Prof Gemma Figtree AM
@gemtreee
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Mum, interventional cardiologist and professor at USYD; President Australian CV Alliance; reducing the impact of heart disease; #breast-cancer patient
Sydney
Joined May 2013
I am super stoked to hear that I have been accepted on the @DanaFarber team for the 128th @bostonmarathon in April. Please join me in raising valuable funds, directly funding world leading fundamental research https://t.co/nAal6sd9Jv
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Hope you enjoy this strategic piece regarding the @OzCvA strategy to connect our national unmet need with our amazing Oz medical researchers. thanks @theMJA @KerryDozheart @kovacic_jason @JRedHeart @clara_chow
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Click on the article title to read more.
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Thanks so much for the fantastic and generous support of the #DFCI team #BostonMarathon2024. What’s a few toe nails to help smash cancer for 6 ! @rebeccahritchie @rebeccakozor @jodieingles27 @DaffodilCentre @KollingINST @gr_drummond
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What an important and clinically relevant study
Coexisting atrial fibrillation and cancer: time trends and associations with mortality in a nationwide Dutch study https://t.co/5sdvRDuh2D
#AF #cancer #outcome @escardio @ESC_Journals
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Imaging the disease moves beyond probability. Let’s move towards clinical pathways that screen for the disease to detect and treat #CAD before a heart attack @CAD_Frontiers @CVR_TomaszGuzik @gabrielsteg @Cleerlyhealth @CaristoHeart
Almost all scores/biomarkers approaches in the contemporary era over predict CV risk Time to pivot for a more accurate decision aid #CacTesting #SeeDiseaseTreatDisease
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Low-dose colchicine for atherosclerosis: long-term safety. A State-of-the-Art Review just published in #EHJ
#CardioTwitter @escardio @ESC_Journals #colchicine
https://t.co/wlOE0zbWTY
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17 days to go ! Just in case you hadn't had a chance (and sorry for those that have!)- another generous donor is doubling all $. I can't wait to run with the team and raise $ for fundamental research solutions to cancer
danafarber.jimmyfund.org
Help make every mile count. https://danafarber.jimmyfund.org/site/TR?fr_id=2100&pg=personal&px=2568125
I am super stoked to hear that I have been accepted on the @DanaFarber team for the 128th @bostonmarathon in April. Please join me in raising valuable funds, directly funding world leading fundamental research https://t.co/nAal6sd9Jv
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This is awesome. So much synergy emerging from our fabulous cardiovascular research army. And great to work with our state and commonwealth health teams to implement broadly
@alta_schutte @nhmrc @Mark_Butler_MP @georgeinstitute @UNSWMedicine @OzCvA Congratulations Alta @OzCvA We are very glad to have you on our leadership team.
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Women’s health needs beyond sexual, reproductive, and maternal health are missing from the government’s 2024 priorities | The BMJ
bmj.com
A view of women’s health as synonymous with sexual, reproductive, and maternal health means gaps in health provision across a wider spectrum Since its launch in 2022, the Women’s Health Strategy for...
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Lipidomics, the study of fats in the body, is a key area of focus for us. This is a rapidly growing field of science and a critical one because lipids play a big part in regulating our #metabolism and our risk of disease. Here's a brief insight into our #lipidomics work.
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I think they call it a “wanel” ! And at a cardiac intervention meeting thanks #epic @DoctorLizShaw @DrSarahjZaman @EPIC_meeting @Ravinay @kovacic_jason @docsaw @CAD_Frontiers #scad
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Thanks so much for your interest and leadership on this space @gedkearney
Missed the #ACvAAwards? You can still hear Assistant Minister for Health & Aged Care the Hon @gedkearney MP’s congratulatory words to all CVD & stroke researchers 👇👇 https://t.co/kYF1LzvEdP
@Mark_Butler_MP @IndustryGovAu @healthgovau
@kovacic_jason @KerryDozheart
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For the next 4 hours or so (end of February in USA), there is a massive 4:1 matching of $ supporting our @DanaFarber team effort @bostonmarathon
https://t.co/7zL3YPooSs Please pass on to any friends or family affected by cancer- as this will make a difference.
danafarber.jimmyfund.org
Help make every mile count. https://danafarber.jimmyfund.org/site/TR?fr_id=2100&pg=personal&px=2568125
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Go Gal !!! Pipe dream: Picklum’s perfect 10 crowns ‘historic day for women’s surfing’ https://t.co/DcY4PysgNd
@DrEmmaLJohnston @KathyBelov @CSHeartResearch @rebeccakozor @rebeccahritchie @JRedHeart @OzCvA @ProfSNicholls @RonBlankstein @Drroxmehran @CAD_Frontiers
smh.com.au
Australian prodigy Molly Picklum rode one of the best waves seen from a woman at Pipeline, the terrifying Hawaiian break at which girls couldn’t compete just four years ago.
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Wow! Unbelievable generosity. Thanks for support for my #Bostonmarathon effort. Every dollar for cancer research is being matched 3:1 for another 24 hrs. This is the time !
danafarber.jimmyfund.org
Help make every mile count. https://danafarber.jimmyfund.org/site/TR?fr_id=2100&pg=personal&px=2568125
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I love these awards. So well deserved Chris
Congratulations on getting shortlisted Chris.
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Stoked to hear that @CAD_Frontiers story won 2023 Scientia Article of the Year https://t.co/YL0hvOD81j in an effort to share with the educated community the key unknowns and new opportunities for preventing heart attacks @gr_drummond @latrobe @BakerResearchAu
scientia.global
Heart attacks and cardiovascular disease are broadly considered to be the result of unhealthy habits and underlying health issues. However, pioneering research led by interventional cardiologist...
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Thanks @nejm for hosting this important discussion with Global CV Risk Consortium highlighting the urgent need to identify and address new modifiable factors driving our biggest killer with >40% of risk unexplained https://t.co/F41NpOiJnT
@CAD_Frontiers @OzCvA @KathyBelov
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It was a fantastic meeting thank you so much. @CAD_Frontiers
Thanks to Prof Gemma Figtree and all other great speakers from academia, c community, industry and Government at the ACvA Precision Medicine Flagship Symposium in Melbourne today. Thanks also all sponsors, organisers, speakers and poster presenters.
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