14 September | Women in MedTech R U OK? Day Networking Event

11:00am Thursday, 14 September 2023
12:30pm Thursday, 14 September 2023
MedTech Networking
MTAA Office
Level 4, 97 Waterloo Road
Macquarie Park, New South Wales 2113
Australia

Thursday, 14 September 2023 is R U OK? Day - a national day of action to remind Australians that every day is the day to ask, ‘Are you OK?’. It is a moment to start a meaningful conversation and reach out to a friend, family and colleague who may be struggling with life. Life's ups and downs happen to all of us and many individuals hide the issues that trouble them. The earlier you give someone an opportunity to open up, the sooner they can find appropriate support or, if needed,  professional help and the greater the chance that together, you can stop small problems from becoming bigger ones. 

This year, the MTAA Women in MedTech Committee will host a special R U OK? Day event for professional women in MedTech with guest speakers discussing the challenges faced by women in leadership roles and how they can overcome them. 

Guest speakers: 

  • Laura Poole-Warren, Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, UNSW Sydney
  • Kristen Splinter, Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Water Research Laboratory (WRL), UNSW Sydney
  • Jane Crowe, Managing Director ANZ, Cardinal Health

The 1.5-hour session will be followed by Q&As and networking afterwards with tea, coffee and nibbles included.


Date: Thursday, 14 September 2023
Time: 11:00 - 12:30 PM
Registration: Free for Members, Non-Members $33 incl. GST (cost covers food, refreshments and room hire)

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Laura Poole-Warren

Laura Poole-Warren, Professor and Director, Tyree Foundation Institute of Health Engineering, UNSW Sydney

Laura is a Professor in Biomedical Engineering at UNSW and leads a research group focused on design and development of novel materials for neural electrodes and other soft-tissue interfaces, and on 3D engineered neural tissue models. A key theme of her work is on understanding material and device compatibility with cells and tissues. Throughout her career, she has worked across academia, industry, and government. She was a research professor at the New Jersey Centre for Biomaterials based at Rutgers University in the USA and a preclinical scientist in the biomedical industry working on development of wound dressings and embolic agents for cancer treatment from 1999 to 2001. She also served from 2003 to 2013 as a member of the Australian Government Therapeutic Goods Administration statutory expert committee on the safety of medical devices. Laura was awarded honours in January 2020 as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to Biomedical Engineering and education, is a Fellow of three academies, ATSE, AIMBE and IUSBSE and the Royal Society of NSW.

 
Kristen Splinter, UNSW

Kristen Splinter, Associate Professor, UNSW

Kristen is an Associate Professor in Coastal Engineering, ARC Future Fellow, and Deputy Director of the Water Research Laboratory, UNSW. She's a strong advocate for gender equity in engineering, holding roles as the Chair of the UNSW Faculty of Engineering Staff Gender Equity and Diversity Working Group, as well as sitting on the international committee for Women in Coastal Geoscience and Engineering, and regularly chairs panel discussions on the topic of Equity and Inclusion in Engineering. She looks forward to furthering this discussion with the MTAA community.

 
Jane Crowe, Cardinal Health

Jane Crowe, Managing Director ANZ, Cardinal Health

With a career spanning over 25 years in healthcare, Jane has worked across Australia, New Zealand, and China, including medical devices, over-the-counter and pharmaceuticals, with organisations such as 3M, Roche and Johnson & Johnson. To build her strategic and creative thinking, Jane spent four years in healthcare advertising, and took the leap into the not-for-profit sector, as Executive Director for the peak body for community care and contract holder for the delivery of home care services for the Commonwealth and State Governments. What connects the above experience is a legacy of organizational change, business model evolution, and a people-centred approach to leadership. Jane is an advocate for Environmental and Social Governance, with a passion for Diversity Equity and Inclusion. Jane is currently the Managing Director for Cardinal Health ANZ, a Director of the Medical Technology Association of Australia, and President of a not-for-profit childcare.