2022
SMBEVic Inc. AGM
Tuesday 22 November 2022 at 6.00PM on the Zoom platform
The President will report on the events of the last year and the Treasurer will present the Financial Report.
You are invited to join the meeting to add your thoughts to the content of the Scientific Program for 2022-2023.
This year the meeting will be held on-line. Please register with eventbrite for your unique link.
The 2022 Student Presentations were held after the AGM. You can see them here Video History.
The Wilcock-Kaye Award was awarded to the successful speakers.
Wearable devices for remote health monitoring applications
Video now available
The Society for Medical and Biological Engineering Victoria is pleased to welcome Assoc Professor Mehmet Yuce Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash Data Futures Institute, to talk to us about his research and practical applications in wearable remote patient monitoring.
Please join us on Tuesday 20 September 2022 at 6.00PM AEST on Zoom for this talk.
Please register on eventbrite here. This is a free event.
Wearable devices have come a long way from the Fitbit. This talk will discuss novel methods for wearable remote patient monitoring. See the abstract and biography on eventbrite.
A Pneumatic Bionic Voice Prosthesis
On the 16 August 2022, Dr. Farzaneh Ahmadi, scientist, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur and CEO of Laronix, talked to us about the Bionic Voice, the world’s first smart wearable electronic voice prosthesis for laryngectomy people.
The talk is available in the Vision History of the Society website https://smbevic.org/vision-history/ for you to view.
Maximizing The Likelihood Of Product Development Success
The Society is pleased to welcome the noted entrepreneur Mike Smith of Tekt Industries to talk to us about the development of devices, its pitfalls and its promises.
Maximizing The Likelihood Of Product Development Success By Early Identification & Mitigation Of Test-Setup Issues
New product development is always resource-constrained, and equipment can mislead you. Mike Smith will discuss interpretation of specification and results, and how and the primary analysis of data is often accepted without question while a secondary analysis is overlooked, putting study outcomes at risk.
Mike Smith is a Principal at Tekt Industries, a leading Melbourne-based technology commercialisation company. He has over 20 years of commercial experience in product and solution design, implementation and delivery, and stakeholder management, with core skills in embedded electronics, signal processing and software.
Join us: Tuesday, 21 June 2022 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm AEST on the Zoom platform.
Register on eventbrite. There is no cost for registration.
For information please contact the Secretary at smbevic.info@gmail.com
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Patient Care
The place of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in the treatment for patients with major depressive disorder and the future.
A talk by Professor Paul Fitzgerald, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Epworth Centre for Innovation in Mental Health at Epworth Healthcare and the Monash University Central Clinical School.
Join us on Tuesday, 19 April 2022 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM AEST. Register on eventbrite
Despite more than twenty-five years of research establishing the antidepressant efficacy and safety of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), there remains uncertainty about the depth and breadth of this evidence base resulting in confusion as to where rTMS fits in the therapeutic armamentarium in the management of patients with mood disorders. This presentation will review the evidence supporting the use if rTMS: how it compares to placebo stimulation and alternative treatment options for patients with treatment resistant depression.