Our Team
The GLIA Team
GLIA Diagnostics brings together world-class expertise in clinical medicine, neuroscience, biomedical engineering, commercialisation, and manufacturing — united by a single purpose: delivering objective, rapid TBI diagnostics to the people who need them most.
A Multidisciplinary Team
Building a point-of-care molecular diagnostic platform requires deep expertise across multiple disciplines. The GLIA team combines decades of experience in emergency medicine, neurosurgery, biomedical R&D, intellectual property, commercialisation, and manufacturing — supported by strategic partnerships across Australia and internationally.
Edmond Sorich
CEO
40 years of biomedical experience across R&D, research, translation and diagnostics, including senior management and operations.
Prof. Biswadev Mitra
Clinical Science Advisor
Head of Emergency Medicine Research, Alfred Hospital.
Prof. Jeffery Rosenfeld
Clinical Advisor
Senior Neurosurgeon, Alfred Hospital. Prof. Surgery, Monash University. Brig. General/Surgeon General, ADF Reserves.
Dr. Lee Miles
IP Advisor
Intellectual property strategy and protection for GLIA’s miRNA biomarker portfolio and point-of-care diagnostic platform.
David Basseal
Commercialisation Advisor
Leadership positions including Roche, Becton Dickinson & Abbott.
Milind Raje
Manufacturing Advisor
Manufacturing, Regulatory Engineering, Supply chain.
Key Achievements
- Combining clinical, regulatory, commercialisation, manufacturing and emergency medicine expertise.
- Exclusive worldwide miRNA biomarker licence. PoC owned IP.
- 5 completed clinical studies
- 4 peer-reviewed publications
- ADF and US DoD-supported research and engagement
- Global patent portfolio
- NFL collaboration
- ADF and US DoD engagement
- Underway — NSW engineering and commercialisation partnerships (Genesys/Memjet)
- A$1.5M+ cumulative non-dilutive support
- US$250K private pre-seed investment
Key Stakeholders
- ❖The Alfred Hospital
- ❖CSIRO
- ❖ADF / US DoD
- ❖NFL MOU
NSW
- Macquarie University
- Genesys Electronics Design/Memjet
- North Shore AFL
- Connectivity TBI Australia
- NSW Rugby
- American Football Australia
* Supported by NSW-based engineering partners Genesys Electronics Design and Memjet.
Join Us in Transforming TBI Diagnostics
We are actively seeking clinical collaborators, research partners, and strategic investors. If you share our commitment to objective brain injury diagnostics, we’d like to hear from you.