Professor Bray is a Heart Foundation Fellow and Director of the Aus-ROC NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence

Mithila is a second-year Cardiology Advanced Trainee at Westmead Hospital with a strong commitment to academia and research. She holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Sydney and is a Clinical Associate Lecturer at the University of Sydney and a Conjoint Associate Lecturer at Western Sydney University. Her research focuses on the burden of cardiovascular disease in women and minority groups.

Nikki is a senior research fellow at the University of Auckland with interests in cardiovascular genetics and women's heart health

Dr Jay Ravindran completed his cardiology training at concord hospital and was awarded the FRACP in 20204. He is currently an interventional cardiology fellow and PhD candidate at Royal Prince Alfred and Concord Hospitals. He has a particular interest in coronary artery disease, structural heart intervention, heart failure, and preventative cardiology. His PhD focuses on novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for patients with angina and non-obstructive coronary artery disease.

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.

Emma Rath is a Senior Postdoctoral Bioinformatician researcher in the highly regarded Computational Genomics laboratory at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (VCCRI), mentored by A/Prof Eleni Giannoulatou. Emma is passionate about creating new, cutting-edge techniques and leveraging advances in DNA technologies, to uncover previously unattainable biology knowledge driving cardiovascular diseases, that can be utilised for improving treatments and prevention. Emma’s work has demonstrated real world immediate impact through the diagnosis of the cause of Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) for families of babies born with CHD. Her expertise is recognised beyond VCCRI as the sought-after bioinformatician for cardiologist researcher collaborators.

Utpala is second year PhD student at the University of Queensland. doctoral research centres around the intersection of genetics and artificial intelligence to enhance the understanding of disease biology as well as to develop tools for prediction and diagnosis.

Dr Belinda Gray is a Cardiologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at University of Sydney. She is a Heart Foundation Future Leadership Fellow. Dr Gray completed her PhD in Genetic Heart Disease at University of Sydney and postdoctoral fellowship in Inherited Cardiac Conditions and Sports Cardiology at St George’s, University of London, UK. Dr Gray’s research focuses on risk stratification, genetics and prevention of sudden cardiac death in the young, including young athletes.

A/Prof Jodie Ingles is Head of the Clinical Genomics Laboratory and Director of Genomics and Inherited Disease Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research. She is a cardiac genetic counsellor in the Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.