over 55 years of global experience, they offer a truly end-to-end solution, encompassing design and development, consultancy and service support, deployment and training, and triage and monitoring services.

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Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Veteran Suicide Prevention [transcript] [audio]

Guest: Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Marshall, MD, MBA

Presenter: Neal Howard

Guest Bio: Elizabeth (Liz) Marshall, MD, MBA is the Director of Clinical Analytics at Linguamatics. She served as active duty in computer operations in the United States Air Force as part of the logistics team in Operation Enduring Freedom, the military response to the 9-11 Attacks. After her military career, she became a research physician that dedicated her time to informatics solutions to improve efforts to effectively treat the mental health of Military Veterans. Her work as a Clinical Research Health Scientist at the Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center in Charleston, SC led to substantial gains in the areas of suicidality and PTSD. Her work led to her acceptance of the Research Training Institute Scholar Award, ICRC-S Injury Control Research Center for Suicide Prevention (2013). As project manager, she was responsible for the development of a highly effective e-learning training program for clinicians, “recognized by the government’s education system, the Talent Management System (TMS).” The Department of Defense has since requested to adopt this training for federal-wide usage. She has reviewed and abstracted relevant study information from electronic patient records of over 1,000 patients and approximately 300 clinicians for overall VA hospital care, including physical and mental outcomes of those patients. After these projects and prior to her fellowship training in Informatics at the Medical University of South Carolina, she served as an Assistant Professor where she served as the clinical manager for a nutrition study for Veterans in efforts to decrease suicidality.  

Segment Overview: Elizabeth Marshall, MD, MBA, Director of Clinical Analytics at Linguamatics discusses how NLP (Natural Language Processing) technology can improve veteran care and maybe even prevent suicides.

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VitalFlow Stimulator: New Treatment for Brain Ischemia [Interview][Transcript]

Mark_Borsody_Nervive_VitalFlow_stimulatorGuest: Mark Borsody
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Mark Borsody, MD, PhD is the Chief Medical Officer of Nervive Inc. He is a stroke neurologist and inventor of the VitalFlow stimulator with 20 years of preclinical and clinical neuroscience research experience and 6 years executive experience in stroke pharmaceutical R&D and medical affairs.

Segment overview: Nervive, Inc. has a simple and safe non-invasive medical device to emergently treat ischemic stroke – the VitalFlow stimulator. The VitalFlow increases blood flow to the brain by stimulating the facial nerve with pulsed magnetic energy; a novel magnetic stimulation coil has been developed by Nervive to specifically stimulate the facial nerve without stimulating the overlying brain. Nervive has 7 patent applications in various stages of review and its first patent has been granted. By the end of 2016, Nervive expects to have an initial version of the VitalFlow available for the intensive care unit market through a co-development partnership. Thereafter, the VitalFlow will be placed in hospital emergency departments and, as a smaller second version of the device, into ambulances.

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UV Technology That Combats Bacteria in Hospitals [Interview][Transcript]

Dr_Robert_Walker_RayVioGuest: Dr. Robert Walker
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Robert C. Walker, Ph.D., is the CEO of Rayvio, an advanced health and hygiene company that enables clean water and environments. Dr. Walker has 20 years experience in the LED and compound semiconductor world, particularly in Asia, and 6 years of venture capital experience. He was formerly a Partner at Sierra Ventures and CEO of BridgeLux. He has a Ph.D. in Physics from Caltech.
RayVio, based in Silicon Valley, helps protect against persistent environmental health threats by delivering a new class of innovative products. Applications include water, air and surface disinfection and medical treatments with a particular focus on consumer products.

Segment overview: RayVio, a health and hygiene company, is launching a new class of UV LED products that can disinfect in a flash (literally!). Eliminating the need for bulky, fragile and toxic chemicals. While UV LEDs have previously been used for disinfection, they’ve never before been as compact and as powerful until now.

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Interview with Lloyd Ernst on demand for Medical Transcription

Lloyd Ernst Cloudstaff Medical Transcription

Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest: Lloyd Ernst
Guest Bio: Lloyd Ernst, has had a distinguished career in the Australian IT industry as an Internet pioneer and entrepreneur. Over the past three decades, he has worked for industry leaders including Apple and Microsoft and founded and exited a series of successful IT companies in Australia and Asia. Presently, Lloyd is focused on CloudStaff.com and Process-Box.com. These two new but fast growing outsourcing ventures based in the Philippines focus on supporting startup and entrepreneurial businesses. CloudStaff offers businesses dedicated and talented people in both technical and administrative roles.

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The State of Fibre Consumption in Australia [transcript][audio]

Guest: Dr. Gina Levy

Presenter: Tabetha Moreto

Guest Bio: Dr. Gina Levy is the Senior Nutrition Manager ANZ at Kellogg. Gina has nearly 20 years’ experience as a dietitian in the food industry, and has also consulted for some of the largest food companies in Australia, as well as many non-government organisations. Gina has a Bachelor of Science, a Bachelor in Nutrition and Dietetics with Honours, and a PhD in Biomedical Science. Gina integrates her breadth of knowledge and experience into helping Kellogg integrate nutrition into the business to drive results. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology, the Dietitians Association of Australia and the Nutrition Society of Australia.

Segment Overview: In today’s interview, Dr. Gina Levy joins the program once again to discuss the recently commissioned research into grain fibre inadequacy and the costs to both health and economy, as well as Kellogg’s Nutrition’s new focus on gut microbiome and healthy happy guts. She also highlights how Australians are not consuming enough fibre in their diet and how awareness needs to be raised in order to fix this issue.

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