A Window On SAHMRI

A Window On SAHMRI

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A Window On SAHMRI episodes

  • Women & Kids Research Veteran | Professor Alice Rumbold

    Professor Alice Rumbold is SAHMRI's Women & Kids Theme Leader, a mother of two and a keen musician.

    A veteran of pregnancy health and Aboriginal health research, Alice's work continues to make a significant impact in improving the lives of women and children and part of her focus is now mentoring the next generation.

    26 min
  • Working For Wellbeing | Be Well Co

    Joep Van Agteren, Monique Newberry and Matthew Iasiello are a trio of people dedicated to building community wellbeing through the practical application of research innovation.

    They've each experienced their own mental health struggles throughout their lives and have been inspired to create a toolkit that can be used by anyone to proactively build wellbeing.

    Together they lead the team behind Be Well Co, SAHMRI's first spin-out company, translating mental health research into practical interventions aimed at helping people cultivate awareness and happiness.

    Building Be Well Co from the ground up has been a rollercoaster ride of success and frustration that's led Joep, Mon and Matt to where they are now, at the forefront of bringing wellbeing to the workplace.

    31 min
  • Persevering Prostate Cancer Research | PhD Graduate Julia Scott

    Julia Scott is an expert in hormone driven cancer and has spent the past four years completing her PhD, focusing on cell metabolism in prostate cancer.

    Julia's been striving towards being a scientist since developing a passion for discovery in school. She's also an avid amateur athlete who's always looking for a new puzzle to solve.

    25 min
  • Child Nutrition Champion | Dr Najma Moumin

    Dr Najma Moumin was born in Somalia and grew up in Canada after immigrating with her family to escape the Somali Civil War. Now living in Australia, Najma is a registered nutritionist and researcher within SAHMRI's Women and Kids Theme.
    Her research centres around sourcing critical information relevant to public health policy, such as the prevalence of food allergy, breastfeeding rates and use of breastmilk substitutes, and the nutritional adequacy of contemporary diets. She also loves going to comedy gigs and latin dance!

    27 min
  • Defying Dementia | Dr Andrew Shoubridge

    Dr Andrew Shoubridge is an early career postdoctoral researcher in microbiology and neurobiology. He was also awarded the honour of becoming SAHMRI's inaugural BRIGHT Accelerator and is currently using some of the funds raised by the community during the 2022 BRIGHT Walk to conduct a unique dementia research project.

    29 min
  • Ending Endometriosis | Dr Joel Castro

    For the 1 in 10 women who live with endometriosis, the pain can be excruciating and relentless.

    All too often, endometriosis has life-changing consequences, with 50% of cases leaving women infertile. Surgery is the only way to remove the painful abdominal growths, but they often return and need further operations.
    Dr Joel Castro is the Head of Endometriosis Research in SAHMRI's Visceral Pain Group and his team is determined to find non-invasive ways to control the pain and drastically reduce the symptoms of endometriosis.
    It's a personal crusade for Joel, who has multiple family members living with the disease.

    25 min
  • Leukaemia Leader | Dr Elyse Page

    Dr Elyse Page is a post-doctoral researcher with the leukaemia research group at SAHMRI.

    Her research centres on investigating new driver genes and finding novel therapies for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL).
    Experiencing her father's blood cancer journey set Elyse on the path to becoming the researcher she is today.

    23 min
  • Building A Brighter Future in Aboriginal Health | Tina Brodie

    Tina Brodie is a Research Fellow in the Aboriginal Health Equity theme at SAHMRI and she's on the cusp of completing her PhD. 

    Tina's an Aboriginal woman with connections to the Yawarrawarrka / Yandruwandha, whose traditional lands lie within the Cooper Basin. Her research focuses on enhancing the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Tina grew up around racism and prejudice and is driven by the desire to create a better world for her two children and the Indigenous population of Australia. 

    25 min
  • Cancer Care Crusader | Dr Hannah Wardill

    Dr Hannah Wardill is an early career researcher on a mission to prevent the long-term physical, emotional and economic disadvantages of cancer.  

    Her work revolves around better understanding the side effects of cancer therapy to improve the wellbeing of people living with and beyond cancer.

    She also likes collecting butterflies and she was briefly the top female 3-point shooter in Australia when she played basketball as a teenager!

    32 min

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