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Featured Profile – 14th Edition of MAGNIFY (STEM Sisters): Winner recipient of the Healthcare Innovator Award

    Activity: Talk or presentation types › Media appearance / interview

    Description

    Type: Esteem / National Recognition
    Date: March 2025
    Location: Australia-wide
    Organiser: STEM Sisters

    Description:
    Dr Maria Alejandra Pinero de Plaza was featured as the winner recipient of the Healthcare Innovator Award in the 14th edition of MAGNIFY, a national publication by STEM Sisters celebrating 60 women of colour making outstanding contributions to STEM in Australia.

    The Healthcare Innovator Award acknowledges significant achievements in healthcare, medical research, or patient care. Dr Pinero de Plaza was recognised for her work developing and applying the PROLIFERATE and PROLIFERATE_AI frameworks—tools for evaluating innovation and AI in healthcare systems. Her work in the RAPIDx AI project, implemented across 12 hospitals in South Australia, was a key example of ethical, human-centred AI evaluation in action.

    Recognised Contributions:

    Lead developer of PROLIFERATE and PROLIFERATE_AI

    Implementation of ethical AI evaluation in cardiac emergency care (RAPIDx AI project)

    Leadership in transdisciplinary teams advancing innovation in aged care, chronic disease, and virtual health

    Output Links:

    MAGNIFY Issue 14: https://magnify.au/14th-issue/

    PROLIFERATE: https://doi.org/10.3389/frhs.2023.1154614

    PROLIFERATE_AI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2025.105810

    Impact:
    This recognition helps promote diverse leadership in healthcare innovation and reinforces the value of applied, person-centred research in digital health and AI. It also supports national visibility for Flinders University’s contributions to implementation science and care system transformation.

    Keywords: Digital Health, AI in Healthcare, Implementation Science, Health Equity, Transdisciplinary Research, Women in STEM, Healthcare Innovation, Flinders University

    PeriodMar 2025
    Held atSTEM Sisters, Australia
    Degree of RecognitionNational

    Keywords

    • AI in Healthcare
    • Digital Health
    • Implementation Science
    • Transdisciplinary Research
    • Women in STEM
    • Healthcare Innovation
    • Equity

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