News and updates

  Nationally, over 40,000 Australians die from cardiovascular diseases (an umbrella term used for a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels) each year, with nearly 600,000 hospitalised. Heart disease also remains the leading cause of death and...

Annual General Meeting – Heartbeat Victoria Council Inc Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 7.15pm Via Zoom https://zoom.us/j/94570060537 Meeting ID: 945 7006 0537 The agenda for the meeting includes: Guest speaker Dr Georgia Chaseling Presentation of the Annual Report including Financial Statement...

Professor Andrew Murphy has recently joined the Board of Heartbeat Victoria. Professor Murphy holds a PhD in cardiovascular disease from Monash University. He has been exploring the fundamental biological process that influence atherosclerosis, the leading cause of heart disease for...

  Dr Georgia Chaseling will be the guest speaker at Heartbeat Victoria’s 2024 Annual General Meeting. Dr Chaseling is a cardiovascular and thermal physiologist with experience investigating the influence of heat and exercise on thermal, cardiovascular, and perceptual outcomes amongst...

Solve CHD is recruiting for participants  to trial  access to a purpose-built digital app designed to provide social connection for people diagnosed with heart disease. To be eligible you must have: Diagnosis of heart disease, for example heart attack or...

The Baker Institute is one of Heartbeat Victoria’s partnership communities working on heart disease. The Baker is looking for people to act as consumer informers to promote its research and donations appeal. In order to improve the outcomes and diagnosis...

A formal partnership has recently been established between Heartbeat Victoria and the Baker Institute to support engagement with individuals with lived experience of heart disease and heart conditions. The Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute (the Baker Institute) is an independent,...

The end of 2023 saw the Board establish partnerships with Sydney University Solve CHD researchers and the Baker Institute. Both these are now signed off and hopefully will bring more educational materials and greater opportunity to be involved in research....

As branches hold final meetings for 2023 we should reflect on the valuable work, donations to cardiac units, caring for those who are challenged more seriously by heart disease, organizing education, sharing information, visits and of course the support to...