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Perth Biodesign 2024

Training the Next Generation of Biomedical Entrepreneurs

Teams Perth Biodesign 2023

2024 Course Directors

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Chloe Goodred
Course Director

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Chloe is an innovative and effective healthcare leader who is passionate about improving the way we design and deliver care to improve outcomes for patients, staff and the broader community. Chloe began her career as a physiotherapist and worked across a range of clinical settings before pivoting into clinical service design and project management. Her curiosity and passions for problem solving, diverse collaborations and systems thinking led her into the innovation and entrepreneurship space, co-founding a digital health startup and acting as a boundary spanner to bring public and private sector innovators together. Most recently Chloe led the Kaartdijin Innovation Centre at South Metropolitan Health Service, including establishment in 2019 – the first innovation hub for WA public health services. She has engaged, connected and empowered clinicians, technicians, corporate staff and external partners to dream big and innovate to solve problems. Chloe also has a keen interest in Aboriginal health, wellbeing and justice including volunteer work for Enterprise Partnerships WA, a not-for-profit partnering with remote First Nations communities to facilitate entrepreneurship and activate community-led enterprises that foster health and well-being. In particular, Chloe is working with Oliver Bazzani to deliver the Perth Biodesign course and with Sandra Medic to deliver the Biodesign content for iPREP Biodesign.

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Oliver Bazzani
Course Director

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Oliver is a founder, investor, and educator, with over seven years’ experience working across technology, investment, strategy, and growth. He has worn multiple hats, including Director, Growth Lead, Facilitator, Mentor, and Product Manager. As a result, he has been lucky to learn from and collaborate with hundreds of innovators, founders, corporate leaders, and investors from across Australia, Canada, and the US. Driven by his passion for tackling big problems, Oliver has worked throughout the innovation ecosystem, including developing programs for the first Indigenous Angel investors, early-stage Founders, and Health System Innovators; to building a co-working and performance space for Regional Creatives. His interest in healthcare was sparked during his participation in Perth Biodesign for Digital Health 2020, where he and his team sought to solve the problem of finding the psychologist that's right for you. Their solution, Charli, was recognised as the winner of the 2020 Perth Biodesign program and 2020 Freo Startup Fest. Currently, in addition to being Program Delivery Lead for the Perth Biodesign Course, Oliver is Program Designer, Facilitator and Mentor for the Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program. He also invests and connects Founders to their first cheques with the Perth Angels Investor Group, Startmate and AirTree. He also empowers artists across Western Australia as Chairperson of Regional Arts WA.

2024 Cohort

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Adeesh
Autar

Cyclotron Engineer
Biomedical, Instrumentation and Control, PLC programmings, SCADA, Medical imaging, Electromagnetic, Vacuum dynamics, Radiation and protection

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Deeba
Baig

Biomedical Researcher
PhD Cell & Molecular Biology; Biochemistry, Genetics

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Tanya
Brisbane

Chartered Accountant, R&D Tax and Government Incentives
Medical Scientist, Molecular Haematology

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Jordan
Crane

MPhil Student
Medical Research

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Anna
Gee

University-Industry Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
Business Development, Commercialisation

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Ben
McFadden

Data scientist & PhD researcher
Data science, Machine Learning, Healthcare

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Dr Daire
Meegan

Medical Doctor - Registrar
General medicine, Cardiology

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Bhaumik
Mevavala

Research Coordinator, Clinical Trials Data Manager
Clinical Research, Database Management, Business Development, Pharmaceuticals

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Lakshini
Piyasiri

Biomedical Researcher
Master of Biomedical Science, Neuroscience, Brain Plasticity

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Sian
Reed

Registered Psychologist, Child & Adolescents
Founder, Marketing

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Melanie
Schwartz

Graduate Bachelor of Science/Engineering (Biomedical)
Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Materials, Robotics

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Dr Shrey
Sharma

Clinical Genetics Trainee
Adult & Cancer Genetics, Genomic Research, Cardiovascular,
Early Detection

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Ebrahim
Vahabli

Research Associate, PhD Mechanical Engineering
Medical Device Development, Cardiovascular,
Remote Surgery

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Anna
Young

Certified Practising Accountant, Program Manager Corporate Compliance
Compliance, Audit, Forensic investigations, MBA, Training & Assessment

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