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Our Research
- Microvascular Research
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Arterial Inflammation and Redox Biology
- The role of bilirubin in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases
- Improving our ability to identify individuals at high risk of suffering a heart attack
- Examining the role of extracellular myeloperoxidase in the pathogenesis, identification and treatment of high-risk unstable and ruptured atherosclerotic plaque
- Regulation of cell-to-cell communication during inflammation by tryptophan-derived cis-WOOH
- Overcoming CoQ deficiencies in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases by modulating endogenous regulators of CoQ synthesis
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Cardiovascular-protective Signalling and Drug Discovery
- Chemical knock-out of proteins in primary leukocytes using PROTAC-based modulators
- Towards the development of more effective and safer high-affinity ACE2 variants for the treatment of COVID-19
- Chemical synthesis and phenotypic validation of precision PROTACs for cancer and cardiovascular disease
- Understanding heart-healthy diets at the molecular level
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Cardiometabolic Disease
- Uncovering the interaction of obstructive sleep apnoea with cardiac metabolism, function, and disease
- Developmental and dietary origins of myocardial disease
- Transforming diagnosis and treatment of stiff heart failure
- Dietary-microbiome-metabolic interactions in cardiovascular disease
- Leveraging cardiac substrates to improve cardiac energetics and outcomes in HFpEF
- A key metabolic switch in cardiometabolic disease
- Vascular Immunology
- Vascular Complications
- Cardiovascular Neuroscience
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Coronary Diseases
- Determining the effects of colchicine on smooth muscle cell plasticity in advanced atheroma
- Determining the anti-atherosclerotic properties of TRAIL
- Effects of colchicine on metabolomic profiles in coronary disease patients
- Effects of colchicine on miRNA levels in coronary disease patients
- Effects of colchicine on prognostically significant vascular endpoints in patients post-acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
- Effects of colchicine on neutrophil function in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients
- Salutary effects of colchicine in a murine model of type 2 diabetes
- The effects of colchicine on the development and regression of atherosclerosis
- The effects of colchicine on immune cell migration in acute coronary syndrome patients
- Cardiovascular Medical Devices
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Thrombosis
- Developing a novel preclinical ischaemic stroke model
- Understanding the mechanisms leading to microvascular dysfunction and poor cerebral perfusion in stroke
- Developing safer anti-clotting agents derived from “Mother Nature”
- Biomechanical sensing and blood clot formation: Solving a sticky clotting problem in diabetes
- Developing novel approaches to the treatment of ischaemic stroke
- Platelet death as an important regulator of blood clot formation
- “Bad Blood”: Unravelling the link between gut ischemia and remote organ injury
- Haematology Research
- Atherosclerosis and Vascular Remodelling
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Clinical Research
- Optimising exercise prescription and delivery in congenital heart disease – The Congenital Heart Fitness Intervention Trial: CH-FIT
- Australian-wide study of the outcomes and burden of congenital heart disease across the life-course
- Improving health outcomes in congenital heart disease for young adults, their families and the health system
- Young adults with congenital heart disease
- Early detection of pulmonary vascular disease
- Detecting heart attacks
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Heart Rhythm and Stroke Prevention
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News
- World’s largest screening project to launch in Australia to prevent disabling strokes
- Australian research to help prevent 10 Australians dying of heart attack each day faces a funding shortfall
- First Nations peoples at earlier risk of atrial fibrillation
- Bridging the valley of death
- Nurturing the next generation of scientists
- HRI analyses new atherosclerosis research
- HRI reviews colchicine for cardiovascular disease
- Solving a sticky problem in diabetes: Dr Lining (Arnold) Ju wins NHMRC Ideas Grant
- Dr Jessica Orchard wins CSANZ Prevention Prize
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Your health
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