Research Fellowship: Protecting how the heart functions in health and disease [ 2014 - ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Prof Rebecca Ritchie (Principal investigator)

Brief description Heart failure (HF) is a major cause of death in Australia. A/Prof Rebecca Ritchie heads Heart Failure Pharmacology at Baker IDI. Her research focuses on new drug strategies to maintain heart function in response to diabetes & heart attack, common precursors of HF. Many of the treatments discovered from this work are naturally-occurring antioxidants; enhancing their activity will ultimately reduce progression to HF & death in the >3 million Australians affected by these disorders.

Funding Amount $601,420.00

Funding Scheme Research Fellowships

Notes Research Fellowship