Health & Life Sciences

These themes reflect the global biological revolution currently taking place, popularly referred to as the "new biology".  This discipline transformation is very well articulated in A New Biology for the 21st Century published by the American National Academy of Science (ISBN-10: 0-309-14488-4).  In essence, the belief is that new discoveries, innovations and biotechnologies will come about by the fusion of disciplines like Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical & Electronic Engineering with Biology and Medicine.  NICTA's mandate is to make these disciplines relevant to modern society, through both the public and the private sectors, thus aligning our strategy with this global revolution.  For the Health Business Area of NICTA, such convergence is occurring at the genetic, cellular, person and organisational levels of Health in our four research target areas.

Visit our resources page for PDF overview flyers of select Health & Life Science projects. 

Also check out the research our Control & Signal Processing Life Sciences group is conducting in the field.

For further information on Programs in Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics and Medical Devices, contact:

Dr. Jia-Yee Lee

Director, Health & Life Sciences

NICTA Victoria Research Laboratory

Jia-Yee.Lee<at>nicta.com.au, Phone +61 3 8344 4923

Chris Broadley

Commercial Manager, Health & Life Sciences

NICTA Victoria Research Laboratory

Chris.Broadley<at>nicta.com.au, Phone +61 3 9035 9678

Dr. Karin Verspoor

Scientific Director, Health & Life Sciences

NICTA Victoria Research Laboratory

Karin.Verspoor<at>nicta.com.au, Phone +61 3 8344 4902

For further information on e-Health, contact:  

Dr. Leif Hanlen

Director, Health Business Team

NICTA Canberra Research Laboratory

Leif.Hanlen<at>nicta.com.au, Phone +61 2 6267 6246