Emma Beildeck

Emma joins the Australian Epilepsy Project as a Clinical Trials Assistant. With a background in physiotherapy and years of working within the hospital system, Emma brings with her extensive clinical experience managing patients, including those following epilepsy surgery. Working alongside these patients has fostered a strong understanding of epilepsy, including the physical, social and emotional…

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Christina Fairley

Christina qualified as a medical doctor and graduated with honours in neuroscience from The University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Having recently moved to Melbourne, she is completing her MSc in Public Health and working with the Australian Epilepsy Project (AEP) as a clinical trials assistant. Christina has a particular interest in epidemiology and diagnostic research to…

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Remy Pugh

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Remy is a research assistant and PhD candidate in Epilepsy Cognition Group at the Florey Institute. She is currently completing her doctoral training in clinical neuropsychology at Monash University. Her research focuses on screening neuropsychological function in new-onset epilepsy within a First Seizure Clinic.

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Loren Lindenmayer

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Loren is a research assistant in the Epilepsy Imaging Group at the Florey. She has completed a Bachelor of Science, majoring in neuroscience, and later went on to complete an Advanced Graduate Diploma in Psychology. She has a broad range of interests, spanning neuroscience, psychology, and statistics, with a particular interest in using advanced methods…

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David Abbott

David Abbott

David is a physicist, neuroscientist and informatician whose research has made substantial advances in human brain mapping of Epilepsy. David leads the Epilepsy Neuroinformatics Laboratory at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health. He is an Australian National Imaging Facility Informatics Fellow and an Honorary Principal Fellow in the Department of Medicine at The…

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Zanfina Ademi

Zanfina Ademi

Zanfina is a pharmacist, epidemiologist and health economist. She specialises in health services economic evaluations alongside clinical trials and clinical registries, chronic disease modelling, health technology assessments and decision analytic modelling for economic evaluations. She is head of the Monash Outcomes Research and Health Economics (MORE) group at Monash University. She is a trained pharmacist,…

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Ojasvi Agarwal

Ojasvi is a Clinical Research Assistant with prior experience coordinating various multi-site clinical trials. A purpose-driven individual, she is passionate about developing her leadership to create change and global impact in healthcare. Ojasvi is inspired to be working alongside individuals with a shared vision of changing lives from day one.

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SUBHAGA AMARASEKARA

Subhaga joins Florey Institute as Product Lead of The Australian Epilepsy Project. A qualified lawyer and entrepreneur, Subhaga founded, raised investment and scaled a marketplace as she could see how an easy to use technology platform could assist individuals better build and run a business. Subhaga is purpose-led and was drawn to the tremendous potential…

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Amanda Anderson

Amanda Anderson

Amanda started having focal seizures at the age of 23 in 2003 – this was her first encounter with Epilepsy. Seven years later, after being referred to The Austin Hospital, she had neurosurgery. Amanda has had only three seizures which she classes as a huge success. Amanda completed a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) in…

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Seiko Bhungane

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Seiko has joined the team as a Clinical Trials Assistant after previous roles as a Clinical Research Coordinator and as a Database Developer. She completed a Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences, majoring in Neuroscience, while also undertaking computer science topics. She combined both her computer science and medical science knowledge in her role as…

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