@gemtreee

Mum, interventional cardiologist and professor at USYD; President Australian CV Alliance; reducing the impact of heart disease; #breast-cancer patient

 Sydney
sydney.edu.au/medicine/people/academics/profiles/gemma.figtree.php
Joined May 2013
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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 danafarber.jimmyfund.org/sit…
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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 url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com…

The national Cardiovascular Health Leadership Research Forum: a new data‐driven model placing...

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Enjoyable story #koala smh.com.au/national/nsw/koal…

Koala leads police on chase through Sydney train station

CCTV has captured the fluffy commuter’s early morning outing, until police arrived on the scene.

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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
EHJ Editor-in-Chief
@ehj_ed15 Apr 2024
Coexisting atrial fibrillation and cancer: time trends and associations with mortality in a nationwide Dutch study academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a… #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
Khurram Nasir
@khurramn111 Apr 2024
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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This is sooo helpful ! @ArnottClare @Steph_Achenbach @OzCvA @ProfSNicholls
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@ehj_ed12 Apr 2024
Low-dose colchicine for atherosclerosis: long-term safety. A State-of-the-Art Review just published in #EHJ #CardioTwitter @escardio @ESC_Journals #colchicine academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a…
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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/sit…
Prof Gemma Figtree AM@gemtreee19 Nov 2023
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 danafarber.jimmyfund.org/sit…
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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
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Prof Gemma Figtree AM retweeted
Jane Hirst@DrJaneHirst21 Mar 2024
Women’s health needs beyond sexual, reproductive, and maternal health are missing from the government’s 2024 priorities | The BMJ bmj.com/content/384/bmj.q679

Women’s health needs beyond sexual, reproductive, and maternal health are missing from the govern...

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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Awesome leadership by @PeterJMeikle @BakerResearchAu @CamBakerSGI @CoreySGiles
Baker Institute@BakerResearchAu22 Mar 2024
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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Agree @CAD_Frontiers @OzCvA
Prof Rebecca Ritchie@rebeccahritchie22 Mar 2024
This looks awesome!!
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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
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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 danafarber.jimmyfund.org/sit… Please pass on to any friends or family affected by cancer- as this will make a difference.
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Go Gal !!! Pipe dream: Picklum’s perfect 10 crowns ‘historic day for women’s surfing’ smh.com.au/sport/perfect-10-… @DrEmmaLJohnston @KathyBelov @CSHeartResearch @rebeccakozor @rebeccahritchie @JRedHeart @OzCvA @ProfSNicholls @RonBlankstein @Drroxmehran @CAD_Frontiers

Pipe dream: Picklum’s perfect 10 crowns ‘historic day for women’s surfing’

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/sit…
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I love these awards. So well deserved Chris
Grant Drummond@gr_drummond31 Jan 2024
Congratulations on getting shortlisted Chris.
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Stoked to hear that @CAD_Frontiers story won 2023 Scientia Article of the Year scientia.global/professor-ge… in an effort to share with the educated community the key unknowns and new opportunities for preventing heart attacks @gr_drummond @latrobe @BakerResearchAu

Professor Gemma Figtree | A Quest for Zero Heart Attacks • 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 nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc23… @CAD_Frontiers @OzCvA @KathyBelov
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It was a fantastic meeting thank you so much. @CAD_Frontiers
Prof AJ Jenkins@Prof_AJ_Jenkins8 Dec 2023
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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