Liz is a cardiologist and World Heart Federation Emerging Leader. Her PhD, completed in 2023 at the Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute, focussed on young cardiac arrest and received the Paul Korner PhD Medal. She is the Wilma Beswick Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Deputy Medical Director of the East Timor Hearts Fund and a Designated Aviation Cardiologist.

Professor Diane Fatkin trained in Clinical Cardiology and Molecular Genetics and is currently Head of the Sr Bernice Research Program in Inherited Heart Diseases, in the Molecular Cardiology Division of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney. She also holds appointments as Honorary Medical Officer in the Cardiology Department, St Vincent’s Hospital, and Professor (conjoint) in the Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney. Her research is focused on understanding the molecular genetic basis of inherited cardiomyopathies, with a specific interest in familial dilated cardiomyopathy and familial atrial fibrillation. This work spans from clinical and genetics studies in families with inherited cardiomyopathies, to functional genomics in cell, mouse, and zebrafish models. A major objective of the team’s research is “bench-to-bedside” translation of new insights about disease mechanisms into personalised approaches to patient management.

André heads the National Centre for Sports Cardiology that comprises a young team of multi-disciplinary researchers based at the HEART Lab, supported by St Vincent’s Institute and the Victor Chang Cardiovascular Research Institute. He has pioneered novel imaging techniques including exercise cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and contrast echocardiography. He has more than 300 peer-review publications and textbook chapters, serves on multiple international guideline statements and is regularly invited to present at all major international cardiology conferences.

Dr Paolo D'Ambrosio is a cardiac electrophysiology fellow at The Royal Melbourne Hospital & St Vincent's Institute undertaking a PhD on arrhythmias in elite endurance athletes under the supervision of Prof Jonathan Kalman, Prof Andre La Gerche & Prof Peter Kistler. He completed cardiac advanced training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney before continuing as a cardiac electrophysiology fellow at RPA for 3 years. His research is funded by grants from the NHMRC, Heart Foundation & RACP.

Ashwin is an electrophysiology fellow at Westmead Hospital and PhD candidate with the Westmead Applied Research Centre, University of Sydney. His research is supported by the NHMRC Postgraduate Research Scholarship and focuses on refinement of risk stratification processes for sudden cardiac death in heart disease.

Dr. Ivaylo R. Tonchev is a cardiologist with extensive international training. Graduating from the Medical University of Varna (Bulgaria), he honed his skills through cardiology training and a pacing fellowship at Hadassah Medical Centre in Jerusalem, Israel. Dr. Tonchev specialised in clinical cardiac electrophysiology and pacing at Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is a certified cardiac electrophysiologist. Dr. Tonchev was the head of the arrhythmia unit in a Bulgarian hospital for two years. Currently, he is immersed in research as a PhD fellow at Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide. He has presented his research work at local and international conferences and has previously been awarded for best presentations. Driven by a passion for advancing knowledge, Dr. Tonchev has authored several articles in high-impact journals. His primary interest is in atrial fibrillation and complex atrial tachyarrhythmias.

Dr Kasun De Silva is a current PhD student, cardiologist and honorary clinical and research cardiac electrophysiology fellow at Westmead Hospital. He is also a research affiliate with the Complex Arrhythmia Program at the Westmead Applied Research Centre (WARC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney. He is supervised by A/Prof Saurabh Kumar. His PhD is focussed on new ways to identify and characterise the arrhythmogenic substrate causing ventricular tachycardia.

Dr Stoyanov has worked at Royal Perth Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital as a Cardiologist / Ep since 2015.

Professor Weerasooriya is a UWA graduate (MBBS, BMedSci (hons) 1988-1994) who completed physician and cardiology advanced training at Royal Perth Hospital. Rukshen completed an overseas fellowship from 2001-2003 in Hopital Cardiologique du Haut Leveque in Bordeaux, France. He is based fulltime at Hollywood Private Hospital in Nedlands where he leads the cardiovascular craft group. Rukshen is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at UWA and is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and mentorship. He also maintains a position as visiting scientist at the LIRYC Institute of advanced cardiac arrhythmia mapping in Bordeaux. Rukshen is involved in clinical research primarily relating to catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. The UWA Weerasooriya Family Medical Scholarship was established in 2020 to encourage and support students in challenging circumstances to study medicine or biomedical sciences at UWA.