Meet Our Scientists
Get to know some of the amazing minds behind our pioneering heart research
For over 25 years, scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute have been making a difference in the lives of heart disease patients and their families worldwide.
Meet some of the Faculty Members, Group Leaders, Clinical Faculty Members, and Senior Scientists leading the way in cardiovascular disease detection, prevention and treatment.
Faculty Members, Group Leaders & Clinical Faculty Members
Professor Jason Kovacic
Executive Director
Head, Vascular Biology Laboratory
Professor Sally Dunwoodie
Deputy Director
Director, Innovation Centre
Head, Embryology Laboratory
Professor Jamie Vandenberg
Deputy Director
Head, Molecular Cardiology and Biophysics Laboratory
Professor Bob Graham
Head
Molecular Cardiology Laboratory
Dr Nikki Bart
Clinical Faculty Member
Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy Group
Dr Charles Cox
Group Leader
Mechanobiology Laboratory
Professor Diane Fatkin
Head
Inherited Heart Diseases Laboratory
Professor Michael Feneley
Head
Cardiac Mechanics Laboratory
Associate Professor Eleni Giannoulatou
Head
Computational Genomics Laboratory
Professor Richard Harvey
Head
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory
Dr Renjing Liu
Head
Vascular Epigenetics Laboratory
Professor Chris Hayward
Head
Cardiac Mechanics Laboratory
Dr Adam Hill
Deputy Director, Innovation Centre
Head, Computational Cardiology Laboratory
Professor Livia Hool
Head
Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Laboratory - Western Australia
Associate Professor Andrew Jabbour
Head
Cardiac Imaging Laboratory
Professor Peter Macdonald
Head
Cardiac Transplantation Laboratory
Dr Kavitha Muthiah
Clinical Faculty Member
Professor Boris Martinac
Head
Mechanobiology Laboratory
A/Prof Mayooran Namasivayam
Head
Heart Valve Disease and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Dr Lee Nedkoff
Head
Cardiology Population Health Laboratory - Western Australia
Dr Alastair Stewart
Head
Structural Biology Laboratory
Professor Nigel Turner
Head
Cellular Bioenergetics Laboratory
A/Prof Emily Wong
Head, Regulatory Systems Laboratory
Senior Scientists
Dr Audrey Adji
Senior Scientist
Cardiac Mechanics Laboratory
Dr Nicole Bryce
Senior Scientist
Vascular Biology Laboratory
Dr Gavin Chapman
Senior Scientist
Embryology Laboratory
Dr Stewart Heitmann
Senior Scientist
Computational Cardiology Laboratory
Dr Siiri Iismaa
Senior Scientist
Cardio Biology Laboratory
Dr Vaibhao Janbandhu
Senior Scientist
Developmental & Regeneration Biology Lab
Dr Renee Johnson
Senior Scientist
Inherited Heart Diseases Laboratory
Dr Chai-Ann Ng
Senior Scientist
Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory
Dr Vikram Tallapragada
Senior Scientist
Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Laboratory
Dr Jane Yu
Senior Scientist
Cardiac Mechanics Laboratory
See our Alumni - Past Scientists section to learn more about other senior scientists who have also contributed to the historic research here at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.
To read the stories behind our scientists' breakthroughs and to meet the next rising stars in science, visit our blog and news pages.
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Acknowledgement of Country
The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land, the Gadigal of the Eora nation, on which we meet, work, and discover.
Our Western Australian laboratories pay their respect to the Whadjuk Noongar who remain as the ongoing spiritual and cultural custodians of their land.
