Baker Institute

The Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute is committed to the fight against heart disease, diabetes and obesity, with 100 years of medical innovation.

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Could a single mammogram screen for both breast cancer and heart disease?

The same images that check for cancer can reveal arterial calcification. Our teams are using AI to analyse them — testing whether one scan could do both jobs.

https://t.co/IR48iumW5Q

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Chest pain or discomfort is the most common symptom of a heart attack — for women as it is for men.

Women are also more likely to have shortness of breath, nausea, unusual tiredness, or jaw, neck or back pain. Symptoms more easily dismissed.

https://t.co/uLlCebB2z2

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A simple cord blood test at birth could flag a child’s future risk of type 2 diabetes — decades before it develops, and early enough to change it. Read more in our 2025 Impact Report. https://t.co/wLag8LIhlc

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AI & new technologies were hot topics at the @IntDiabetesFed Western Pacific Region Congress in Melbourne recently. But diabetes expert A/Prof Neale Cohen says an important discussion isn’t about the tech it’s about prediction & responding to uncertainty.

https://t.co/BOLz11mwSo

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Cardiovascular disease is still thought of as a men's problem.
How does heart risk differ for women, why is it missed, and what is being done about it?

Read our new women and CVD explainer: https://t.co/sxd1JqPEkX

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🩸Professor Peter Meikle has developed Australia's only clinical lipidomics platform to preduct heart disease from just one drop of blood in six minutes. With a $3 million NHMRC Investigator grant, Prof Meikle is now bringing the test to GP clinics.💙 https://t.co/d98GoZggvn

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It's National Science Week 🔬 Curious what research really looks like? Join us at our Student Info Session on Wed 9 Sep, 4–6pm. Free — register: https://t.co/GsDPEAWczm #NationalScienceWeek

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This week, 42 medical students from Malayasia & Taiwan came to explore the Institute's research and clinical facilities up close.

Want that experience for yourself? We've got student projects open now across diabetes & CVD

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With $2.8 million funded by the NHMRC, Professor David Kaye will lead research identifying unique markers in the blood and investigating underlying causes of heart failure, predicting which patients will worsen, and developing more effective treatments.💙

https://t.co/2XJtNmcmD5

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One of our own is honouring one of the greats. Prof Morag Young will deliver the Gwen Nayler Lecture @thecsanz meeting tomorrow, a fitting tribute to the late pioneer of cardiac muscle research.Gwen broke barriers for women in science. Morag is doing the same. #ResearchExcellence

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Congratulations to the #CSANZ Ralph Reader Prize Basic and Translational Science finalists on delivering outstanding presentations! 👏

@JoannaMa @YuyangSong @EmilyMcKinnin #CSANZ2026

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Applications are open for our paid vacation internship program. Up to 6 weeks embedded in a Baker Institute research lab, $500/week, mentorship from experienced researchers. Open to later-year undergrads and recent grads. Closes 11 Oct: https://t.co/9uAdEiZHbP

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.Almost $3 million will enable Professor Andrew Murphy to better understand how abnormal lipid metabolism drives immune dysfunction so we can target these dysfunctional immune cells and reduce the risk of atherosclerotic heart disease.

https://t.co/I0dMbcCqmZ

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Our researchers secured $10m+ to tackle heart attack and heart failure, including in people with type 2 diabetes.

One project will see Prof Eylem Levelt explore why heart disease strikes earlier, harder and differently in men and women with T2 diabetes.

https://t.co/I0dMbcCqmZ

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Associate Professor Neale Cohen explained to Libbi Gorr on ABC Radio that in Australia, indigenous people have three or four times the rates of diabetes compared to the rest of the population. Listen in to the interview with Neale from 23:18.

https://t.co/s6qohESsY6

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How could microplastics and the tinier nanoplastics be damaging our hearts and blood vessels? Dr Patrick Lelliott and Louise Roberts are using innovative tools to study how they could set off an inflammatory stress response, contributing to stroke and heart attacks.

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A diagnosis of type 2 diabetes followed by a heart attack was the wake-up call Melbourne father, Chris Harrison, needed. His, he says, is a cautionary tale of lifestyle choices.

In the lead up to National Diabetes Week see more of his story https://t.co/OBLPLZSb1w

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Privileged to hear from Aunty Vicki Wade, Dr Holly Voges & Dr Ben Jones today for a NAIDOC Week talk on Rheumatic Heart Disease, a 100% preventable condition. We also heard about the Deadly Heart Trek, screening hearts & skin in remote communities since 2021. #50YearsDeadly

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We're developing a more precise way to calm inflammation by delivering mRNA locally where it's needed. Test show fewer immune cells entering inflamed areas with limited effects elsewhere — paving the way for better treatments for diseases like ❤️ disease.

https://t.co/Ug4PlBGAPE

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Dilruk Jayasinha is the funny man of stage & small screen.

But when he had a heart attack a few years ago he had a lot to process.

He joins our ambassador Gary Mehigan to talk heart health, recovery & coffee.

📺Catch Dilruk this week on Good Food Everyday. Ch10, 1pm or stream