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.

Dr Amy Hanna’s research expertise includes functional characterization of skeletal and cardiac muscle, and investigation of the mechanisms underlying muscle function in health and disease. Amy is a Research Fellow in the laboratory of Prof Nathan Palpant at the University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience. Amy obtained her PhD in 2014 at the John Curtin School of Medicine under the supervision of Assoc Prof Nicole Beard and Professor Angela Dulhunty, investigating mechanisms of anthracycline-mediated cardiotoxicity using a combination of electrophysiology and calcium imaging. Following completion of her PhD, Amy relocated to the United States to complete postdoctoral studies with Professor Susan Hamilton at Baylor College of Medicine. Amy developed a strong interest in muscle diseases linked to calcium mishandling and protein quality control, including congenital myopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy. Amy is currently funded by the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Australian Functional Genomics Network.

Dr Cun (Lizzy) Liu is a Research Fellow at the Economics of Genomics and Precision Medicine Unit, Melbourne Health Economics at the University of Melbourne. She received her PhD degree in Economics from Monash University, Australia. Her research aims to use preference-elicitation methodologies to understand issues, opportunities, preferences, and economic values associated with the implementation of genomics and use the information design effective implementation of genomic technologies into the mainstream clinical practice in Australia.

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.