Sydney Cardiovascular Symposium 2024
Presenters

Head, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Division, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute

Our Princesses’ Lecturer, Richard Harvey is an internationally renowned scientist working at the forefront of heart developmental and regenerative biology. In 1998, Professor Harvey joined the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute to become one of its foundation scientists. He is currently Head of the Developmental and Regenerative Biology Division and holds the endowed Sir Peter Finley Professorship of Heart Research at UNSW Sydney. Professor Harvey was Co-Deputy Director of the Institute from 1998 to 2022.

Professor Harvey has dedicated his scientific career to researching the genetic, cellular and molecular basis of heart development and congenital heart disease pathophysiology, and adult cardiac repair and regeneration. His work over 3 decades has been recognised through fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) and Royal Society of London. He was formally an NHMRC Australia Fellow. He is the author of over 200 peer-reviewed papers and was co-editor of two seminal texts Heart Development (1999) and Heart Development and Regeneration (2010). In 2017, Professor Harvey was appointed Member of the Order of Australia for services to medicine and scientific leadership roles.

Professor, Research Leader of Cardio-Metabolic Prevention and consultant at Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen (SDCC), Denmark

Plenary Lecturer Tina Vilsbøll’s research is focused on the pathophysiology of obesity, prediabetes, type 2 diabetes, regulation of appetite and food intake, and the utilisation of incretins as therapeutics. Integration of the gut in the understanding of human glucose metabolism has become a major focus in her lab over recent years. Professor Vilsbøll in 2004 she established the Center for Diabetes Research at Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She is an experienced teacher and supervises several PhD and medical students conducting diabetes research. She has more than 450 scientific publications (H-index 83), several published books and book chapters. She is currently the Honorary Secretary and board member for the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and is a frequently invited speaker at international meetings. In addition to her teaching and research posts, Professor Vilsbøll is a member of numerous professional societies and committees, and referees for several international journals.