Cardiovascular Health Research Symposium
Dr. Grace Joshy, keynote speaker.
The Heart Foundation, ACT Division will host the second annual Cardiovascular Health Research Symposium on Thursday 5 May to showcase local research on a range of topics pertaining to cardiovascular health. Researchers, policy makers, clinicians, and health professionals are invited to attend and contribute to the day’s discussion about the impact of research on cardiovascular disease and future research opportunities.
Canberra is home to several highly esteemed health research institutions including the Australian National University, University of Canberra, CSIRO, Australian Institute of Sport, and Synergy in Canberra for Health among others. The aim of the symposium is to promote local researchers conducting research in areas that help us to better understand, treat, and prevent cardiovascular. Additionally, it will provide the opportunity to share information about research opportunities and foster cross-discipline collaboration.
Presentations include
- Key note address: Modifiable risk factors of cardiovascular disease: A closer look at tobacco smoking and obesity by Dr Grace Joshy, ANU
- Spatial clusters of walkers by Dr. Soumya Mazumdar, UC
- Cardiovascular disease: the hidden peril of heat waves by Dr Liz Hanna, ANU
- Absolute risk of cardiovascular disease events and treatment with blood pressure- and lipid-lowering medications in the Australian general population by Dr Rosemary Korda, ANU
- Hotspots of cardiovascular disease risk in Australian Communities by Dr Nasser Bagheri, ANU
- Accounting for the decline in ischemic heart disease in Australia from 1990 to 2013 by Dr. John Goss, UC
- Introduction to RNA by Dr. Thomas Preiss, ANU
- Mitochondrial RNA-Binding Proteins: Links to Intermediary Metabolism and Cardiac Disease by Dr. Yalin Liao, ANU
- At the heart of the tail: changes in mRNA 3’-end lengths during cardiac hypertrophy by Rina Soetanto, PhD Candidate, ANU mHealth, self-management and the digital divide by Morris Carpenter, PhD Candidate, UC
- The Change Program by Nicholas Elmitt, ANUHE2A systems approach to healthy and equitable eating by Eleanor Malbon and Dr. Melanie Pescud, ANU
Please register by 26 April 2016. With questions, please email ResearchACT@heartfoundation.org.au.