Affiliate and Nurse Investigator Award Finalists
Tracks
Track 2
Saturday, May 24, 2025 |
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Skellerup Room |
Speaker
Mr Chris Aldridge
Nurse Practitioner
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau
Chair
Biography
Mrs Rebecca Eddington
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Health New Zealand Nelson Marlborough
Judge
Biography
Prof Andrew Maiorana
Professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology
Curtin School of Allied Health
Judge
Biography
Mrs Stacey Neilson
Cardiac Sonographer
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Lakes
Judge / Chair
Biography
Mr Daniel Valadez
Specialist Cardiac Sonographer
Health New Zealand Te Toka Tumai
Myocardial work and strain in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) post medical therapy
11:00 AM - 11:15 AMBiography
Robert is a specialised cardiac sonographer and current research lead for the echocardiography department at Te Whatu Ora Auckland.
Dr Ellen Woodcock
Postdoc Research Fellow/ Cardiac Sonographer
University of Otago/ University of Auckland
Indexing of left ventricular (LV) mass to account for body habitus in an Aotearoa population
11:15 AM - 11:30 AMBiography
Ellen is a Cardiac Sonographer. She is currently undertaking a Post Doctoral Research Fellowship in the Department of Māori and Indigenous Health Innovation at the University of Otago, Christchurch. Ellen is also involved in teaching the Post Graduate Diploma in Cardiac Ultrasound at the University of Auckland.
Mr Sam Ward
Cardiac Physiologist
Te Toka Tumai Auckland
Optimal timing for pacemaker implantation post cardiac surgery - too early or too late?
11:30 AM - 11:45 AMBiography
Sam is a cardiac physiologist at Auckland City Hospital, currently training in electrophysiology.
Mrs Ella Davy
Cns Heart Function
Te Tai Tokerau
Accelerating Heart Failure Therapy Optimisation
11:45 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Ella is a Kaitaia local, working as a Heart Function Clinical Nurse Specialist based in the Far North, but also supporting the Mid North population. She was integral in setting up a formal heart failure service in the region.
Dr Jennifer Roberts
Clinical Nurse Manager Cardiology
Te Whatu Ora Health Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley
A retrospective review of Registered Nurse Prescribing outcomes for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
12:00 PM - 12:15 PMBiography
Jennifer is a registered nurse with expertise in cardiology. She is Clinical Nurse Manager of Cardiology at Te Whatu Ora, Capital Coast and Hutt Valley, leading a team of specialist nurses. Previously, Jennifer worked in education and regulation as Head of School for Nursing at the Eastern Institute of Technology, a senior academic at Massey University and a policy advisor for the Nursing Council of New Zealand. She is a Master of Nursing and Doctor of Education. She is a Nursing Council Education Accreditation Panel Chair and continues clinical practice in Wellington’s Heart and Lung Unit.
Natalie Presnall
Outcomes after Heart Failure GDMT Optimisation
12:15 PM - 12:30 PMBiography
Natalie is an experienced cardiac focussed nurse, working as a nurse practitioner for the last few years across the field of cardiology, and being integral in the development of local and regional services including chest pain clinics, CTCA, AF and cardioversion and heart failure. She is a supportive mentor for her nursing colleagues as well as junior doctors and allied staff.
