When irregular heartbeat is something more: the WHF Roadmap on Atrial Fibrillation
HRI’s Professor Ben Freedman has co-chaired a significant update to the World Heart Federation Roadmap on Atrial Fibrillation.
Dr Melissa Farnham awarded Kirby Foundation grant
Dr Melissa Farnham has been awarded a Kirby Foundation grant to research how obstructive sleep apnoea causes disease.
Research to help prevent people dying of heart attack faces a funding shortfall
Researchers at HRI are appealing to the public to help fund research that could prevent thousands dying of heart attack each year.
Bridging the valley of death
Professor Shaun Jackson is calling on the Australian Government to establish a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) clinical development fund to support the early clinical development of breakthrough medical devices and therapies.
HRI reviews colchicine for cardiovascular disease
HRI scientists and collaborators have reviewed colchicine and its potential as a treatment for cardiovascular disease, in a paper published in Heart, Lung and Circulation.
Solving a sticky problem in diabetes: Dr Lining (Arnold) Ju wins Ideas Grant
Congratulations to Dr Lining (Arnold) Ju on being awarded a 2020 Ideas Grant from the NHMRC for his project Novel ‘Mechano-medicine’ combats deadly sticky blood clots in diabetes.
Dr Jessica Orchard wins CSANZ Prevention Prize
HRI's Dr Jessica Orchard was awarded the Prevention Prize at the Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand conference for her talk on the AF-SMART II rural screening study.
HRI wins Best Workplace Award 2020
HRI has won ‘Best Workplace 2020’ for providing an exceptional work environment for staff, awarded by consultancy firm Voice Project.
HRI researchers take steps to prevent peripheral artery disease
HRI’s Arterial Inflammation and Redox Biology Group has made an important discovery in preventing peripheral artery disease.