ECR Showcase 3 pm 24 June: See Ben Sinclair & Gemma Sharp in action!

2020 ECR Showcase finalists include CCS's
Drs Gemma Sharp (MAPrc) & Ben Sinclair (Neuroscience)

The Cooperative Research Centres Association holds an annual Early Career Researcher Showcase. The five finalists, who have already won $1000 for making for the 2020 final, include two from Central Clinical School, Dr Ben Sinclair and Dr Gemma Sharp. They will be publicly competing at 3.00 pm with five minute presentations on Wednesday 24 June for the chance to win $5000. We want you to watch them, as your vote counts! Audience voting will be open at approximately 3.30pm for 15 minutes.

You can see more about our CCS entrants and watch their 30 second entry video clips in advance,  below. Register now for Zoom webinar.

Dr Ben Sinclair, Department of Neuroscience

Ben’s talk is about using brain images to predict outcome in epilepsy surgery. “Epilepsy surgery is a very effective treatment in achieving freedom from seizures, but it is not guaranteed success,” says Dr Sinclair. “Using brain images and artificial intelligence, we can hunt for clues as to which patients will respond well to surgery”.

Watch Ben’s 30 second video entry

Dr Gemma Sharp, Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre

Gemma's talk is about her world-first positive body image chatbot which uses artificial intelligence to teach healthy coping skills to young people while they're using social media to intervene in the development of deadly eating disorders which affect more than one in five young Australians. As Dr Sharp says, "The chatbot is improving body image and promoting more healthy selfies".

Watch Gemma's 30 second video entry

Details

The ECR Showcase final is on Wednesday 24 June at 3.00pm. Register at the following link:

• https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-isHe3XUSjOhEiWw_raZPg

Audience voting will be open at approximately 3.30 pm for 15 minutes.