News and updates

Professor Rebecca Ritchie has joined the board of Heartbeat Victoria, helping expand the group’s ability to improve heart health through its cardiac peer support work. Professor Ritchie is a cardiac pharmacologist at Monash University in Melbourne. She obtained her PhD...

The Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and Heartbeat Victoria are launching a new walking group in Melbourne to foster improved cardiac peer support and heart health. As detailed in this month’s Community News from the Baker Institute, they “are looking...

PulsePoint Academy and the Australian Centre for  Heart Health are providing information for patients and healthcare providers about the Cardiac Blues. According to the Australian Centre for Heart Health: “Having a heart attack, heart surgery or other cardiac event generally...

The Baker Heart And Diabetes Institute has published their second edition of “Journey to Discovery” for 2025. According to The Baker, “This edition is dedicated to one central theme — perhaps the most important aspect of our research, our progress,...

Rachel Jayne Cassidy has recently published and launched a new book “In A Heartbeat”, featuring true stories and insights from experts, survivors and frontline heroes.  She knows first hand what it’s like to be on the brink of life and...

The Alfred Hospital and Baker Institute are conducting a research project to determine if practising yoga three times per week reduces episodes of atrial fibrillation (AF). Who can participate? You may be eligible to participate in this clinical study if...

At its meeting in December 2024, the Board of Heartbeat Victoria was excited to adopt its new Strategic Plan – Together for Heart Health: Our Plan for the Future 2024-2027. The new plan continues to strengthen our focus on delivering...

Heartbeat Victoria has recently joined as an affiliate of the Global Heart Hub. As an alliance of patient-driven organisations, Global Heart Hub believes that all people living with cardiovascular disease deserve the highest quality of care and equal access to...