Dr Bridget Abell receives Alan Goble Distinguished Service Award 

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.

Named after Dr Goble, who was a practising cardiologist for over 40 years and is widely considered to be the pioneer of cardiac rehabilitation in Australia, the Alan Goble Distinguished Service Award is the most prestigious award for clinicians and researchers in this field in Australia. The award celebrates those individuals who have provided extraordinary service to cardiac rehabilitation at both a national and state level, and is testament to Bridget’s genuine passion and dedication to applying health services research and implementation science to improve the delivery of cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease.

Dr Abell is a qualified Exercise Scientist who began her career working clinically in Australia and the UK in the diagnosis and rehabilitation of people with cardiovascular disease. Her research experience and interests span cancer care, physical activity, digital healthcare, mental health, child health, public health, refugee and migrant health, and emergency medicine.

With four nominations in 2025, Dr Abell was chosen by the judging committee as the recipient of this award because of her twelve years of service to ACRA, as well as her broader work around cardiac rehabilitation, and she has been given life membership of the association.

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