Helen Goldsack, SWSLHD Director of Nursing & Midwifery Services. Helen commenced her nursing career in 1997 at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, quickly developing a keen interest in cardiology/cardiothoracic surgery. An interest which she pursued for the next 11 years of clinical work, in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. After returning to Australia and…
Katrina Filewood is an Aboriginal Liaison Officer at Fairfield Hospital within the South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD). As a Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman, Katrina leverages her cultural heritage and extensive expertise to drive impactful outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and community engagement. Katrina is a registered Counsellor with the…
Mrs Ronda Thompson is a Research Assistant for School of Medicine, Western Sydney University (WSU) and Lead Community Activator for the Western Sydney University Pasifika Preventing Diabetes Programme. She leads her team in delivering a community framework that is maximising community participation in research, while bridging relationships for stakeholder support, education and health services that…
Associate Professor Joyce Siette is a health services researcher whose mission is to contribute to reducing population-wide dementia risk and cognitive impairment through effective and acceptable dementia prevention public health approaches. As the Research Theme Fellow in Health and Wellbeing at Western Sydney University and Lead for Brain health Hub, she is dedicated to translating…
Maryanne Harris and Daniel Hillyer co-founded RoboFit after Daniel’s life-changing spinal cord injury in 2010. Motivated by the desire to explore and leverage emerging technologies that encourage neuroplasticity, they launched RoboFit in 2021, beginning with the introduction of Cyberdyne’s Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) and cybernic technology. Their mission is to help clients unlock new possibilities…