New Board Chair for Phoenix Australia
4 April 2019 Last week Phoenix Australia announced the appointment of Ms Janine Kirk AM as Chair of the Board. She will take up the role on 1 May 2019. The announcement notes that Ms Kirk was the…
PM to outline Victorian health package
25 March 2019 Ahead of the federal budget, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced almost half-a-billion dollars for health in Victoria. A new national cancer treatment centre is to be based in Melbourne, providing access to treatments previously…
Federal budget cash to put Melbourne at medicine’s cutting edge
25 March 2019 A $30 million cash injection to Melbourne’s ground-breaking bio-medical research centre will keep the city at the global cutting edge of medical technology, according to Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Next month’s federal budget will commit…
Victoria leads the way with NHMRC funding
13 December 2018 The announcement of the latest round of NHMRC funding yesterday has again highlighted the strength of Melbourne’s medical research community. Continuing the state’s unbroken record of receiving more than 40% of NHMRC competitive grant funding,…
WILD Program launches within the Victorian STEM sector
22 November 2018 The Women in Leadership Development (WILD) Program announced its launch yesterday, with the first intake of women in the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) sector. The WILD Program helps build on the qualifications, skills…
MedTech’s Got Talent 2018 – applications now open
Australia’s premier early stage MedTech challenge is seeking Australia’s aspiring next generation MedTech entrepreneurs and innovators. Now in its fifth and largest year, MedTech’s Got Talent has opened its 2018 application round. Top teams win a share in over…
Digital health companies announced for industry-led accelerator
Five digital health companies have been announced as the successful applicants for ANDHealth+ 2018, Australia’s only mid-stage digital health, market and investment readiness program. ANDHealth+ addresses an unmet need in company support available for digital health companies by…
Expressions of interest for membership to TGA’s statutory advisory committees
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from professionals with expertise in relevant scientific and medical fields or appropriate consumer health issues to support our functions as a best practice regulator. As a committee…
ASX 100 reaches 30 per cent target but board appointments slow
ASX 200 boards have made substantial progress since 2009 when the percentage of female directors stood at just 8.3%. It now stands at 27.7%. The Australian Institute of…
BTF – Medical technology investment to improve lives
The Turnbull Government will fund three medical breakthroughs to help people with severe disabilities walk again and support thousands of Australians facing crippling chronic back pain.A total of $13.3 million will be invested into high potential Australian innovations…
Victorian patients with frontotemporal dementia to trial new drug
IN a world-first trial, Victorians with a devastating form of dementia that strikes in middle age will be given a drug aimed at slowing the disease. Thousands of Australians have the condition, which causes changes in personality and…
Beyond the Big Idea – Dr Krystal Evans talks about Innovation
Everyone talks about it, but what does innovation really mean? And how do you create a culture in which innovators flourish? The University of Melbourne believes it has some answers. Read article here
