The MedTechVic team is driven by interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation. We bring people together from health, design, digitalization, and manufacturing to co-create human-centred solutions that enhance lives. 

Team leaders

All members

Hana Phillips
hphillips@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Julian Chua
julianchua@swinburne.edu.au

River Rea 
rrea@swinburne.edu.au

Joseph Araniakulathil
LivingAT Facility Manager
jaraniakulathil@swinburne.edu.au

Lacey Zhang
Program Support Officer
laceyzhang@swinburne.edu.au

Claudia Bridge
Product Design Officer
cbridge@swinburne.edu.au 

Paris Triantis
Design Coach
ptriantis@swinburne.edu.au

Mark Hanson
Clinical Advisor
mhanson@swinburne.edu.au

Dr Mohammad Ullah
Clinical Advisor
mmullah@swinburne.edu.au

Kayt McDonald
Clinical Advisor
kmacdonald@swinburne.edu.au

PhD candidates 

Joel D'Rosario
joeldrosario@swinburne.edu.au

Sameer More
smore@swinburne.edu.au

Julker Nayan
mnayan@swinburne.edu.au

Davi Pajani Mardamootoo
dmardamootoo@swinburne.edu.au

Anupama Joseph
anupamanaomijoseph@swinburne.edu.au

Jim Shen
jimshen@swinburne.edu.au

Mark Hanson
mhanson@swinburne.edu.au

Masters candidates 

Rebecca Millar
rmillar@swinburne.edu.au

Cliff Warren
cjwarren@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Gavin Lambert
Director, Swinburne Iverson Health Innovation Research Institute
glambert@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Prem Prakash Jayaraman
Director, Factory of the Future and Digital Innovation Lab
pjayaraman@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Suresh Palanisamy
Director, Manufacturing Futures Research Platform
spalanisamy@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Dong Ruan
Chair, Department of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering
druan@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Anita Kocsis
Director, Design Factory Melbourne
akocsis@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Boris Eisenbart
Research Director, Industry 4.0 Testlab; Program Leader, Digital Design
beisenbart@swinburne.edu.au

Associate Professor Mats Isaakson
Research Director, Intelligent Robotics Laboratory
misaksson@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Paul Stoddart
Director, ARC Training Centre in Biodevices
pstoddart@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Rebecca Lane
Discipline Lead, Physiotherapy
rllane@swinburne.edu.au

Distinguished Professor James Ogloff
Dean, School of Health Sciences
jogloff@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Alan Duffy
Pro Vice-Chancellor Flagship Initiatives
aduffy@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Lisa O’Brien
Discipline Lead, Occupational Therapy
ljobrien@swinburne.edu.au

Professor Roger Hughes
Department Chair, Department of Nursing and Allied Health
rmhughes@swinburne.edu.au

Contact MedTechVic

Are you a part of the industry and want to get involved?  A community member who wants to know more? Perhaps a student interested in a scholarship? Whatever your query, get in touch with us by emailing MedTechVic@swinburne.edu.au.

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