6 - 9 August 2026

Sydney International Convention Centre

ISHR Early Career Investigator Symposium and ECI Finalist Session

ASM Attendees - included with full registration
Non-ASM Attendees - AU$150

Please visit the registration page to register.

1230-1300 Lunch

 

 

ISHR Early Career Investigator Symposium: ECI finalist session (JMCC sponsored session)
Chairs: Arinola Akinnibosun and James Bell

1300-1330 Phenotypic screening to jumpstart drug discovery for heart failure

Timothy McKinsey, USA

1330-1348 ECI Prize Finalist 1: Altered cardiac renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and sympathetic nervous system (SNS) development across gestation in a sheep model of fetal growth restriction (FGR)

Melanie Bertossa, SA
Abstract No. 395

1348-1406 ECI Prize Finalist 2: Investigating the role of a novel PKA phosphorylation site in cardiac calcium channel function associated with “fight-or-flight” responses

Catherine Jenkins, WA
Abstract No. 408

1406-1424 ECI Prize Finalist 3: Cardiomyocyte dysfunction is modulated by PCDHGA10 in Friedreich Ataxia

Jarmon Lees, VIC
Abstract No. 546

1424-1442 ECI Prize Finalist 4: Multi-organ metabolic changes in physiological and pathological cardiac remodelling

Renpig Liu, NSW
Abstract No. 1011

1442-1500 ECI Prize Finalist 5: Vascular smooth muscle cells: The intermediary for meta-inflammation and heart failure?

Abhipree Sharma, NSW
Abstract No. 793

1500-1530 Afternoon Tea  
 

ISHR Early Career Investigator Symposium: Inside the editorial black box - opportunities for EMCIs (JMCC sponsored session)
Chairs: Clara Jiang and Nchafatso Obonyo

1530-1700 Inside the editorial black box - opportunities for EMCIs

Editorial Panel:
James Bell, James Chong, Alta Schutte, Kate Weeks

1700-1800 ISHR Early-Career Investigator Networking Function (in collaboration with ACvA EMCR) Facilitators: Yuanzhao (Nick) Cao and Teagan Er