Dr. Quin Denfeld is an Associate Professor at Oregon Health and Science University in the School of Nursing and School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. Dr. Denfeld’s program of research focuses on the biobehavioral mechanisms of symptoms and frailty among adults with heart failure, with a particular focus on women and older adults. She is funded by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Nursing Research to lead a R01 study on the biological and physiological mechanisms of symptom clusters in heart failure. She also received funding from the NIH/NINR to lead a R21 study that focuses on how physical frailty is related to self-care behaviors in heart failure. She is the Next Generation Research Co-Director for the K12 Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health Program at OHSU. Outside of research, Dr. Denfeld teaches in the PhD program at the School of Nursing. She is involved in numerous professional organizations, including leading several scientific statements on symptoms, falls, and frailty, and she serves as an Associate Editor for the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. Dr. Denfeld is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, the American Heart Association, and the Heart Failure Society of America.

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).

Prof Wu is a Professor and the Head of the Nutrition Science Program at the George Institute for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales. Jason's research and teaching focuses on reducing diet-related diseases through advocating for population-wide food policies, implementing innovative ‘Food is Medicine’ interventions, and determining the role of dietary factors for cardiometabolic diseases prevention.

Dr Julee McDonagh is a Registered Nurse (RN, PhD) with >10 years of clinical experience in cardiology settings and a Senior Research Fellow (NHMRC Emerging Leader) in the Centre for Chronic and Complex Care Research, a joint clinical research centre between the University of Wollongong and Western Sydney Local Health District. She is also a proud descendant of the Cabrogal clan of the Darug First Nations people. Dr McDonagh’s research program focuses on the intersection of heart failure, frailty, cardiovascular disease, aging, and multimorbidity. Dr McDonagh is an active member of the Australian College of Nursing, the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives, the Emerging Leader Committee of the Australian Cardiovascular Alliance and the Executive Committee of the Cardiovascular Nursing Council of the Cardiovascular Society of ANZ.

Dr Matthew Hollings is an exercise physiologist researcher who leads a research program centred around improving the quality and individualisation of exercise and physical activity post-cardiac discharge, which covers a broad range of study methodologies and diverse populations including older adults, women and culturally diverse. Dr Hollings has a particular interest in the translation and implementation of evidence into clinical practice and oversees a number of new projects to develop clinician understanding and capacity to prescribe and deliver high-quality resistance training in practice. He also holds a number of cardiovascular leadership positions within local, state and national organisations.

Dr Julee McDonagh is a Registered Nurse with >10 years of clinical experience in cardiology settings and a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Chronic and Complex Care Research, a collaborative clinical research centre between the University of Wollongong and Western Sydney LHD. She is also a proud descendant of the Cabrogal clan of the Darug First Nations people. Dr McDonagh’s research program focuses on the intersection of heart failure, frailty, cardiovascular disease, aging, and multimorbidity. She is the co-lead of the ACvA Frailty and Heart Failure National Taskforce. She has received over $2 million in competitive research funding as Chief Investigator ($1.12 million as CIA), including from the NSW OHMR, NHMRC and MRFF.