In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy 
About Christina Maher
Christina Maher is an Australian neuroscientist and biomedical engineer, and founder and CEO of BrainLand, a health-tech startup using AI to build a personalised brain fingerprint to speed early diagnosis and prevention of brain disorders. BrainLand uses mobile games played at home to collect brain-health signals, as a pre-screening aid rather than a diagnostic tool.
She spent a decade working across academia and industry with engineers, neuroscientists, clinicians and patients before founding the company, including as a biomedical engineer at the University of Sydney, and was named one of Science & Technology Australia's Superstars of STEM in 2023.
She discusses this journey on In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy.
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Key moments from Innovating for Better Brains: Christina Maher's Journey with BrainLand.
- 1:27Why Christina pursued a PhD in neuroscience
- 5:22The healthcare system's diagnostic challenges
- 7:47From academia to launching BrainLand
- 11:13The role of AI in BrainLand
- 14:32Using AI for customer research and data analysis
- 18:29Explanation of 'nearables' and homomorphic encryption
- 23:23Impact of AI in healthcare according to Christina
- 28:30Christina's academic background and its impact on her startup journey
- 33:09Hiring practices and team dynamics at BrainLand
- 41:02Closing remarks and call to action
In their own words.
“AI is really, machine learning models are really statistics on steroids.”
BrainLand on Day One
BrainLand is a health technology startup founded by neuroscientist and biomedical engineer Christina Maher.
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