The Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute is one of the few institutes in the world where the work of our staff spans from benchtop to bedside. The Institute has more than 300 scientists, scientific support staff, clinicians, health professionals and students who work across a range of laboratories undertaking research to tackle the deadly trio of diseases: cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. This multi-faced approach ensures that the Institute brings everything to bear on these challenging health issues.
Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology | Professor Karlheinz Peter
Behavioural Epidemiology | Professor Neville Owen
Biomarker Discovery | Associate Professor Bing Wang
Cardiac Cellular Systems | Dr Alex Pinto
Cardiac Hypertrophy | Professor Julie McMullen
Cardiovascular Endocrinology | Dr Morag Young
Clinical Diabetes and Epidemiology | Professor Jonathan Shaw
Clinical Electrophysiology | Professor Peter Kistler
Computational Biology and Clinical Informatics | Associate Professor David Ascher
Diabetes Clinical Research | Associate Professor Neale Cohen
Diabetes and Population Health | Professor Dianna Magliano
Haematopoiesis and Leukocyte Biology | Professor Andrew Murphy
Heart Failure Research | Professor David Kaye
HTLV-1 Research | Dr Radwan Talukder
Human Autonomic Neurophysiology | Professor Vaughan Macefield
Human Neurotransmitters | Professor Murray Esler
Imaging Research | Professor Tom Marwick
Lipid Metabolism and Cardiometabolic Disease | Dr Anna Calkin
Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis | Professor Dmitri Sviridov
Metabolomics | Professor Peter Meikle
Molecular Imaging and Theranostics | Dr Xiaowei Wang
Molecular Metabolism and Ageing | Dr Brian Drew
Molecular Proteomics | Dr David Greening
Neuropharmacology | Professor Geoff Head
Oxidative Stress | Professor Judy de Haan
Physical Activity | Professor David Dunstan
Preclinical Disease and Prevention | Associate Professor Melinda Carrington
Sports Cardiology | Associate Professor Andre La Gerche
Systems Genomics | Professor Michael Inouye
Vascular Biology and Atherothrombosis | Professor Alex Bobik