Big Chat: Good Health - Sydney 2024

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Health is something we often take for granted, until we get unwell. We all know the saying ‘prevention is better than cure’ but what are the most important things that you can do to take a preventative approach to your own health?

Dr Brendon Stubbs, an award-winning scientist specialising in lifestyle & behavioural factors that promote optimal well-being & health will join us from UK to share his secrets to living a healthier life for longer. He will be joined by Dr Ramin Rafiei, a global healthcare leader, who will share how his unconventional approach to population health is making preventive health accessible to all. 

We will also hear from Professor Sharon Naismith on the importance of sleep on your wellbeing and health and how you can optimise your sleep for better health. We’ll also be joined by Belinda Elworthy, CEO of Gotcha4Life who will take us through a Mental Fitness Workout, and share how we can all take a more proactive approach to looking after our mental health.

Agenda:

Speakers:

Dr Ramin Rafiei

Dr Ramin Rafiei is the CEO and Founder of Unleash Health™. He is the pioneer of a world-first approach to health: Prevention-as-a-Service™. An unconventional thinker, Ramin is on a mission to improve the health of 1 billion people this decade and is harnessing the power of brands to catalyze this prevention-driven future for everyone. Ramin’s journey is informed by a successful global career as an entrepreneur, professor, chairman, and a healthcare leader with SHL Medical and IBM. Ramin holds a Ph.D. in experimental nuclear physics from The Australian National University, with deep expertise in data & AI.

Dr Brendon Stubbs

Professor Brendon Stubbs is a physiotherapist and acclaimed mental health researcher focused on the impact of physical activity on mental health. He is one of the most cited researchers (top 1%) in the world and his research has been featured in publications like the New York Times, TIME magazine, Forbes, CNN, BBC News, ITV News and Sky News. His recently published European Psychiatric Association guidelines provide invaluable insight into the use of exercise for mental health.

Professor Sharon Naismith

Professor Sharon Naismith is a Clinical Neuropsychologist, NHMRC Dementia Leadership Fellow and holds the Leonard P Ullman Chair in Psychology at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney. She also Heads the Healthy Brain Ageing Program at the Brain and Mind Centre, a one-of-its-kind early intervention research clinic for dementia. Prof Naismith is also a member of the Australian Psychological Society and is a practicing Clinical Neuropsychologist. Prof Naismith's work focuses on the mechanisms by which modifiable risk factors for dementia such as depression, sleep disturbance, and cardiovascular disease impact brain health and whether novel interventions targeting these factors have cognitive benefits.  Her work has led to new discoveries regarding key brain changes that underpin sleep disturbance and depression in older people and how these can be treated.

Belinda Elworthy
CEO of Gotcha4Life

Belinda is a dynamic and visionary leader. She brings her contagious positivity and her experience as a corporate leader and brand builder, executive coach and mother of 3 boys into her presentation delivery. She leads the team at Gotcha4Life with backbone and heart, and she engages her audiences with the same passion and candour.