About Us

Neural Diagnostics Pty Ltd is based in Melbourne Australia. The company is commercializing a breakthrough technique for assessing Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders. This non-invasive technology is called ElectroVestibulography (EVestG™) which has the potential to enable clinicians to diagnose disorders such as schizophrenia, Meniere's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, as well as depression and bi-polar disorders, in a shorter time than currently, using new bio-marker correlations objectively measured in one simple non-invasive and radiation free test.

Research to date suggests that EVestG™ can assess these CNS disorders quickly and effectively and can help clinicians monitor the effectiveness of drug and physical treatments directed towards these diseases.

Inventor and Principal Researcher/Investigator

Mr Brian Lithgow         BE, M.Eng.Sc (Monash)

Brian is currently the Director of Teaching for the Monash University Centre for Biomedical Engineering and the Leader of the University's Diagnostic and Neuro-signal Processing Research Group. 

Previously, he worked for Defense and in Industry in positions, including Chief Electronic Design Engineer and Deputy Director of Clinical Engineering. His research interests focus on Vestibular (Meniere's Disease) and Neurological (depression and Parkinson's disease) diagnostics, and include modeling of the auditory and vestibular systems, tinnitus suppression, cochlear implant signal processing and the application of time-frequency and statistical signal processing techniques to speech.

His publications include more than 72 refereed publications, four patents, and six books.

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Board and Management

Dr Roger Edwards        BSc (Hons) Mech. Eng (Surrey), PhD (Strathclyde)
- Chief Executive Officer

Roger is a Bio-Medical Engineer and has worked in therapeutic device regulation, R&D and in manufacturing of medical devices.

Roger's career has been spent developing and commercializing new technologies through start-up companies associated with food, packaging, ICT and biotechnology.

Roger was the Executive Director of the Food and Packaging Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), and was actively involved in the creation of four spin-offs, licensing two technologies internationally and raising investment capital and other grants.

Mr Charles Hider          LLB (Melbourne) - Executive Chairman

Charles is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria. He has extensive international legal, commercial and negotiating experience, most notably in respect of Technology and Resources. 

For 10 years, he was a member of the Victorian State Parliament. In addition he has been the chairman and director of several ASX listed companies.

Assoc. Professor Harry Minas   MBBS [Melbourne], FRANZCP - Non-Executive Director

Harry is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. He is the foundation director of the Victorian Trans-cultural Psychiatry Unit, and the Director of the Centre for International Mental Health, School of Population Health, at The University of Melbourne.

He has served as a member of the Executive of the Mental Health Council of Australia and on numerous state, national and international boards and committees, and has been a member of state and national ministerial advisory groups.  He has led the development of research, teaching and service development activities in the area of trans-cultural mental health and in the field of international mental health development.  He has been a consultant to the Commonwealth Department of Human Services, the International Organization for Migration and the World Health Organization, and leads a WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

In 2007, he was appointed by the Director-General of the World Health Organization to the International Expert Panel on Mental Health and Substance Abuse.

Dr Michael Dalling       M.Agr.Sc. (Melb), PhD (Illinois) - Non-Executive Director

Mike has wide ranging experience of technology development, intellectual property management and commercialization. 

Mike was formerly Group General Manager - R&D for ASX-listed Nufarm Limited. Mike was also Managing Director of the Strategic Industry Research Foundation Limited, a joint initiative of the Victorian Government and CSIRO, and Managing Director of Florigene Limited, one of Australia's first biotechnology companies.

He is currently Chariman of the Biomedical Imaging Development CRC, Chairman of Biomass Conversion Technologies Pty Ltd, and a Director of Kambridge Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd.

Dr Len Walker B.Sc. (Melb), MBA (Melb), PhD (Cantab) - Non-Executive Director

Len was for 10 years Managing Director of one of Australia's leading geo-technical and mining engineering consulting companies.  Len is currently the Managing Director of Cougar Energy Ltd, an ASX listed company involved in underground coal gasification.

Mr Vann Fisher LLB (Monash), B.Eco (Monash) – Non-Executive Director

Vann is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia and has had extensive general commercial law (and related) experience since the mid 1970’s.  Having founded his own legal firm in Melbourne, Australia (initially known as Fisher, Sharp & Associates) in 1984, which was ultimately merged with a mid tier legal firm in Melbourne, Australia (now known as Wisewould Mahony) in 2002, Vann has had of particular relevance to Neural Diagnostics Pty Ltd significant exposure to and experience in diverse corporate, financial, structural, taxation, licensing, investment and governance activities and disciplines.