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Research Award Recipients 2020

Recipients awarded in 2020, commencing research projects in 2021.

Full listing of the Heart Foundation Award Recipients awarded in 2020, commencing research projects in 2021.

For any enquiries, please contact the Research Program team at research@heartfoundation.org.au

Research Awards Listing

Institution	First Name	Last Name	Project Title	Project length	State
Monash University	Jessica	O'Brien	Quantifying myocardial inflammation in acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease	Three years	Vic
The University of Newcastle	Michelle	Bovill	Yanhiyanirra (come to one’s assistance) Quit Pack to support smoking cessation among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who smoke: a feasibility study.	Three years	NSW

Institution	First Name	Last Name	Project Title	Project Length	State
The University of Queensland	Emma	Gordon	Targeting the mechanosensory properties of vessels to control endothelial cell dysfunction in disease	Four Years	QLD
The University of Newcastle	Doan	Ngo	Strategies to prevent and reduce cardiovascular burden in cancer survivors.	Four Years	NSW
University of Sydney	John	O'Sullivan	Transforming the diagnosis and management of HFpEF	Four Years	NSW
Queensland University of Technology	Jatin	Patel	Defining novel mechanisms of vascular disease and developing revolutionary stem cell treatments	Four Years	QLD
University of Tasmania	Verity	Cleland	Improving cardiovascular health through walking and cycling for transport: Advancing understanding of active commuting behaviours among adults	Four Years	TAS
University of Sydney	Camilla	Hoyos	Targeting the heart to optimise healthy brain ageing in different at risk populations across adulthood	Four Years	NSW
University of Western Australia	Lee	Nedkoff	Cardiovascular Disease Surveillance for the 21st century: integrating methods and data platforms to assess and advance cardiovascular prevention in Australia	Four Years	WA
University of Adelaide	Adrian	Elliott	Managing AF Burden and Atrial Remodelling: Role of Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Exercise Training	Four Years	SA
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health	Amy	Brodtmann	Drivers and determinants of vascular brain health: identifying risk and protection for vascular neurodegeneration	Four Years	VIC
Monash University	Janet	Bray	Optimising the emergency management of acute cardiovascular events	Four Years	VIC

Institution	First Name	Last Name	Project Title	Project Length	State
University of New South Wales	James	Nadel	Examining the role of extracellular myeloperoxidase in the pathogenesis, identification and treatment of high-risk unstable and ruptured atherosclerotic plaque	Three Years	NSW
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Louise	Segan	Catheter Ablation versus Medical Rate Control of Atrial Fibrillation with Systolic Heart Failure and Myocardial Fibrosis – an MRI Guided Multi-Centre Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial	Three Years	VIC
University of Sydney	Tejas	Deshmukh	Cardiac matrix modulation by Platelet Derived Growth Factor to improve outcomes after myocardial infarction	Three Years	NSW
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Jason	Bloom	Evaluation of optimal pharmacologic haemodynamic support strategies in patients presenting with shock	Three Years	VIC
Institute for Breathing and Sleep	Alexandra	Murphy	SMARTphone-Based Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in BREAST Cancer Patients: A Multi-site Randomized Controlled Trial	Three Years	VIC
Monash University	Luke	Dawson	Feasibility of using pre-hospital point-of-care troponin and paramedic risk assessment in patients with chest pain without ST-elevation	Three Years	VIC
Melbourne Health	Ahmed	Al Kaisey	Project 1: Simultaneous endocardial-epicardial mapping and right atrial appendage tissue analysis in patients with non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Project 2: Simultaneous mapping of the left and right inter atrial septum in patients with non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.	Three Years	VIC

Institution	First Name	Last Name	Project Title	Project Length	State
University of Tasmania	Dean	Picone	Accurate blood pressure with machine learning	Two Years	TAS
University of Sydney	Jessica	Orchard	Cardiac screening of athletes: disparities and differences in electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation criteria in under-represented populations such as female athletes and Australian indigenous athletes	Two Years	NSW
Monash University	Susie	Cartledge	Breaking down the silos - a pathway from acute hospital care to cardiac rehabilitation. A pilot RCT to improve referral and uptake of cardiac rehabilitation.	Two Years	VIC
Macquarie University	Chrishan	Nalliah	Assessing the implications of day-to-day variability of sleep apnoea severity for atrial fibrillation: structural, autonomic, inflammatory, thrombogenic and electrophysiologic characterization	Two Years	NSW
Deakin University	Jennifer	Browne	Food and Nutrition Policy for First Nations peoples- translating evidence into action	Two Years	VIC
University of Sydney	Pierre	Qian	Transcatheter ablation of the aorticorenal ganglia for renal sympathetic denervation to treat hypertension	Two Years	NSW
University of New South Wales	Rona	Macniven	Generating evidence on the impact of physical activity on the cardiovascular health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples across the life-course	Two Years	NSW
Monash University	Aidan	Burrell	Improving the Long-Term Outcomes after Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Acute Heart Failure	Two Years	VIC
The University of Queensland	Emma	Thomas	Integrating telehealth into cardiac rehabilitation services: understanding factors related to adoption and implementation of telehealth-delivered care to address inequities of access to best practice care	Two Years	QLD
University of New South Wales	Mayooran	Namasivayam	Mechanisms of left ventricular dysfunction in aortic stenosis: serial assessment of valvular hemodynamics and myocardial mechanics in the progression of aortic stenosis	Two Years	NSW

Institution	First Name	Last Name	Project Title	Project Length	State
Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health	Yugeesh	Lankadeva	Pre-clinical assessment of a pharmacological intervention to prevent acute brain and kidney injury arising from cardiac surgery requiring cardiopulmonary bypass	Up to Two Years	VIC
St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research	Shiang	Lim	Acute inhibition of Drp1-mediated mitochondrial fission using DRPi27, delivered in a novel cardiac-targeted PLGA nanoparticle formulation (“Nano-DRPi27”), for cardioprotection in the setting of ischaemia-reperfusion injury.	Up to Two Years	VIC
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Melinda	Carrington	Improving secondary prevention and survivorship after a coronary event through enhanced disease management in higher risk individuals	Up to Two Years	VIC
University of New South Wales	Kerry-Anne	Rye	A novel strategy for reducing future events in myocardial infarction survivors	Up to Two Years	NSW
University of New South Wales	Levon	Khachigian	DEVELOPING A NEW DRUG FOR INFLAMMATORY CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE	Up to Two Years	NSW
University of Adelaide	Christina	Bursill	The role of the asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGR)1 in atherosclerosis and the glycome	Up to Two Years	SA
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	David	Kaye	Mechanistic insights into the beneficial actions of SGLT2 inhibitors on cardiovascular outcomes in heart failure	Up to Two Years	VIC
Monash University	Lisa	Moran	Reducing cardiometabolic risk of Australian women during and post pregnancy through risk prediction modelling and implementation of antenatal and postpartum lifestyle interventions – implementation research	Up to Two Years	VIC
Monash University	Miles	De Blasio	Pericardial fat pad removal as a new strategy to treat heart failure in type 2 diabetes.	One Year	VIC
Monash University	Stephen	Holdsworth	Stabilizing mast cells to prevent cardiac ischaemia-reperfusion injury	Up to Two Years	VIC
Monash University	Kristen	Bubb	Investigating the protective role of C-type natriuretic peptide in preeclampsia and future cardiovascular risk.	Up to Two Years	VIC
Monash University	Dion	Stub	Noradrenaline Versus Adrenaline in the initial management shock	Up to Two Years	VIC
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	Bing	Wang	Novel antifibrotic agent as a therapy for heart failure with a preserve ejection fraction	Up to Two Years	VIC
University of Western Australia	Graham	Hillis	The REsolution of LEft VENTricular thrombus [RELEVENT] vanguard trial and registry	Up to Two Years	WA
University of New South Wales	Thanh Nho	Do	Design, Fabrication, and Evaluation of Artificial Soft Robotic Skin-Assisted Congestive Heart Failure	Up to Two Years	NSW
Murdoch Children's Research Institute	David	Elliott	Identifying cardio-protective compounds that prevent anthracycline induced heart damage.	Up to Two Years	VIC
University of Adelaide	John	Horowitz	Improving understanding of perioperative acute cardiac injury: importance of acute inflammation (TakoTsubo Syndrome) rather than acute myocardial infarction.	Up to Two Years	SA
University of Western Australia	Markus	Schlaich	Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Truly a syndrome of cardiac catecholamine excess?	Up to Two Years	WA
Flinders University	Joseph	Selvanayagam	Randomised controlled trial of pErhexiline on regreSsion Of Left Ventricular hypErtrophy in patients with symptomatic Hypertrophic CardioMyopathy (RESOLVE-HCM Trial)	Up to Two Years	SA
University of Sydney	Pierre	Qian	Transcatheter ablation of the aorticorenal ganglia for renal sympathetic denervation to treat hypertension	Up to Two Years	NSW
Monash University	Brad	Broughton	Delivering a novel cell free therapy to improve stroke outcomes	Up to Two Years	VIC
Monash University	Rebecca	Ritchie	Characterising glucose-driven myocardial subproteome in the diabetic human heart and its link to cardiomyopathy phenotype	Up to Two Years	VIC
Monash University	Tracey	Gaspari	IRAP - an innovative target and potential biomarker in the fight against Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms	Up to Two Years	VIC
Monash University	Lauren	May	Decoding the G protein-coupled receptor signalling fingerprints in fibrosis to identify new therapeutic targets for heart failure.	Up to Two Years	VIC

The following researchers have been awarded an innovation award for submitting the top innovative projects.

Paul Korner Innovation Award

In memory of Professor Paul Korner, who passed away in 2012, this award is in appreciation of the positive impact his work had on many lives.

This award recognises the most innovative successful Future Leader Fellowship and Postdoctoral Fellowship applications. The recipients receive an additional $20,000 on top of the Fellowship.

Dr Emma Gordon, The University of Queensland
Dr Jatin Patel, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Dean Picone, University of Tasmania
Dr Rona Macniven, University of New South Wales

Ross Hohnen Award for Research Excellence

In memory of Ross Hohnen AM, OBE who passed away in 2003, the Heart Foundation awards the “Ross Hohnen Award recognising Research Excellence” to encourage innovation in cardiovascular research.

This award recognises the most outstanding and innovative Vanguard Grant application. The recipient receives an additional $10,000 on top of the Grant.

Associate Professor Dion Stub, Monash University

Research Award Recipients 2020

Recipients awarded in 2020, commencing research projects in 2021.

Research Awards Listing

Paul Korner Innovation Award

Ross Hohnen Award for Research Excellence

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