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Celine Gallagher wins ACRA Research Prize AND People’s Choice Award at ACRA 2017 conference
Celine Gallagher (RN, PhD Candidate) won the Best Research Paper Presented Award in the Research Prize Session at the 2017 annual conference of the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) in Perth.
Rajiv Mahajan wins APHRS 2013 Best Abstract Award
Rajiv Mahajan continues his winning runs for 2013 with a clean sweep of every major award. He received first place for his outstanding work demonstrating reversal of the AF substrate at the Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society in Hong Kong. Well done Rajiv – a superb culmination of what will be the most outstanding PhD thesis.
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Sachin Nayyar wins APHRS 2013 Poster Award for Ablation
Sachin Nayyar was awarded this outstanding accolade for work on mapping ventricular tachycardia at the Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society in Hong Kong. He has recently submitted his PhD thesis on Ventricular Tachycardia Mapping under the direction of Kurt Roberts-Thomson. Well done Sachin.
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Darius Chapman wins APHRS 2013 Poster Award for Basic and Translation Research
Darius Chapman continues his winning run with a further award for his work on mapping AF at the Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society in Hong Kong. All this within the first year of his PhD program at CHRD. Well done Darius – a great choice to move out of industry!
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Rajiv Mahajan awarded First Place in the Ralph Reader YIA of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand 2013
Rajiv Mahajan is having an outstanding year after being awarded the Heart Rhythm Society YIA earlier this year and in August was awarded the Prestigious Cardiac Society Ralph Reader Award. Only one Australian has ever before won both of these awards. A superb effort Rajiv – we are looking forward to great things from you.
Darius Chapman wins the ARI Award 2013
Darius Chapman left industry to pursue his ambitions in academia – and that he is doing! He was awarded the ARI Prize for innovation with his development of DAT mapping of atrial fibrillation. His work potentially brings us a step closer in identifying the sites that maintain atrial fibrillation to guide future therapy. Well done Darius.
NHMRC achievement award – Congratulations Professor Prash Sanders!
Professor Prash Sanders has recently received a prestigious NHMRC Achievement Award for the highest ranked Practitioner Fellowship. His application – “Prevention and management of atrial fibrillation: a new paradigm”
includes a translational series of studies that focus on reducing hospitalisation, reducing stroke risk, improving mortality and prevention. It aims to build research infrastructure in heart rhythm disorders across Australia and New Zealand.
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CHRD PhD student Rajiv Mahajan wins Heart Rhythm Society Young Investigator Award 2013
Rajiv Mahajan was awarded the Heart Rhythm Society Young Investigator award in Denver on the 10 May 2013. Rajiv presented work from his PhD that demonstrates for the first time that the substrate for AF due to obesity can be reversed by weight reduction. Congratulations Rajiv on an outstanding achievement. You have done the University of Adelaide and the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders proud.
Success at the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Disorders Conference
Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders researchers were again recognised by their peers, this time at the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Disorders conference held in Taipei, Taiwain, where they won all three awards!
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Faculty of Health Sciences Postgraduate Research Conference Poster Prize Winner
Ms Geetanjali Rangnekar was awarded for the work undertaken in the course of her PhD studies, understanding why and how often patients with heart rhythm disorders present to hospital. This study may lead to the development of new interventions for improved care to avoid frequent rehospitalisation.
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