Interviews & Team Profiles
Get to know the faces and stories behind the scientific breakthroughs and heart research conducted here at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.
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63 articles
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Star Scientist - Dr Chai-Ann Ng
10 July 2024
Dr Chai-Ann Ng is using specialist technology at Institute's Innovation Centre to provide answers to families with inherited heart disorders.
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Star Scientist – Clifford TeBay
14 June 2024
PhD student Clifford TeBay is using our Innovation Centre’s robots to understand how to minimise the negative side effects of medications such as arrhythmia
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Women in Science - Dr Siiri Iismaa
02 May 2024
Learn how one of the Institute’s longest serving staff members is helping progress SCAD research
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2024 Young Appeals Committee
22 April 2024
Drawn from various backgrounds, our hardworking Young Appeals Committee all share a passion for raising funds and awareness to beat heart disease.
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Institute Director Prof Jason Kovacic - 30 Year Anniversary
09 April 2024
CEO & Institute Director reflects on his memories here and shares future plans for the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
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New Innovation Centre Head - Dr Jacek Kolanowski
13 March 2024
Dr Jacek Kolanowski has big plans for the future of the Institute's Innovation Centre– driven in part by his passion for robust methodology.
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Institute staff share their memories of 30 years of heart research
15 February 2024
Our longest serving team members share what drew them to the Institute in it's beginnings and their favourite memories of the 30 years so far.
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Star Scientist - Dr Valentin Romanov
19 January 2024
Dr Romanov's expertise is opening a whole new world of possibilities for our scientists and will help further our understanding of heart disease in the future.
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Preventing birth defects - An interview with Prof Sally Dunwoodie
28 December 2023
Professor Dunwoodie has made it her life’s work to focus on congenital heart disease which affect around one in every 100 live born babies. Read full interview.
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Star Scientist - Ingrid Stacey
06 December 2023
At our WA Hub, Ingrid Stacey is part of a collaboration working towards ending RHD - a disease which disproportionally affects Indigenous Australians.
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Star Scientist - Dr Sarah Hancock
24 October 2023
Institute EMCR Award winner Dr Sarah Hancock on returning to work after giving birth and balancing parenthood and her career with the help of the right leadership.
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Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) Research at the Institute 2023 Review
23 August 2023
Professor Fatkin and her team are uncovering the genetic causes of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a disease which can cause heart failure and sudden death.
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Star Scientist - Dr Emma Rath
22 August 2023
Emma Rath too a big risk in her 40s, leaving her career in IT to uncover the secrets of congenital heart disease and dilated cardiomyopathy.
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Dr Charles Cox's PIEZO discovery
18 August 2023
Dr Charles Cox’s shares insight into his PIEZO ion channel discovery and the next steps to developing new therapeutics to target a whole range of diseases.
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Star Scientist - Aaron Hay
31 July 2023
Scientist Aaron Hay has been obsessed with sharks since he was five years old - and his fascination with animals brings him here.
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Star Scientist - Dr Xenia Kaidonis
02 June 2023
Dr Xenia Kaidonis is working on cardiac regeneration research that could one day lead to breakthroughs in how we treat those with damaged hearts.
Acknowledgement of Country
The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute acknowledges Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.