2026

Caring for Country’s Hearts: A collaborative approach to cardiac health

Co-designing cardiac emergency response strategies with Aboriginal communities to improve culturally safe care in remote Western NSW.

Developing personalised treatments for peripheral artery disease

Harnessing FK506-binding protein like (FKBPL) to improve peripheral artery disease outcomes and vascular stability.

Reducing heart attacks and strokes with precision immune therapies

Protecting against cardiovascular disease using natural TRIAL signalling pathways to reduce inflammation.

Impact of stressors on congenital heart disease

The role of genetic and environmental stressors on cardiomyocyte growth in congenital heart disease mechanism

Blood clot treatment and prevention in diabetes and hypertension

Developing new blood clot tests, therapies and interventions for heart attacks and stroke prevention.

Use of GLP-1RA diabetes and obesity medicines in Australia

A digital data hub to monitor uptake, adherence and disparities in GLP-1RA medicine use in Australia and guide policy and patient care.

Pre-natal air pollution impacts on heart and lungs across lifespan

Understanding how breathing fine particles (PM10) during pregnancy affects a child’s lifelong heart and lung health.

Regrowing cardiac muscle to prevent heart failure after a heart attack

Development of new therapies that aim to regrow heart muscle damaged from a heart attack.

A bioinspired coating to prevent blood clots when using life-support machines

Developing a clot-resistant coating for life support machines to reduce bleeding and stroke risks.

Targeting red blood cells to protect heart health in type 2 diabetes

Using oxygen-carrying red blood cells to develop novel therapeutic strategies for reducing cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes.

Restoring cardiac energy to treat stiff heart failure

Restoring healthy heart energy use with new treatments to improve health outcomes for people with stiff heart failure (HFpEF).

Personalised therapies for aortic aneurysms

Transforming abdominal aortic aneurysm treatment through precision medicine.

Optimising cardiac catheter ablation treatment for heart rhythm disorders

Optimising a novel monitoring device to treat abnormal heart rhythms to improve patient outcomes and reduce mortality.

Improving blood pressure control through peer-led community education

An evaluation of peer-led videos to improve blood pressure control and reduce cardiovascular risk in traditionally underserved populations.

Transforming stroke care for patients after intracerebral brain haemorrhage

Improving and embedding routine practice for intracerebral haemorrhage which causes the most severe and least treatable form of stroke.

Partnering with young people to prevent future heart disease

Adolescent co-design for cardiovascular disease prevention strategies and NSW health policy impact.

Lowering cardiovascular risk for people with kidney failure on haemodialysis

Improving kidney failure treatment outcomes by researching optimal sodium dialysate levels during haemodialysis.

Reducing environmental impacts of clinical trials

Assessing the impact of innovative clinical trial design on the carbon footprint of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic research.

Regenerating blood vessels to improve bypass surgery outcomes

Developing synthetic vascular grafts that regenerate into fully functional arteries optimised for ageing patients in NSW.

Engineering more safe and effective precision gene therapies for heart disease

Developing next-generation DNA elements to enable safer, more precise gene therapies for heart disease.

Switching to potassium enriched salt in processed foods to improve blood pressure

Switching regular salt to potassium-enriched salt in processed foods to support better blood pressure control.

Improving diagnosis and treatment of Pregnancy-Associated Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (P-SCAD)

Improving diagnosis, treatment and support for women with pregnancy-associated spontaneous coronary artery dissection.

Improving heart health through protected exercise breaks in the workplace

A 12-month study to monitor how daily 30-minute paid exercise break at work impacts heart fitness, helps with weight, and improves mental health for inactive hospital staff.

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