Leadership with Prof Sharath Sriram

About this episode

Professor Sharath Sriram discusses his dual career in leading medical technology research and advocating for improvements in Australia's science and research systems.

Send us Fan Mail Today we have Professor Sharath Sriram on the show! Sharath is here to talk about his roles as Chief Scientist of Western Australia, Professor at RMIT University, and long-time advocate for improving Australia’s science and research ecosystem. He shares how he’s built a career along two parallel tracks: leading a research lab developing next-generation medical technologies, while also working at a national and state level to fix the systems that support researchers. From acad...

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Host: Dr Simona Carbone

Guest: Prof Sharath Sriram

Topics covered

• leadership
• science
• research ecosystem
• medical technologies
• career development

Keywords

• leadership
• science
• research
• medical technology
• career
• advocacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Western Australia, RMIT University

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