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2024 CSANZ ASM Prize Winners

Congratulations to our 2024 CSANZ ASM Prize winners. 

Thank you to all candidates who presented their abstracts in each prize final.  All presentations were brilliant and we hope to see you again next year.

ACCESS to Heart, Lung and Circulation (HLC) August 2024 Volume 33 Supplement 4S121-S598  – list of all abstracts published for the 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. 

Click on the prize winners’ abstract title below each name to read each winning abstract as published in HLC Volume 33 Supplement 4S121-S598.  (free access)

2024 Allied Health, Science and Technology Prize
Winner:  Dr Amanda Lonn, Postdoc, University of Canberra, ACT

Abstract: What is the shape of the Association between Physical activity and Sedentary time with recurrent Cardiac events?

Judges: Dr Jim Crowhurst, Ms Hazel Mountford, Prof Andrew Maiorana

2024 Cardiac Imaging Prize
Winner: Dr Gavin Huangfu, Registrar, Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA

Abstract: Optimising Cardiovascular outcome Prediction: an advanced AI-enhanced CAC-DAD score

Judges: Prof Liza Thomas, A/Prof Majo Joseph, Prof Tony Stanton

2024 Cardiovascular Genetic Diseases Prize
Winner: Dr Ashwin Bhaskaran, EP Fellow, Westmead Hospital, NSW

Abstract: The impact of spatial distribution of likely pathogenic/pathogenic variants on clinical outcomes in LMNA cardiomyopathy – An international, multi-centre registry-based study.

Judges: Dr Elizabeth Robertson, Dr Sonia Shah, A/Prof Sandhir Prasad

2024 Cardiovascular Nursing Prize
Winner: Ms Ellen Gardner, Structural Heart Clinical Nurse Consultant, The Alfred Hospital, VIC

Abstract:  Nurse-supported sedation for Transcatheter Aortic Valve implants: a retrospective analysis.

Judges: Mr Robert Zecchin, Prof Patricia Davidson, Prof Jeroen Hendriks

2024 Clinical Trials Prize
Winner: Dr Stavroula Papapostolou, PhD candidate and Cardiologist, Alfred Health, VIC

Abstract:  The antifibrotic effects of Eplernone in Non-obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyoptathy: A double blinded, placebo-controlled trial.

Judges: Dr Gareth Wynn, A/Prof Tom Briffa, Prof John Beltrame

2024 Heart Failure Prize
Winner: Mr Andrew Laskary, MD-PhD Trainee QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, QLD

Abstract:  Bioengineering Hypoxia tolerant Human Heart tissue with Vascularization potential for Transplantation

Judges: Dr Alicia Chan, Prof Andrew Sindone, Prof Gemma Figtree

2024 Heart Rhythm Prize
Winner: Dr Kasun De Silva, Phd Student And Honorary Clinical And Research Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow at Westmead Hospital, NSW 

Abstract:  Whole-heart Histological and Electroanatomic Assessment of Post-infarction Cardiac Magnetic resonance Imaging Scar and Conducting channels

Judges: Dr Andrew Martin, Prof Rukshen Weerasooriya, A/Prof Hitesh Patel

2024 Paediatric and Congenital Prize
Winner: Mr Jason Chami, Medical Student, University of Sydney / Sydney Medical School, NSW 

Abstract: Improved complexity stratification in congenital heart disease; the impact of including procedural data on accuracy and reliability

Judges:  Prof Robert Weintraub, A/Prof Dominica Zentner, Dr Julian Ayer

2024 Preventative Cardiology Prize
Winner: Dr Charles Viska, Master of Public Health Graduate, University of Western Australia, WA

Abstract:  Perinatal birth outcomes for Australian women with acute rheumatic fever or rheumatic heart disease: a multi-jurisdictional population-based data linkage study.

Judges:  Prof Will Parsonage, A/Prof Lana McClements, Prof Diane Fatkin

Congratulations to the CSANZ 2024 New Investigator Poster Prize Winners

2024 Poster Prize for a Medical Student
Winner:  Annora Ai-Wei Kumar, WA

Poster Title:  Fully automated artificial intelligence-based frailty model predicts heart failure and death after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Judges: Prof Julie Redfern, Dr Georgia Chaseling

2024 Poster Prize Basic Physician Trainee or Advanced Trainee
Winner: Dr Thomas Goubar, NSW

Poster Title:  Improved cardiac function after sleeve gastrectomy is associated with elevated brown fat activity

Judges:  A/Prof Matt Worthley, A/Prof Dominica Zentner

2024 Poster Prize for a PhD Candidate
Winner:  Dr Maryam Khorramshahi Bayat, QLD

Poster Title:  Prognostic utility of urinary sodium concentration in response to initial intravenous diuretic therapy in predicting adverse outcomes in Acute Heart failure

Judges:  Dr Kavitha Muthiah, Dr Felicity Lee

2024 Poster Prize in Cardiovascular Nursing
Winner: Mr Joseph Waddell, NSW

Poster Title:  Peer support interventions improve disease self-management after coronary heart disease diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Judges: Prof Rochelle Wynne, Prof Jeroen Henriks

2024 Poster Prize in Allied Health, Science and Technology
Winner:  Mrs Jenelle Dziano, SA

Poster Title:  Abnormalities in cardiopulmonary exercise test associated with more advance atrial cardiomyopathy

Judges: Dr Lee Nedkoff, Prof Andre Le Gerche

2024 Ralph Reader Prize in Basic and Translational Science    

2024 Ralph Reader Prize in Clinical Science

2024 R T Hall Prize winner – Prof Robert Weintraub

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#CSANZ2024 | International Faculty

Keep your eye on the CSANZ ASM 2024 as the International Speakers confirm their attendance in Perth from 1 – 4 August 2024.
Abstracts are filing into the Conference Abstract Portal  – don’t miss this opportunity to get your research in front of all the experts. Start planning your trip to WA!

Join us for the 2024 CSANZ ASM and ANZET24 in Perth from 1-4 August 2024.

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Named Lecturers announced for CSANZ 2024

Please see below the invited 2024 CSANZ ASM Named Lecturers who have confirmed their spot at the podium for the 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand.

  • R T Hall Lecture presented by Dr Edward Lakatta, MD, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, USA
  • Allied Health, Science and Technology Lecture by Prof Andrew Maiorana, Royal Perth Hospital, WA
  • Basic Science Lecture presented by A/Prof Christina Bursill, SAHMRI, SA
  • Gaston Bauer Lecture presented by Prof Julian Paton, University of Auckland, NZ
  • Kempson Maddox Lecture presented by Prof Prash Sanders, University of Adelaide, SA
  • Patricia M. Davidson Lecture presented by Dr Aaron Conway, Queensland University of Technology, QLD
  • Victor Chang Memorial Lecture presented by Dr Robert Larbalestier, Head Cardiothoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA 
The new website is being updated with new international speakers daily as they confirm.  The finishing touches are being put in the program which you will see shortly at csanzasm.com.
Look forward to seeing you in Perth, WA from Thursday 1 August – Sunday 4 August 2024!