Professor William Parsonage, AusHSI clinical director and senior staff cardiologist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and St Vincent’s, has been announced as new President of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ)
MTPConnect, the Lowitja Institute and the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation have released guidance to help those funding or shaping First Nations health research to achieve long-term impact.
The Powerful Pictures study has been recognised for transforming cardiac care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Far North Queensland, receiving the inaugural Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) Award at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) Annual Scientific Meeting on 26 November 2025.
Dr Bridget Abell, a Senior Research Fellow in implementation science at AusHSI, was presented with the Alan Goble Distinguished Service Award at the 2025 Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) Annual Scientific Meeting in August in Brisbane.
AusHSI PhD student Gayani Amarasinghe is passionate about making pregnancy safer and better for women and families, and advocating for equity in maternal health provision. Her research looks at designing a woman-centred care model for pregnant women with heart disease, which can put them and their babies at a higher risk of different health complications.
A global Commission published in the Lancet, which involved more than 20 experts around the world including Prof Will Parsonage, has called on the medical profession to change the way it treats coronary artery disease – the most common form of heart disease – encouraging clinicians to shift the focus towards early prevention and cure.
Researchers have developed a computer algorithm using artificial intelligence that could soon be used by doctors to diagnose heart attacks with better speed and accuracy than ever before.
In 2012 we demonstrated that a two hour accelerated diagnostic protocol could safely rule out heart attack in 1 in 5 patients presenting to hospital with warning signs. This work is now widely cited in clinical practice guidelines in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, North America, Asia. However, there are always further research questions remaining.
The Engage-CR project uses evidence mapping methodologies to describe, classify and visualise the best evidence-based practices for optimising referral to cardiac rehabilitation, enrolment in programs, and strategies to enable completion.
August 2022 is Cardiac Month at AusHSI, when we highlight the current, past and future work of our Cardiac Health Services group, who are focused on developing new knowledge to drive implementation of high value cardiovascular health services.
