Future Health
Episodes
Series 7 | Episode 8 | How do we get to the future?: If health is really everyone’s business, are there opportunities to collaborate with the corporate sector to deliver a healthier Australia?
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all know the benefits of a healthy diet, but we aren’t always that good at following the well evidenced advice. So are there new channels, partne...
Series 7 | Episode 7 | How do we get to the future?: Smoothing the way to transformation.
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you work in the healthcare industry you are no stranger to change and some of the most significant change on the horizon is digital change. It’s ...
Series 7 | Episode 6 | How do we get to the future?: What is the role of entrepreneurial thinking in times of uncertainty?
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Rutter is one of those people whose future direction is determined by the application of attributes he has honed from experience to solve enti...
Series 7 | Episode 5 | How do we get to the future?: Just Build It, the future of Entrepreneurship
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s tech enabled world, are there fewer barriers to taking a great idea and making it a reality than ever before? Is “anything possible” ...
Series 7 | Episode 4 | How do we get to the future?: Broadening the team to influence the future
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The future of health will depend on the collaboration of experts from science and engineering, law and business, the social sciences and the arts as w...
Series 7 | Episode 3 | How do we get to the future?: Australia 2035 - we need to talk about it.
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a world where we can’t seem to agree on today’s facts, it’s sometimes hard to envisage moving together towards a shared vision of the future....
Series 7 | Episode 2 | How do we get to the future?: Stand firmly in reality to maximise your impact on the future
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When you’re already at the cutting edge how do you know when to push even further? What is the interplay between creativity and evidence when lives ...
Series 7| Episode 1| How do we get to the future?: Seeing around corners
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The future will require us to solve for challenges that haven’t yet been imagined. To prepare for the unknowable we need to equip ourselves with the...
Future Health Season 7 Trailer
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Future Health Podcast features thought-provoking discussions with subject matter experts and thought leaders about current and emerging trends in ...
Series 6 | Episode 7 | Change Makers: Where health will go with limitless boundaries
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we all get comfortable with a post-COVID world where virtual healthcare extends well beyond a telehealth consultation, we explore which models of c...
Series 6 | Episode 5 | Change Makers: Leap into the future with Health Pods
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In emergency departments, they can help divert non-critical cases, easing the burden on healthcare staff and reducing wait times. In the aftermath of ...
Series 6 | Episode 3 | Change Makers: Navigating the next gen shift and maximising the potential of Gen Z
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Generation Z is characterised by their innate fluency in technology and a strong sense of social responsibility. They are already beginning to reshape...
Series 6 | Episode 4 | Change Makers: Will ‘Abi the Robot’ revolutionise companionship in the future?
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Recently named one of Forbes' 30 Under 30 and The Australian's Top 100 Innovators for 2024, Grace Brown from Andromeda is a trailblazer addres...
Series 6 | Episode 2 | Change Makers: Climate action for future health and our workforce
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As our planet faces unprecedented environmental challenges, the impact of these changes on human health is becoming increasingly evident. This episode...
Future Health Season 6 Trailer
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Future Health Podcast features thought-provoking discussions with subject matter experts and thought leaders about current and emerging trends in ...
Series 5 | Episode 8 | What if the finish line has moved in your career?
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a stark reality, some of us are likely to be working well into our 70s. To run a work marathon and run it well, workers will have to stay physi...
Series 5 | Episode 7 | What if you recruit a squad, rather than a squad member?
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Over a decade ago, a regional hospital, with a struggling emergency department, reliant on FIFO locums, with unfilled junior shifts and stretched nurs...
Series 5 | Episode 6 | What if you need a degree for a job that doesn’t exist… yet?
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Universities are busily preparing to prepare students for an uncertain future. The futurists of higher education are not only grappling with a series ...
Series 5 | Episode 5 | What if it’s time to job-share health care with patients?
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Technology, nanotechnology, precision medicine, a focus on patient empowerment and the rise of the consumer, will put far more control of the patient’...
Series 5 | Episode 4 | What if the future of your career relied on skills, not titles?
05 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We know that the health sector is facing major transitions in changing skills and roles for its workforce. We all understand some roles will become re...
Series 5 | Episode 3 | What if the future of the hospital - was not in the hospital?
29 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In response to unprecedented demand for acute health services during the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a relaxation of regulatory and funding blocks an...
Series 5 | Episode 2 | What if health went viral?
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If Taylor Swift wears a new belt to lunch with Travis Kelce today, it is sold out tomorrow. If we could motivate that same level of reliably responsiv...
Series 5 | Episode 1 | What if future leadership models were focussed more on wellness than business?
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Lots of smart people spend a lot of time discussing the relative value of different models of leadership. But does the future of work and the emerging...
Future Health Season 5 Trailer
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After four popular seasons, our host Dr Louise Messara is back for Series 5 and is joined by a fantastic line-up of guests to discuss the future of wo...
What Does The Future Look Like Outside The Healthcare Sandpit? With Dr Michael Guihot
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What are the lessons we can learn from the way others are forecasting the future of work in their sectors? We talk to Dr Michael Guihot about Artifici...
Is Virtual Health An Ethical Substitute? With Dr Shannon Nott
31 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk to Dr Shannon Nott, a front-line leader in virtual health care, about the issues raised by this growing trend and his long-term vision f...
Are Tech Savvy Seniors The Key To A Revolution In Aged Care? With Prof Vishaal Kishore and Nithya Solomon
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today those entering their senior years are the first generation who have engaged with technology in almost every aspect of their daily lives. This pr...
A Future Of Work That Supports Disability Inclusion - With Dr Phillippa Carnemolla
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There is a general acknowledgement that some human work will be lost to technology but technology may also have a role to play in job creation for cer...
(Bonus) The Golden Hour Reimagined - With Dr Brian Burns
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bonus Episode with Dr Brian Burns Imagine a world where after an accident, the car could alert ambulance and emergency services and provide its preci...
The Golden Hour Reimagined - With Dr Brian Burns
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a world where after an accident, the car could alert ambulance and emergency services and provide its precise location, describe the forces on...
The Rise Of The Chatbots! Tackling The Increasing Mental Health Need - With Dr Charlotte Keating
03 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Most of us are comfortable asking a chatbot for help when we are struggling to log in to our online banking account but would you share your feelings ...
Learning Like A Rockstar! With Dr Roger Harris
26 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A group of NSW Health clinicians have changed the face of medical learning and information sharing forever, and they started the revolution right in ...
Will The Art Of Medicine Protect Doctors From Extinction? With Dr Ben Bravery
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What will it mean to be a doctor in 20 or 30 years? What role will patients want for their doctors and what care will they accept from a robot? Today ...
When Will My T-shirt Diagnose My Disease? With Dr Noushin Nasiri
19 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is the changing role of wearable technology? Are we two, ten or twenty years from wearing everyday devices that will detect disease? Dr Nasiri, a...
Future Health Season 4 Trailer
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New season starting on the 20th of June. In season 4 we will continue to explore the future of work with leading experts.
Series 3 | Episode 8 | Dr Raj Behal discusses the future of quality healthcare
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode of Series 3 we welcome Dr Raj Behal. He is currently the Chief Quality Officer at One Medical. He has had an extensive career work...
Series 3 | Episode 7 | Digital healthcare and the future with Professor Tim Shaw
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For our seventh episode we are introduced to Professor Tim Shaw. He is currently the Professor of eHealth and Director of the Research in Implementati...
Series 3 | Episode 6 | The future of work in NSW Government with Samara Dobbins
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest for this episode is Ms Samara Dobbins. She is currently the Deputy Secretary of People & Operations at the Department of Premier and Cab...
Series 3 | Episode 5 | Look/peer/gaze into the future with Dr Ben Hamer, Future of Work Lead PWC
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 5 we are introduced to Dr Ben Hamer, Lead for the Future of Work at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. We took the opportunity to explore his specialt...
Series 3 | Episode 4 | Belinda Field: Future health - what does it look like from an Aboriginal perspective
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 3 we have a yarn with Belinda Field, CEO of Yerin Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Health Services. Belinda has an extensive leadership career in ...
Series 3 | Episode 3 | Dr Rae Cooper: How might the future achieve gender equality?
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Dr Rae Cooper. She is an Australian professor, researcher and women’s employment specialist. She is a professor of gender, work and employment ...
Series 3 | Episode 2 | Jeff Schwartz: As the future of work accelerates we need future leaders
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive into the Future of Work with Jeff Schwartz, Retired Partner at Deloitte and US leader of Future of work. He will take us thro...
Series 3 | Episode 1 | The future needs inspiring role models with Dr Fatima Cody Stanford
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode of Series 3 we meet Dr Fatima Cody Stanford. She is an award-winning obesity medicine physician scientist, educator and policy ma...
Series 2 | Episode 8 | Elevating the human experience including during a healthcare pandemic with Susan Pearce
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode for Series 2 we meet Susan Pearce, the Deputy Secretary of the Patient Experience and System Performance Division. Since March 20...
Series 2 | Episode 7 | The future work environment and health with Dr. Arif Jetha
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our seventh episode we are introduced to Arif Jetha, a Scientist at the Institute for Work and Health, and an assistant professor at the University...
Series 2 | Episode 6 | Labour Economics & the future of work with Dr. Nik Dawson
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For our sixth episode we meet Dr. Nik Dawson, a Labour Economist and Data Scientist specialising in labour economics and the 'future of work'. Nik cur...
Series 2 | Episode 5 | Digital Transformation with Dr. Simon Kos
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our fifth episode we are introduced to Dr Simon Kos, a Health Industry Executive at Microsoft and Medical Advisor for Next Practice. Simon was prev...
Series 2 | Episode 4 | Robotics & the future of work with Dr. Karen Eggleston
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the fourth episode we meet Dr. Karen Eggleston, a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and the Director of the ...
Series 2 | Episode 3 | The Future of Leadership with Cynthia Mahoney
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our third episode introduces Cynthia Mahoney, a facilitator, coach, mentor, speaker and author with a passion for personal disruption, positive psycho...
Series 2 | Episode 2 | Future of Health in the Digital Age with Dr. Rob Grenfell
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our second episode we meet Dr. Rob Grenfell, the Director of the Health and Biosecurity Business Unit at CSIRO. Rob’s unit released the ‘Future...
Series 2 | Episode 1 | The Future of Dentistry with Dr. Celso Cardona
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode we meet Dr. Celso Cardona, Principal Dentist at Maven Dental Inner West Sydney. With a father and brother who are both dentists, ...
Future Health Podcast | Series 2 - Coming June 1st 2021
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are back with Series 2 of the Future Health Podcast. A look into the way we work, the work we do and how technology will influence the future...
Episode 9 | Cyber-Physical Systems and Artificial Intelligence with Dr Amy McLennan
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr McLennan is an anthropology researcher at 3ai (part of the Australian National University) tasked with guiding and accelerating a new branch of eng...
Episode 8 | Digitally Enabled Allied Health with Jacqui Dominish
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jacqui is the Director of Allied Health at Western Sydney Local Health District. With more than 946,000 residents and projections that this will be ov...
Episode 7 | Delivery of Care with Garth Worboys
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered about how NSW Health delivers meals, linen, security, cleaning, patient transport, patient aids and a myriad of other services ...
Episode 6 | Technology and Clinicians with Lachlan Rudd
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lachlan discusses his role at eHealth and explores some of the adaptive ways that NSW Health’s workforce is embracing new technology. Lachlan explai...
Episode 5 | Sepsis Prevention with Mick Bourke
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mick shares his career story and helps take the audience on a journey about the types of roles that NSW Health workforce will need now and in th...
Episode 4 | The 'Clinical Voice' with Mark Simpson
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Mark Simpson, eHealth NSW’s very first Clinical Chief Information Officer. Learn about the work of Dr Simpson and his team and hear about why t...
Episode 3 | Bioethics with Dr. Lisa Dive
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Lisa Dive has a deep research and academic career as a bioethicist. In Episode 2 we learned about some of the potential that genomics and individua...
Episode 2 | Genomics with Dr. Alan Ma and Prof. Ian Alexander
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we dive into the world of genomics with two leading experts in the field Dr Alan Ma and Professor Ian Alexander. Both give their refle...
Episode 1 | Technology and Care with Bianca Jordaan
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode we meet Bianca Jordaan, Chief Information Officer at SDS Pathology. Bianca has an extensive career history working with technolog...
Future Health Season 1 Trailer
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Future Health is a podcast about the way we work the work we do and how technology will influence the future of NSW Health. In each episode of t...