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Monthly Updates - April 2024
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Welcome
Dear Colleague,
Welcome to the April edition of the SOLVE-CHD monthly updates 2024. This monthly e-newsletter will keep you up to date with the key progress of the SOLVE-CHD projects and provide updates on our events and initiatives. Simply email solve-chd.info@sydney.edu.au if you wish to share/add anything from your area that is directly/indirectly related to the SOLVE-CHD program. We would also strongly encourage you to share your research highlights and successes that is relevant to cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention with us so that we can celebrate your achievements with our network.
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Key Updates and Highlights
- Welcome to SOLVE-CHD Health Economist Dr Darryn Marks from Bond University to the team.
- Led by ICCPR and SOLVE-CHD, the inaugural Global Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation Forum will be held on 29th August 2024 in London, UK. We're thrilled to see enormous interest from around the world, with confirmations from 10+ regions including US, UK, India, and more. The program is being finalised, stay informed about this event by registering here.
- ACRA ASM 2024 will be held on 28-31 July 2024, click to find out more about registration, abstracts & scholarship opportunities!
- SOLVE-CHD ACRA ASM 2024 Scholarship is now open. Applications close on 17th May, apply now!!
- SOLVE-CHD Annual Report 2023 will be released soon, stay tuned!
- Prof Julie Redfern's Farewell Afternoon Tea will be held on 17th May at the University of Sydney Camperdown campus. Join us in thanking and wishing her all the best as she departs on an exciting new role at Bond University. Register your attendance and chip-in to her farewell gift here!
- Pleased to see so many abstracts submitted for the upcoming European Society of Cardiology Congress from the SOLVE-CHD Team, look forward to hearing the outcome soon!
- SOLVE-CHD and Heart Support Australia have partnered to provide expert speakers for the 2024 & 2025 Heart Support Connect online seminars. SOLVE-CHD's health specialists will present information on heart-related topics, with time for questions at the end, at the free bimonthly seminars. Join us for the first seminar on 21st May - details in 'Events & Opportunities' below!
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Special congratulations go out to the
following SOLVE-CHD members:
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Meet Dr. Darryn Marks @Bond University
Darryn is a health economics and musculoskeletal researcher at Bond University, and a practicing physiotherapist. He completed his PhD in 2019 while working full-time in Queensland Health. Since making the switch to academic life, his research focus has been health economics, with involvement in projects spanning advanced allied health practice, musculoskeletal disorders, telehealth, venous leg ulcers and non-drug interventions in primary care. Darryn also Chairs the AHPRA Physiotherapy Board of Australia Prescribing Working Group.
Darryn is keen to collaborate with individuals within SOLVE-CHD Network who need his expertise in health economics space. If you're looking to partner on projects or explore research opportunities in this area, please reach out to him via Julia or directly via his email.
Find out more about Darryn here
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Update on SOLVE-CHD Project
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Secondary Prevention for All in Need after a Type 1 myocardial infarction: a comparative effectiveness randomised trial
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HREC approval has been received for the trial with an opt-out approach from the SAC HREC. Two sites have received governance approval and begun to recruit. A further two sites are in the process of receiving approvals and being opened.
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| SPAN Sites
There are currently two sites recruiting, Royal Perth Hospital (PI: Prof Graham Hillis) and Flinders Medical Centre (PI: Dr Sam Lehman). In the next few months, we aim to have four sites up and running.
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| SPAN Recruitment
The SPAN trial is looking to recruit 650 participants. Randomisation is 1:1 to either standard cardiac rehabilitation or SPAN, a more personalised approach to rehabilitation. The goal is to recruit 325 in each of the two treatment arms. Currently there are 38 participants enrolled, the majority of which have been recruited at Royal Perth Hospital, which opened in late October 2023.
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For more information, contact:
Tom Briffa, SPAN Chief Investigator
Email: tom.briffa@uwa.edu.au
Tom Gilbert, SPAN Trial Manager
Email: thomas.gilbert@uwa.edu.au
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Maximising Resources & Skills in Big Data Research: A Collaborative Workshop
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Are you a cardiovascular researcher, data scientist or engineer working with big data? The Cardiovascular Initiative Big Data Pipeline invites you to attend the inaugural Big Data Collaborative Workshop.
When: Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Susan Wakil Health Building, event space 416
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Heat & Heart Health: What do we know and where do we go?
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Join us on Tuesday 21 May for a seminar led by Dr Georgia Chaseling, a SOLVE-CHD postdoctoral research fellow and cardiovascular and thermal physiologist with experience investigating the influence of heat and exercise on thermal, cardiovascular, and perceptual outcomes amongst clinical populations.
Heart Support Connect is free to attend, open to anyone and takes place every second month via Zoom.
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WHF World Heart Summit 2024
The 9th edition of the World Heart Summit will take place in Geneva on 24-26 May! Join leaders from government, business, civil society and academia who are working to tackle some of the most pressing global challenges in heart health.
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ACRA Annual Scientific Meeting 2024
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Connect with SOLVE-CHD on Social Media
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