Multidisciplinary: Bridging the gap: Improving access to cardiovascular care
Tracks
Multidisciplinary
Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Speaker
Prof Rod S Taylor
Chair of Population Health Research and Director of Glasgow Centre
University of Glasgow
Improving global cardiac rehabilitation access: Potential solutions to a stubborn problem
1:30 PM - 1:55 PMBiography
Rod Taylor is Professor of Population Health Research, Co-Director of Centre for Excellence in Trials Collaboration (CETC), University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences – National Institute of Public Health and Department of Psychology, University of South Denmark.
He has published over 550 peer-reviewed articles in the field of health services research and has an H-index of 128 and i10-index 445. Rod’s primary research interests include developing the evidence base to support global access to exercise-based interventions in people with cardiovascular disease and other long-term conditions that include the ongoing REACH-HFpEF, PERFORM, and ACROSS trials and directing the Cochrane Review Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre together with clinical trial methodology, including the use of surrogate outcomes and the handing of multiple endpoints.
His post-graduate qualifications include PhD Clinical Physiology (Glasgow), MSc in Medical Statistics (London) and Postgrad Dip. Health Economics (Aberdeen).
Mrs Erina Korohina
Senior Researcher
Manawa Ora Integrated Health & Research
Te Ara Poutama: Indigenous-led, multidisciplinary approaches to cardiovascular health equity
1:55 PM - 2:10 PMBiography
Erina Korohina (Ngāti Porou) is a public health nutritionist and researcher at Manawaora. Her work focuses on Indigenous health, including Māori heart health, workforce development, and community-led research. She leads Te Ara Poutama – Living Well with Heart Disease and serves on the CSANZ Scientific Committee and Equity Working Group.
Mrs Rebecca Eddington
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Te Whatu Ora Health
Nurse-led clinics: The NZ experience
2:10 PM - 2:25 PMBiography
Miss Odessa Saukuru
CNC Connecting Care to Country
The Prince Charles Hospital
Access and indigenous Australians - connecting care with country at TPCH
2:25 PM - 2:40 PMBiography
Proud Kulkalgal woman from Iama in the Central Islands of the Torres Strait’s and from the Kalaw Lagaw Ya language group.
Born and raised in Boorloo, Whadjuk Nyoongar Boodjar and started my Employment in the Health care sector on Gadigal country. At present, I currently live on the lands of the Turrubal and Yuggera people.
Dr Jonathan Rawstorn
Senior Research Fellow
Deakin University
Remote models of care for secondary prevention
2:40 PM - 2:55 PMBiography
Jonathan is a Senior Research Fellow at Deakin University’s Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition. His research explores how digital health technologies can increase the reach and impact of exercise and lifestyle behaviour change interventions for people with chronic health conditions.
All speakers
Panel discussion / Q&A
2:55 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Dr Nilufeur McKay
Senior Lecturer/ Nurse Practitioner
Edith Cowan University
Chairperson
Biography
Mrs Stacey Neilson
Cardiac Sonographer
Te Whatu Ora Health Lakes
Chairperson
Biography
