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The AMA (WA)’s Women Innovating in Medicine 2026 event brought together a group of changemakers to share their experiences, challenges and achievements, and inspire the next generation of women in healthcare. The panel provided an insightful discussion, exploring the question of what innovation in medicine looks like in practice. Their combined perspectives spanned precision diagnostics and AI, immunology, reproductive medicine, and cancer care. Extracts from the panel discussion and Dr Ramya Raman’s keynote speech are included in the pages that follow.

THE PANEL

Prof Helen Wilcox

Panel moderator for the event. Dean and Head of the UWA Medical School; Medical Director of the Doctors’ Health Advisory Service WA.

Dr Tamara Hunter

Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist; Medical Director at Monash IVF WA; Founder of WOOM; Co-founder of Charli Health.

Prof Michaela Lucas

Immunologist and Clinician-scientist. Leader of the Plastic Exposure Reduction Transforms Health (PERTH) Trial.

A/Prof Adeline Tan

Gynaecological Pathologist at Clinipath. Part of the team behind ChemoDX, an award-winning test predicting chemotherapy response in ovarian cancer patients.

A/Prof Yvonne Zissiadis

Radiation Oncologist; Medical Director at Genesis Care in WA. Helped develop the innovative Breast Bundle package for women with early-stage breast cancer.

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