Research Focus
The Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Group generates epidemiological evidence to guide policy and practice decisions to improve the prevention of cardiovascular and related chronic diseases in Australia.
A particular focus is on using big data and modelling to enhance disease risk prediction to guide treatment decisions in primary care and generating evidence to address gaps in implementation of preventive interventions.
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Research Projects
Current Research Projects
Improving early detection of cardiovascular disease risk.
Exploring the utility of genetic information for improving cardiovascular disease risk prediction.
Health and economic evidence to drive implementation.
Funding
- National Heart Foundation of Australia commissioned research – “Exploratory modelling of the expected impacts of enhanced, systematic cardiovascular disease risk screening and management”.
- QIMR Berghofer Seed Funding – “Novel approaches using national linked data to address knowledge gaps in the epidemiology of spontaneous coronary artery dissection”.
- NHMRC Synergy Grant – “AAA-MEDICAL: Integrating synergistic expertise for better treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)”.
Further Information
External Collaborations
- Centre of Epidemiology for Policy and Practice, The Australian National University.
- Professor Rod Jackson, University of Auckland.
- Professor Kim Greaves, Sunshine Coast University Hospital.
- Professor Angela Wood, University of Cambridge.
- Dr Lisa Pennells, University of Cambridge.
- Michael Caruana, The Daffodil Centre.
- The National Heart Foundation of Australia.
- Miriam Lum On, The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.