The Lead Candidate
In science we are taught how to become competent researchers. If you are talented and lucky enough to build a strong research profile, you become a leader in your field. This does not, however, automatically make you leader of people and yet so many roles that use science require real leadership. This podcast aims to understand what qualities and experiences make a great leader in different fields of science. What are the differences between those that fall into the role, versus those who were made for it?
- Update frequency
- every 53 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 27
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Leadership with Prof Brett Sutton
Today, we have Prof Brett Sutton on the show! Brett is here to talk about leading in a public facing role.
He’s sharing his experiences as Chief Health Officer for Victoria’s Department…
Leadership with A/Prof Lee-anne Chapple
Today we have A/Prof Lee-anne Chapple on the show! Lee-anne is here to discuss her role as Senior Critical Care Dietitian at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and a Research Fellow at the Un…
Leadership with A/Prof Rebecca Lim
Today we have A/Prof Rebecca Lim on the show! Rebecca is here to talk about her roles as Director of Project and Alliance Leadership with CTMC, and research group leader at the Hudson I…
Leadership with Prof Yugeesh Lankadeva
Today we have Prof Yugeesh Lankadeva on the show! Yugeesh is here to talk about his role as leader of the ‘Translational Cardiovascular and Renal Research Group’ as well as ‘Head of Sys…
Leadership with A/Prof Corey Tutt OAM
Today we have A/Prof Corey Tutt OAM on the show! Corey is here to talk about his role as CEO of Deadly Science.
He’s sharing his stories of good and bad advice he has received over his …
Leadership with Dr Morley Muse
Today we have Dr. Morley Muse on the show! Morley is cofounder and director of iSTEM Co a research, consulting, and talent-sourcing company aimed to enable the employment of women in Au…
Leadership with Prof Alan Duffy
Today we have Prof Alan Duffy on the show! Prof Duffy is here to talk about his role as an astrophysicist at Swinburne University and his recently appointed role as Pro-Vice Chancellor …
Leadership with Dr Anand Gautam
Today we have Dr Anand Gautam on the show! He is the Executive Director & Emerging Science Lead (Asia & Asia Pacific) at Pfizer.
He’s sharing his wealth of knowledge from 30 years of e…
Leadership with A/Prof Tina Soulis
Today we have A/Prof Tina Soulis on the show! Tina is the founder and director of Alithia Life Sciences, VP of Clinical Strategy and Development for Kinoxis Therapeutics and she has a p…
Leadership with Dr Simona Carbone
Today we have a special episode of “The Lead Candidate’ featuring our host Dr Simona Carbone! In January of 2023, Simona was invited to present the keynote address to the Melbourne Hub …
Leadership with George Zafiris
Today we have George Zafiris on the show! George is one of the Directors of Molecule2Market is here to talk about how he is establishing a new US subsidiary for the Australian company.
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Leadership with Dr Will Jorgensen
Today we have Dr Will Jorgensen on the show! Will is the Lead Medicinal Chemist at the biotech company Psylo. He is here to talk about his recent move from a leadership role in academia…
Leadership with Dr Yee Lian Chew
Today we have Dr Yee Lian Chew on the show! Yee Lian is here to talk about being an early-stage laboratory leader at a university. She is dropping gems this entire episode
She’s sharing…
Leadership with Dr Jill Wykosky
Today we have Dr Jill Wykosky on the show! Jill is Senior Director and Head of Neurogastroenterology in the GI Drug Discovery Unit at Takeda Pharmaceuticals and is here to talk about he…
Leadership with Prof Greg O'Grady
Today we have Prof Greg O’Grady on the show! He’s Prof of Surgery, directs the Surgical Engineering Lab at the University of Auckland, and is a general and lower gastrointestinal surgeo…
Leadership with Prof Stuart Maudsley
Today we have Professor Stuart Maudsley on the show! Stuart is Head of the Receptor Biology Lab, Odysseus Professor of Receptor Pharmacology and Vice-Chair of the Department of Biomedic…
Leadership with Dr Andrea Douglas Senior Vice President at CSL
Today we have Andrea Douglas on the show! Andrea is Senior Vice President of Organisation Transformation at CSL. She’s also a director for many organisations and businesses in Australia…
Leadership with Prof Madhu Bhaskaran- co chair of Women in STEMM Australia
Today we have Prof Madhu Bhaskaran on the show! She leads the Functional Materials and Microsystems Research Group at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Madhu is here to talk abou…
Leadership with Jennifer Herz- Founder and Managing Director of Biointelect
Today we have Jenny Herz on the show! Jenny is here to talk about her role as managing director of Biointelect, and how she works with Karl Herz from Biocelect.
She’s sharing how she a…
Leadership with Dr Gianrico Farrugia - CEO and President of the Mayo Clinic
Today we have Dr. Gianrico Farrugia on the show! Gianrico is here to talk about his role as CEO and President of the Mayo Clinic, an American medical centre that has sites international…