The Not Mini Adults Podcast - “Pioneers for Children’s Healthcare and Wellbeing”

This week we speak with 'doctorpreneur' Dr Evelyn Chan.  Dr Chan is a peadiatric doctor turned CEO and co-founder of Virtual Reality start up Smileyscope . Evelyn studied medicine and surgery at Monash University in Australia before becoming a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford where she studied medical anthropology and public health. She then worked at the Boston Consulting Grou...

Professor Lucy Bray is a Professor in Child Health Literacy in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at Edge Hill University in the UK and the Children's Nursing Research Unit at Alder Hey Children's Hospital. Professor Bray has worked within acute children’s nursing for over twenty years, specialising in children’s surgery. Her research interests include the education, information needs...

This week on the Podcast we are delighted to welcome Professor Paul Ramchandani.  Paul is LEGO® Professor of Play in Education, Development and Learning at Cambridge University in the UK. And leads a research team investigating the role of play in children’s early development. Paul is also a practicing Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Paul trained as a doctor in Southampton before obt...

This week we have the pleasure of welcoming two friends of Thinking of Oscar - Tiffani Ghere and Audra DiPadova Wilford.  Tiffani is the Supervising Clinical Dietitian and part of the leadership team at The Children’s Hospital of Orange County in California (CHOC Children's) And Audra is the Chief Hope Officer at the MaxLove Project.  MaxLove Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to p...

On this week’s podcast we talk to a pair of technology entrepreneurs who are changing the face of the patient experience.   If you are interested in technology and AI then this is the episode for you! We are joined by Sasha Cahill and Ali Nasim who are behind a platform that enables remote patient care and coordination.  Sasha is the serial entrepreneur and Ali is a thought leader in patient exper...

Dr Ingrid Wolfe is Director of the Children and Young People’s Health Partnership in Lambeth and Southwark in London. She is also a Consultant in Child Public Health at Evelina Children’s Hospital. Ingrid is qualified in paediatrics and public health, which has enabled her to be a children’s doctor in a very broad sense of the term. She has on-the-ground insight from clinical practice, and a popul...

This week we welcome our good friend Sherry Farrugia to the Podcast.  Sherry is a vastly experienced entrepreneur and until recently was the Chief Operating and Strategy Officer  for the Pediatric Technology Centre that was formed between Georgia Tech and Atlanta Children’s Hospital.  She has recently taken on the role as Interim CEO for Global Centre for Medical Innovation.    Sherry is a true pi...

This week we speak with Dr Lizzie Crawford and Professor Tariq Aslam about their company Clin-e-cal and how 'Gamification' is changing the way in which children (and adults) can be encouraged to not only adhere to their pescribed medication or treatment but also have fun and enjoy the experience.  Lizzie is CEO of Clin-e-cal and has been involved in the development of early stage technol...

We have spent much of Season 1 talking about the importance and necessity to invest more into Children's Healthcare.  This week we talk to Founder and Principal of Boston-based Springhood Ventures, John Parker, who is doing just that!  John founded Springhood to address the funding gap in child health innovation. Springhood provides critical early investment and support to companies developin...

In our Season 2 opener, Hannah and David look back to the lessons learned from Season 1 and discuss what is coming up in Season 2 whilst trying to limit the amount of love given toward the 'AMAZING' people that they have had the fortune to speak with in Season 1. Visit our shop here to purchase a copy of the Thinking of Oscar Cookbook - Made with Love. THANK YOU! Thinking of Oscar websit...

In the season 1 finale of the 'Not Mini Adults Podcast' we speak with Professor Michelle Haber, a globally esteemed researcher of childhood cancer. Professor Haber is an Australian scientist in the field of childhood cancer research and serves as the Executive Director of the Children's Cancer Institute in Sydney, Australia.  Michelle is also a Professor at the School of Women’s and...

This week we speak with Professor Paul Dimitri. Paul is a Professor of Child Health and Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and has worked in the field of Paediatrics since 1998 and Paediatrics Endocrinology since 2004.  Professor Dimitri is the Director of Research & Innovation at the Sheffield Children’s Hospital and the Director of the Nationa...

In this podcast you can expect to learn about: The importance of research in children’s health. The Academic Toolkit that helps students and other health professionals get into research. Some of the challenges students face pursuing a career in paediatrics and during their training . Some of the struggles students, trainees and other health professionals face while trying to get into research. We...

This week we turn our attention to Africa and hear from Professor Jo Wilmshurst who talks to us about the African Paediatric Fellowship Program (APFP) .  The APFP is based at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and is a training programme for paediatricians and child health specialists.  Its aim is to implement change across Africa by creating a network of skilled child-health specialists...

This week we had the pleasure of speaking with Dr Tessa Davis.  Tessa is a Consultant in Paediatrics Emergency Medicine at The Royal London Hospital and also a Senior Lecturer in Emergency and Resuscitation Medicine at Queens Mary University of London Tessa is one of the co-founders of the paediatric education resource website and conference "Don’t Forget the Bubbles" (DFTB) , where paed...

This week we speak with our friend Dr Damian Roland.  Damian is a Consultant at the University of Leicester NHS Trust in the UK and Honorary Associate Professor for the University of Leicester Sapphire group. He specialises in Paediatric Emergency Medicine and is a passionate believer that education exists to be shared – the #FOAMed social movement providing a mechanism to do this. His research in...

This week on The Not Mini Adults Podcast - "Pioneers for Children's Health and Wellbeing" we talk to technologist Christian Koerner.  Christian is the Digital Lead for the Copenhagen University Hospitals and was, up until recently, the Technology Scout for the soon to be brand new Copenhagen Children’s Hospital.   The new hospital is in the process of being built and will be for chi...

This week on The Not Mini Adults Podcast - "Pioneers for Children's Health and Wellbeing" we speak with Dr Alberto Tozzi, Chief Innovation Officer & Research Area Coordinator for Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu in Rome, Italy   We discuss 'Space' and how children need to be considered when organisations and governments are looking at colonisation on other planets in t...

In today's episode of The Not Mini Adults Podcast - "Pioneers for Children's Health and Wellbeing" we speak with Professor Neil Sebire.  Neil is Professor of Paediatric Pathology at Great Ormond Street Hospital ( GOSH ) in London, and Chief Research Information Officer and Director of the Digital Research, Informatics and Virtual Environment (DRIVE) Unit at Great Ormond Street...

In today's The Not Mini Adults Podcast - "Pioneers for Children's Health and Wellbeing" we talk to one of our favourite paediatric pioneers, Mr Iain Hennessey.  Ian is a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon and Director of Innovation at the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool, in the UK. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with honours degrees in Medicine, Surgery and...

This week on The Not Mini Adults Podcast - "Pioneers for Children's Health and Wellbeing" we talk to Dom Raban, CEO of Xploro.  Xploro came about as a result of Dom’s personal experience as a father when his daughter was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma. Now, aged 20, she’s cancer-free, but when she was ill nobody told her what to expect and that made her feel scared, anxious and...

Join Hannah and David Cole as they discuss the inspiration for and introduce you to The Not Mini Adults Podcast: “Pioneers for Children’s Healthcare and Wellbeing” . Hannah and David are the founders of UK children's charity Thinking of Oscar, who's mission is to ' Bring the future of Healthcare to Children '.  Having lost their 16 month old son, Oscar, very suddenly in June 20...