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Thank you for being loyal listeners to the Coffee Pods series. I've missed you! We will be relaunching in 2022. In the meantime, why not hop across to my new series, Energy Trailblazers, produced in partnership with the Energy Disruptor gang over in Canada, and powered by EY. We are seeking out in…

Coffee Pod #82 Dr Sandro Demaio

Meet Advance Awards Life Sciences Category Finalist, Dr Sandro Demaio. A public health advocate and sustainable food architect, Dr Alessandro (Sandro) Demaio founded his career using nutrition as a platform for social change. As a recognised global expert and now CEO of VicHealth, Sandro speaks to…

Coffee Pod #81 Dr Rossa Chiu discusses taking on the cancer epidemic with a team of young guns in Hong Kong

Not only has Dr Rossa Chiu won numerous international awards including the Advance Asia Impact Award 2020, she also has over 485 patents to her name. A specialist in molecular signatures as a chemical pathologist, Rossa moved to Hong Kong immediately after graduating from the University of Queensla…

Coffee Pod #80 Micro biologies to macro environmental trends with Professors Jill Banfield and Karen Day

Two preeminent female professors discuss careers in science and leadership in #STEMM reflecting on what the world needs today. Thanks to #COVID there has never been a better time to be talking about the relevance of research, diversity in science, and the interconnectedness of public health microbi…

Coffee Pod #79 Meet a young Fintech mastermind taking Asian cashless economies by storm

Yong In Cho is a fintech expert, specialising in the payments industry, with deep knowledge of the financial technology market across Asia. Currently the Head of eCommerce for the world’s largest payment service company, @Fiserv, Yong In most recently initiated and managed development of a solution…

Coffee Pod #77 A hunter of dying stars and an advocate of diverse thinking, Professor Bryan Gaensler grapples with the enormity of unanswered questions

Professor Bryan Gaensler has stars in his eyes. Literally. Internationally recognised for his groundbreaking work on dying stars, interstellar magnets and cosmic explosions,  it's hard not to rediscover the wonderment of the galactic sky listening to Bryan. Living in Toronto with a  wife who forgiv…

Coffee Pod #78: Understanding big weather patterns and long-term climatic effects with meteorologist Professor Jenni Evans

Where can a career in big data take you and how do you hold on to the stories that big data can hide? Professor Jenni Evans has leveraged her learnings to tackle some of the world's biggest problems, merging fields of research to find new solutions at the point where disaster threatens to hit. Just…

Coffee Pod #76: Changing our scale to change our impact with Dr Susan Graham, using AI and drone technology to restore natural ecosystems

Dr Susan Graham is intent on tackling the biggest challenges of our day. Learn how her young team of audacious problem-solvers maintain an attitude of persistent positivity while staring down our planet's dramatic loss of biodiversity, and two billion hectares of degraded land. Dr Graham sees this …

Coffee Pod #75: From Life as a Scientist to Life on Mars with NASA's Dr Abigail Allwood

This week, on our launch episode of the #bornglobal Coffee Pods series, we are joined by NASA's Dr Abigail Allwood as she lands the Perseverance Rover on Mars in real-time. Come behind-the-scenes in a personal interview with this Australian trailblazer. Dr Abigail Allwood is not only the first Aus…

COVID POD: Rethinking Business Health with Dr Amanda Rischbieth

Tackling the big picture topics, Dr Amanda Rieschbieth discusses the changing role of business in society, and the notion that public health is 'everyone's business'. Amanda has a unique vantage point from which to discuss the integrated balance of health and economy. As an esteemed academic and es…