Multidisciplinary: Approaches to partnering with communities to improve cardiovascular outcomes
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Multidisciplinary
| Sunday, August 17, 2025 |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
| Plaza 1 + 2 |
Speaker
Ms Leigh Bell
President
Cardiomyopathy ANZ
Consumer introduction
9:00 AM - 9:05 AMBiography
Leigh is a life-long cardiac patient and a heart transplant recipient. She is President of Cardiomyopathy Australia New Zealand and Chair of the Cardiomyopathy Council of the Global Heart Hub. She serves on HHS Steering Committees and on the Advisory Board of various research projects.
Prof Julie Sanders
Professor Of Cardiovascular Care
King's College London
ACNAP/ESC: How we partner with community and consumers as an association
9:05 AM - 9:20 AMBiography
Julie is a Professor of Cardiovascular Care at King's College London, specialising in cardiac surgery outcomes, and the President Elect of the ESC Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (ACNAP).
Dr Rebecca Raeside
Research Fellow
University of Sydney
Engaging youth in cardiovascular health
9:20 AM - 9:35 AMBiography
Dr Raeside is a Research Fellow in the Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery at The University of Sydney. She completed her PhD in public health in 2025. She currently leads the Health4Me randomized controlled trial, testing the effectiveness of a co-designed digital health intervention to improve adolescent cardiovascular protective factors.
Assoc Prof Toby Pavey
Director of Research Training
Queensland University of Technology
Aussie-FIT: A mens health behaviour change program
9:35 AM - 9:50 AMBiography
A/Prof Pavey’s research focuses on understanding, measuring and influencing physical activity for improved health outcomes. He is currently leading the QLD arm of a Tri-State RCT, Aussie-FIT, aimed at improving middle-aged men’s health and delivered at the men’s sports club. Aussie-FIT is funded by a $1,000,000 Heart Foundation Strategic Grant.
Dr Bridget Abell
Senior Research Fellow
Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation / Queensland University of Technology
Co-designing sustainable cardiac neurodevelopmental models of care for children with CHD
9:50 AM - 10:05 AMBiography
Dr Bridget Abell is an implementation scientist and health services researcher at QUT. She works to improve the use of evidence-based practices and improve the quality, effectiveness and equity of health services. A focus of this work is community-engaged and participatory research with multi-disciplinary and cross-sector stakeholders to plan, design and implement service change.
Dr Karen Eagleson
Clinical Nurse Consultant - Fetal Cardiac Service/CHD LIFE Program
Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service
Co-designing sustainable cardiac neurodevelopmental models of care for children with CHD
9:50 AM - 10:05 AMBiography
Dr Karen Eagleson is a Clinical Nurse Consultant in the Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Service at the Queensland Children’s Hospital. Her clinical and research focus areas include neurodevelopmental follow up and psychosocial care for children with congenital heart disease and their families, and fetal cardiology.
All speakers
Q&A
10:20 AM - 10:30 AMBiography
Dr Sabine Allida
Research Fellow (Implementation Science)
Centre for Chronic and Complex Care Research / University of Wollongong / Western Sydney Local Health District
Chairperson
Biography
Ms Leigh Bell
President
Cardiomyopathy ANZ
Chairperson
Biography
Leigh is a life-long cardiac patient and a heart transplant recipient. She is President of Cardiomyopathy Australia New Zealand and Chair of the Cardiomyopathy Council of the Global Heart Hub. She serves on HHS Steering Committees and on the Advisory Board of various research projects.
