Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

2026–2028 · research · Ideas Grants - Ideas Grants

Micro- and Nanoplastics in Atherosclerosis: Assessing Vascular and Immune Responses

Patrick Lelliott · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Health and Medical Research Council

AUD 1.2MMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution

2026–2028 · fellowship · Postgraduate Scholarships - Postgraduate Scholarships

Improving cardiorenal outcomes in type 2 diabetes: real-world implementation and population-level impact of SLGT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists

Beryl Lin · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Health and Medical Research Council

AUD 163.4kDiabetes Treatment and Management

2026–2028 · fellowship · Postgraduate Scholarships - Postgraduate Scholarships

Haemodynamic and metabolic determinants of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in obesity

Emilia Tie · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Health and Medical Research Council

AUD 163.4kCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

2026–2030 · research · Investigator Grants - Leadership 3 (L3)

Epidemiology of complications of diabetes: from causes to population burden

Jonathan Shaw · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Health and Medical Research Council

AUD 3MDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

2026–2028 · research · Ideas Grants - Ideas Grants

Targeting Set7 lysine methyltransferase in endothelial cells for diabetic vascular disease

Jun Okabe · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Health and Medical Research Council

AUD 817.7k

2026–2030 · research · Investigator Grants - Leadership 3 (L3)

Use Of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics To Improve Detection and Management of Heart Failure

Thomas Marwick · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Health and Medical Research Council

AUD 2.6M

2026–2029 · research · Ideas Grants - Ideas Grants

Identifying a unique anti-inflammatory therapy to treat heart failure after a heart attack.

Judy Haan · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Health and Medical Research Council

AUD 1.4M

2026–2028 · fellowship · Postgraduate Scholarships - Postgraduate Scholarships

Developing a novel multifunctional antithrombotic for the treatment of stroke

Danielle Robinson · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Health and Medical Research Council

AUD 163.4k

2026–2030 · research · Investigator Grants - Emerging Leadership 1 (EL1)

Activating AMPK to prevent Dnmt3a clonal haematopoiesis and atherosclerotic disease

Dragana Dragoljevic · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Health and Medical Research Council

AUD 451.9kMetabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer

2026–2028 · fellowship · Postgraduate Scholarships - Postgraduate Scholarships

Advancing care in type 1 diabetes in adults and older adults: Enhancing classification and optimising management of glycaemia and cardiovascular complications

Sylvia Ye · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Health and Medical Research Council

AUD 163.4kDiabetes Management and Research

2026–2030 · research · Investigator Grants - Emerging Leadership 2 (EL2)

New insights into the management of arrhythmia mediated cardiomyopathy

Sandeep Prabhu · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Health and Medical Research Council

AUD 1.6M

2025–2027 · grant · Independent Research Institutes Infrastructure Support Scheme (IRIISS) - Independent Research Institutes Infrastructure Support Scheme (IRIISS)

2025 Independent Research Institutes Infrastructure Support Scheme

Research Officer · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Health and Medical Research Council

AUD 3.6M

2025–2027 · infrastructure · Equipment Grants - Equipment Grants

2025 Equipment Grant

Research Officer · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Health and Medical Research Council

AUD 193.6k

2025 · training · Postgraduate Scholarship

Improving cardiorenal outcomes in type 2 diabetes: real-world implementation and population-level impact of SLGT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists

Beryl Lin · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2025 · training · Postgraduate Scholarship

Developing a novel multifunctional thrombolytic for the treatment of stroke

Danielle Robinson · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2025 · fellowship · Postdoctoral Fellowship

A Balancing Act: Personalising Stroke and Bleeding Risk in Atrial Fibrillation

Hannah Stevens · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2025 · research · Collaboration and Exchange Grant

Non-cardiac drivers of CVD risk in cancer survivors

Erin Howden · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2024–2027 · grant · 2023 Targeted Translation Research Accelerator– Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Mechanisms

Solving heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

David M Kaye · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by Medical Research Future Fund

AUD 999.4k

2024–2025 · research · International Visiting Professorship Award

Exploring the role of mitochondrial function in atherosclerotic plaque macrophages

Prabhakara Nagareddy · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by American Heart Association

$10kImmune cells in cancer

2024–2027 · research · Medical Research Future Fund

Neural Basis of Disturbed Cardiovascular Control in Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19

Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Government

AUD 877.4k

2024–2028 · research · Medical Research Future Fund

Solving heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Government

AUD 1.1M

2024 · research · Vanguard Grant

Restoring myocardial tissue after ischemic injury: mRNA-loaded lipid nanoparticles for cardiac fibrotic scar regeneration

Rebecca Harper · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2024 · research · Vanguard Grant

Validation of a novel echocardiography-based screening strategy for atrial fibrillation in type 2 diabetes

Julian Sacre · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2024 · fellowship · Future Leader Fellowship - Level 3

Shifting the focus - toward earlier prevention of cardiovascular disease

Costan Magnussen · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2024 · research · Vanguard Grant

Studying a new mouse model to identify novel molecular drivers of heart failure and cardiac hepatopathy

Simon Bond · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2024 · research · Vanguard Grant

Precision prevention: Novel mRNA encoding platelet blocking antibody for targeted thrombosis management

Xiaowei Wang · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2024 · fellowship · Future Leader Fellowship - Level 2

Addressing multimorbidity to improve outcomes in people with heart failure who are cognitively and physically frail

Quan Huynh · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2023–2027 · research · Medical Research Future Fund

Novel, targeted therapies for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Government

AUD 1.1M

2023–2027 · research · Medical Research Future Fund

Building an Australian Cardiovascular disease Data Commons (ACDC)

Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Government

AUD 3.2M

2023–2027 · grant · 2022 Cardiovascular Health

Novel, targeted therapies for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

David Kaye · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by Medical Research Future Fund

AUD 998.3k

2023 · research · 45 and Up Cardiovascular Research Grant

Mapping Heart Health: Geographical Disparities in Atrial Fibrillation Treatment and Outcomes

Hannah Stevens · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2023 · research · Vanguard Grant

Creating and using the world's largest multi-source cardiac arrest registry to discover causes of sudden cardiac death

Elizabeth Paratz · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2023 · fellowship · Postdoctoral Fellowship

Investigating Interventions and Outcomes in the Obesity-related Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction Phenotype

Sarah Gutman · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2023 · fellowship · Postdoctoral Fellowship

Cardiovascular outcomes of catheter ablation versus medical therapy in atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): a randomized clinical trial (STALL HFpEF II)

David Chieng · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2022 · fellowship · Future Leader Fellowship - Level 1

Developing new and safer therapies to prevent and treat blood clots

James Mcfadyen · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2022 · research · Vanguard Grant

New therapy for for heart failure with a preserved ejection

Bing Wang · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2021 · fellowship · Future Leader Fellowship

Utilising Systems Genomics to Identify Novel Regulators of Cardiometabolic Disease

Anna Calkin · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2021 · research · Vanguard Grant

Targeting heart-enriched lipid species, plasmalogens: a new oral-based treatment strategy for the failing heart

Yow Keat Tham · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2021 · research · Collaboration and Exchange Award

Emerging drug targets for heart failure

Kate Weeks · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia

2021 · research · Vanguard Grant

Validation of a Novel Regulator of Lipid Metabolism

Anna Calkin · Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute · funded by National Heart Foundation of Australia