Our host, Richard Sokolov, Executive Director and co-founder of IDE Group, speaks with Prof Stephanie Watson, known for her ground-breaking research in corneal therapies with over 200 publications and international patents.
Prof Watson is a Professor at the Save Sight Institute at The University of Sydney, Head of the Corneal Unit at Sydney Eye Hospital and former winner of IDE’s BBFH Challenge
Richard and Stephanie talk about her mission to eliminate corneal blindness, the mission of her startup Ocurep to make it easy to close eye wounds, the three biggest learnings along that journey and why technology is about connecting with people.
About the BBFH Series
The Building Better Futures for Health (BBFH) Series is a series of interviews with founders, professors, executives, and other leaders of the Australian startup community. Together with our guests, we explore and analyse the drivers and challenges of the healthcare startup community in Australia and talk about their unique journeys and stories.
Website: https://www.idegroup.com.au/videos-podcasts
Website BBFH Challenge: https://www.bbfhchallenge.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ide-/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ide_group
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IDEGroupAU/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ide.group/
Timestamps/Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:27 Prof Watson's background
02:30 Prof Watson's mission against corneal blindness
04:00 Ocurep's solution to seal the cornea without stitches to restore vision
05:01 Ocurep and the BBFH Challenge
06:20 Journey of Ocurep and major challenges
07:30 Ocurep's mission to make it easy to close eye wounds
09:20 How the BBFH Challenge helped Ocurep
10:12 Technology is about people and connecting with them
11:45 Biggest three learnings for other entrepreneurs and researchers
13:35 How did COVID affect Healthcare
15:15 The hope to eliminate corneal blindness
16:05 Advice for applicants of the BBFH Challenge
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