NSW Project: Commercialisation
Answer the question ‘How to improve the commercialisation of health and medical research in NSW medical research institutes?’
Project Overview
NSW has a significant opportunity to improve the commercialisation of discoveries emerging from its world-renowned medical research institutes. Enhancing commercialisation efforts can stimulate economic growth, deliver a strong social return on investment, and reduce long-term health care costs.
To scale up commercialisation and the role of AAMRI NSW institutes within the broader health and medical research ecosystem, we must first understand how NSW institutes can improve their commercialisation impact.
This project aims to develop a discussion paper that articulates why NSW institutes trail in commercialisation. The following stage of the larger, ongoing project will use these insights as the basis of a collaborative strategy to address the opportunities.
Project Leadership Group
| Institute | Contact | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Westmead Institute for Medical Research | Simon Hall | COO |
| Garvan Institute of Medical Research | Rachel Galimidi | Head of Development |
| Children’s Medical Research Institute | Melissa Mail | Head of Commercialisation |
| Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology | Katrina Frankcombe | Head, Business Development |
| The George Institute for Global Health | Jonny Lo | Head of Strategy |
| The George Institute for Global Health | Justin Ooi | CFO |
| Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute | Jamie Vandenberg | Deputy Director ; Head, Molecular Cardiology and Biophysics Laboratory |
| Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute | Jacek Kolanowski | Head, Research Facilities & Innovation Centre |
| Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute | Associate Professor Adam Hill | Head, Computational Cardiology Laboratory; Deputy Director Victor Chang Cardiovascular Innovation Centre |
| UNSW | Kazuaki Negishi | Professor and Chair of Cardiovascular Research, South West Sydney Clinical Campus, UNSW |
| Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute | Suzie Blinman | Deputy CEO |
| Hunter Medical Research Institute | Todd Williams | Chief Research Partnerships Officer |
| Children’s Cancer Institute | Gorjana Mitic | Head of Business Development and Licensing |