Excited to share this major piece of work from the inaugural @OzCvA Emerging Leaders Committee:
A roadmap for developing a supportive & sustainable cardiovascular research sector published in @NatRevCardiol
https://t.co/sjWahzkGD6
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🎉 to those successful in the Ideas Grants, to the majority hugs. With results out I can unfortunately reveal that in the 1st 3 years of the revised NHMRC scheme, women have received $466.6M less, an average of $155.5M/yr more to men (Ideas/IGs/Synergy). Room for improvement 👇🏻.
Congrats @BrianDrew101 on receiving a $1.1 million #NHMRCIdeas grant to examine polygenic mitochondrial dysfunction in #heartfailure & #neurodegeneration. Genetics influences mitochondrial function which influences risk for diseases, and we aim to better understand this r’ship
Today our Research Education & Training Committee hosts inaugural 'Baker Institute Symposium' to celebrate homegrown talent, recognise recently completed PhDs, and award prizes to our brightest students & ECS. #phdchat@briandrew101 @ejhowden @MonashCCS @UniMelbMDHS @PAM_latrobe
For a second time, we're offering a prestigious five-year Alice Baker and Eleanor Shaw #GenderEquity Fellowship for a senior female researcher, with the position now being advertised @Nature. We're super proud of this important initiative @SciGenderEquity https://t.co/80hd6lEtfQ
Wonderful to see so much community engagement with this important issue. Highlights that now is the right time for a sector wide discussion on how quotas, in parallel to systemic change work, can promote inclusive and diverse leadership in STEMM.
Thrilled and grateful to receive a Future Leader Fellowship and Vanguard Grant from the @heartfoundation to continue my work to identify new targets for Cardiometabolic Disease @BakerResearchAu
Heart Foundation invests $13.9 million into Australia’s biggest killer – heart disease. Read more about newly awarded projects and full list of successful recipients 👉 https://t.co/f8lNIhboqI