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MyHeart MyLife health professional program guide

To help you understand what’s covered in the program, we have developed the MyHeart MyLife Health professional program guide, with access to MyHeart MyLife content and supporting resources.

Future Leader Fellowship – Level 1

The Future Leader Fellowship program aims to support the best and brightest in cardiovascular research. It supports aspiring leaders who are developing independence and their own research portfolio, through to established leaders of cardiovascular research groups with extensive research programs.

Future Leader Fellowship – Level 1
Grant ID Researcher Administering Institute State Research Category Project Title
110333-2025_FLF Niamh Chapman University of Sydney NSW Clinical, Public health, Health services Improving hypertension management in primary care
109973-2025_FLF Alexandra Jones University of New South Wales NSW Public health Strengthening the use of law to reduce diet-related diseases in Australia
109807-2025_FLF Rebecca Kozor University of Sydney NSW Clinical Genetic cardiomyopathies – improving diagnosis, mechanistic insights, and evaluating new therapies
110369-2025_FLF Nitesh Nerlekar Monash University VIC Clinical, Public health Leveraging mammograms for the early identification of cardiovascular risk: a 2-for-1 benefit using established screening programs
109309-2025_FLF Holly Voges Murdoch Children's Research Institute VIC Biomedical Improving Rheumatic Heart Disease treatment with a novel stem cell model of heart valve tissue

Meet the finalists

The Twenty of the Best (top 20 applicants) were selected from 223 expressions of interest received. They were selected for their ambitious ideas that are innovative, impactful, feasible and fundable.

Explore our finalists' big ideas and bold solutions in the videos below.

Clinical | Data and informatics | First Nations

Medical devices| Policy and implementation | Therapeutics

Clinical

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Stroke of genius: telerobotic clot removal reaching rural Australia

Last updated16 October 2025

Last reviewed19 November 2024