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CVMM International Speaker Series Mary McDermott

CVMM International Speaker Series - Prof Mary M. McDermott

Join us at the Kirby Seminar Room for a special presentation on "Medical Management of Peripheral Artery Disease" followed by networking drinks. Our visiting international speaker is Professor Mary M. McDermott, MD, Jeremiah Stamler Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University and Deputy Editor at JAMA. She will provide an overview of scientific discoveries that have led to novel therapeutic interventions currently being tested in randomized clinical trials. These include innovative treatments such as medical management, nutraceuticals for claudication pain, and various modes and prescriptive elements of exercise. This is a great opportunity to learn about a range of therapies for peripheral artery disease and to meet our international expert in person.

CVMM International Speaker Ewout Hoorn

CVMM International Speaker Series - Prof Ewout J. Hoorn

The next speaker in our series is Professor Ewout Hoorn, Professor of Nephrology at the Division of Nephrology and Transplantation, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His talk topic is "Potassium in chronic kidney disease and potassium-enriched salts", being presented as a hybrid event at The George Institute.

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EMCR Workshop: Data Visualisation in R

The CVMM Theme EMCR Committee invites you to an interactive workshop designed for early and mid-career researchers. Modern tools and workflows are essential to effectively communicate research outputs from an ever-increasing flow of health data. In this two-day interactive workshop, attendees will learn to visualise data while following best-practice reproducible workflows using the popular RStudio and GitHub software ecosystems. This course will be conducted by Dr Mark Hanly (PhD, MSc, BSc), Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW. Registration is free and includes lunch, but limited to 30 attendees.

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CVMM International Speaker Series

Our final speaker in the 2024 International Speaker Series is Professor Michael K. Rakotz, MD, Interim Group Vice President, Improving Health Outcomes, American Medical Association. Prof Rakotz will present a special lecture on "Home BP monitoring in the US – What’s Working, Challenges and Opportunities" and is visiting UNSW as a guest of Professor Alta Schutte, SHARP Professor and Principal Theme Lead of Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine.

Past events

CVMM International Speaker Tina Vilsboll

CVMM International Speaker Series - Prof Tina Vilsbøll

Speaking at the Sydney Cardiovascular Symposium at Garvan Auditorium, Prof Tina Vilsbøll will deliver the plenary lecture on 'Treating Obesity & Cardiovascular Outcomes’. Registration to attend the symposium is free.

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CVMM Theme Symposium 2024

Join us at the 3rd Annual UNSW Cardiac, Vascular, and Metabolic Medicine (CVMM) Theme Symposium on Friday 27 September at The George Institute for Global Health, Barangaroo.

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Interactive Workshop for EMCRs: Maximising Research Impact

The CVMM ECR Committee is excited to invite you to a special session tailored just for Early and Mid-Career researchers at UNSW. This workshop is designed to boost your skills and knowledge in important areas like research impact, tracking research impact with library tools, open access publishing, and effective communication strategies in biomedical and clinical research funding.

Dr Steven Neiderer

CVMM International Speaker Series - Dr Steven Niederer

Dr Steven Niederer from Imperial College London, is speaking as part of the St Vincent’s Sydney Health Innovation Precinct – Research Week 2024.

Visiting speaker Professor James Ware

CVMM International Speaker Series

The Cardiac, Vascular & Metabolic Medicine Theme presents the second event in its series of faculty-wide lectures by renowned international speakers. Our visiting speaker is Prof. James Ware of the Imperial College London, speaking on the topic of polygenic determinants of monogenic cardiovascular disease.

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CVMM Symposium: Call for Abstracts

The CVMM ECR Committee invites abstract submissions for the Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine (CVMM) Theme Symposium 2024. We invite PhD candidates and EMCRs to submit abstracts for poster and oral presentations.

CVMM International Speaker Series

The Cardiac, Vascular & Metabolic Medicine Theme presents the first in a series of faculty-wide lectures by renowned international speakers. Our first speaker is Prof. Jeff Williamson of the Wake Forest Center for Healthcare Innovation, speaking on the topic of Cognitive Decline and Hypertension.

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CVMM Two-day Masterclass: Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials

In October, CVMM held a two-day masterclass for early to mid-career researchers focused on systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials and how they can be best used to guide evidence-informed medicine.

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Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine 2023 Symposium

For 2023, we were fortunate enough to host our symposium at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, where we welcomed our three keynote speakers: David Lloyd, Chief Executive Officer of the Heart Foundation; Catherine Kellick, Principal Policy Officer from Office for Health and Medical Research; and Jason Kovacic, President of The Australian Cardiovascular Alliance and the Executive Director of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.

CVMM EMCR Budget Workshop 2023

Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine Early to Mid-Career Budget Workshop

In June 2023, the Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine Early to Mid-Career Researchers (EMCR) Committee facilitated a workshop on planning and preparing for a budget for a research grant proposal.