Experience

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  University of newcastle

  Jan 1992 - Jan 2008

  Conjoint senior lecturer

  - Course design, development and implementation- Professional registration accreditation of courses- Whole of program over-sight- Research in behavioural sciences, population health- Successful grants and scholarship acquisition - Teaching in a number of health disciplines

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  Voicemap

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2010

  Director

  - Brand development, sales and strategy, software development, venture capital raising Silicon Valley USA.- System design, R&D.

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  Hot tin productions

  Jan 2008 - Sept 2017

  Executive producer

  Maggie works as a producer of digital media and on-line content. Her credits include “The Smile Within”, a documentary of the SMILE Study that examines the effects of humour therapy on people with dementia and "Stumbling in Hillary's Footsteps" both of which were broadcast on ABC TV. More recently her short film with Simon Cunich about Eileen Kramer, the 100 year old dancer went viral with over 72,000 views.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz4R6Rzf1KU

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  Sax institute

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  Post doctoral research fellow

  - Health services research- Clinical innovation review

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  Arts health institute

  Jul 2011 - Nov 2017

  Ceo and co-founder, executive director

  Founding CEO, established the business as a start-up to a national organisation with international licensing arrangements. The Institute collaborated on research programs and PhD programs with University partners, delivered education and provided therapeutic arts programs nationally with a focus on bridging research into practice and research knowledge translation. Under Maggie’s leadership, the Arts Health Institute engaged over 70 artists regularly with a team of employees. Maggie was a finalist in The Australian Financial Review Westpac 100 Influential Women for 2015 in the category of social enterprise and not-for-profit companies. Show less

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  The studio au

  Nov 2015 - Jul 2021

  The Studio is focused on supporting and fostering scalable startups and those engaging with technology to reimagine business, products, services, IOT or hardware. This creates a vibrant community that allows you to share, and attract, things that just wouldn't be possible alone. We're working towards launching a HUB/ focused co-working space that will be home to startups at different stages. A mix of anchor companies, later stage startups and "seed to sapling" startups, strengthens and builds the community. Show less

  • Non Executive Director

    Nov 2015 - Jul 2021

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors

    Nov 2015 - Dec 2016
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  Macquarie university centre for health economy

  Jun 2016 - Mar 2018

  Industry advisory committee member

  The Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy (MUCHE) is an applied research centre focused on investigating the Australian health, ageing and disability sectors at the macro level, with particular focus on the interdependencies of the systems with each other, and the broader community. The primary objective of the Centre is to provide government, business, and not-for-profit organisations with world-leading independent and applied research, which can be used to inform public debate, assist government and business decision-making, and help formulate strategy and policy. Show less

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  World health organization

  Sept 2018 - Feb 2019

  Consulting advisor

  Worked on the global action plan, the public health response to dementia, specifically on the dementia inclusive societies toolkit.

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  Anchor excellence

  Jan 2019 - Mar 2023

  Specialist advisor
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  Talius group

  Mar 2023 - Aug 2024

  Consulting clinical research director

  Health and Aged Care research and technology development applied to the operating environment: - that strengthens clinical governance;- can scale for easy adoption; and,- is human centred by design and the problems that it solves.

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  Melbourne school of population and global health, university of melbourne

  Oct 2023 - now

  Principal fellow
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  Talius group ltd. (asx: tal)

  Aug 2024 - Feb 2025

  Executive director
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  Self-employed

  Feb 2025 - now

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