Dr Jacky Pallas
Director of eResearch, King’s College London, England
Professor David V Ford
Professor of Health Informatics, Swansea University Medical School, Wales
David is joint lead of the SAIL Databank, an internationally recognised data linkage resource that safely and securely share linked and carefully de-identified data from a wide variety of routinely collected data from across Wales, and which supports a wide range of researchers from across the UK and internationally.
David is the principal investigator and director of the Multiple Sclerosis Register, a UK facility to collect patient-donated data and link it to clinical and administrative data, in order to support research and better service planning. David is also Director of the eHealth Industries Innovation (ehi2) Centre, developing links between academia, the NHS, and business within the UK and internationally. He is also University Director of NHS Wales Informatics Research Laboratories, created through a collaboration between Swansea University and NHS Wales Informatics Service, the national programme for NHS IT for Wales. David is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (FRSA) and past Chairman and a current Director of MediWales, a membership organisation representing the medical technology sector of Wales. He is a member of numerous committees and national bodies relating to health informatics and health-related research. He has received research grants and consultancy contracts valuing over £45m over recent years.
Dr Sarah Jane Pell
Artist-Astronaut, Adjunct Assoc. Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Office of the Engineering Dean, and Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University
Sarah Jane is best known for her creative practice in underwater performance delivering novel supports for human expression in extreme environments. She is currently collaborating with the Monash Immersive Visualisation Platform on 360 Cinematic platforms for expanding human potential through artworks that immerse audiences in other worldly performance. Her work has been shown at Ars Electronica, CERN, Robotronica, NGV, MIT Media Lab, Science Gallery Dublin to name a few. Pell is also a commercial suborbital spaceflight candidate, spacesuit validation test pilot, and concept designer. She served as the Simulation Astronaut for Project Moonwalk, EU subsea lunar analogue human-robotic co-operation trials in 2016; Artist-in-Residence for the Mars Desert Research Station Crew188, and Commander for the Lunares 3 Crew Polish analogue 2018. Pell holds a PhD in Visual Arts, a Masters in Human Performance, and qualifications in Space Sciences, Biotechnology & Bioinformatics and Suborbital Mission Operations. She is an Australia Council Fellow, a TED Fellow, and a Gifted Citizen.
Dr Drew Berry
Biomedical Animations Manager, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
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Professor James Whisstock
Director, Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging
James’s current research directions include understanding the structure and function of pore forming proteins in immunity and Drosophila development. His team further investigates the proteolytic cascades that control blood coagulation and wound remodelling.
Over the course of his career at Monash, James has led the development of several key technology platforms, including protein production and protein crystallography. Most recently he led the initiative to establish Australia’s first automated state-of-the-art Electron Microscopy unit.
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