Speakers

Dr Brian Robinson has a background in physiology and established the first patient simulation centre in New Zealand. At VUW, he lectures in pathophysiology and patient safety, and his research collaborations include clinical human factors, medical device design and usability, machine learning, and virtual reality applications, in health.

Lance is Manager of the Liverpool Innovation Precinct, in South West Sydney. He is a former National President of the Australian Institute of Medical Scientists and spent 13+ years in leadership roles at ResMed. Lance mentors for a number of startup accelerator programs, is a NED for a NFP and Chairs the board of startup, Navi Medical Technologies

Dr Samantha Holdsworth is a medical physicist with expertise in MRI, with a special focus on imaging of the human brain. Samantha is a senior lecturer at the Department of Anatomy and Medical Imaging at the University of Auckland and a principal investigator at the Centre for Brain Research. She established and directs Mātai, a medical imaging research and innovation centre in Gisborne-Tairāwhiti. Samantha is a pioneer of fast, high resolution MRI methods. She has worked on ways of improving the resolution, speed, and motion-robustness of various MRI methodologies, including structural, physiological, functional, and amplified MRI. Dr Holdsworth is helping to draw together multi-disciplinary teams around mild traumatic brain injury, among other health-related areas.