Professor Gemma A Figtree

Director & Chair, Heart Heath Committee

Gemma is a Professor in Medicine at the University of Sydney and an Interventional Cardiologist at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. She is the Chair of the University of Sydney’s multi-disciplinary Cardiovascular Initiative. Discoveries in her laboratory have been published in leading journals, including the Lancet, Circulation, JACC and European Heart Journal, with > 215 publications. She was awarded a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Excellence Award for Top Ranked Practitioner Fellow (Australia, 2018) and a NSW Ministerial Award for Cardiovascular Research Excellence (2019). Gemma serves as a member of the Editorial Board of leading international journals, including Circulation and Cardiovascular Research and an Associate Editor for Heart, Lung and Circulation. She is a strong advocate for cardiovascular research, working as President of the Australian Cardiovascular Alliance with a national team to secure $220 million in federal funding for the Mission for Cardiovascular Health. She chairs the MRFF Mission (CV) Expert Advisory Panel.