Anushka Patel is and Australian cardiologist who is Chief Executive Officer at

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, a Professor of Medicine at the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949. The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...

, and Cardiologist at the

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Career

Patel completed her medical training at the

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, and then obtained a Master of Science in Epidemiology at

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and a PhD from

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. Patel's research is focused on improving

cardiovascular In vertebrates, the circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the body. It includes the cardiovascular system, or vascular system, that consists of the heart a ...

care in the community and in acute care hospital settings. and she also leads research projects in Australia, China and India. She is supported by a Principal Research Fellowship from the Australian

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(NHMRC). She describes her motivations for treating those with

heart disease Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina pectoris, angina, myocardial infarction, heart attack), heart failure, ...

, “Initially I was interested in how we could improve the treatment for people who are very sick with heart disease, such as those who have suffered a heart attack. However, as time went by, I became more interested in how you actually prevent this heart attack in the first place, because it is probably a lot more beneficial to the population if you can prevent it". Patel wrote an essay on "Making Asia fit for Growth" for the

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in Australia.

Publications

Patel has over 82,000 citations and an H-index of 43, as at July 2024, according to Google Scholar. Her publications focus on cardiology, and she has publications in various journals including The Lancet. Select publications include: * Patel, A. (2007) Effects of a fixed combination of perindopril and indapamide on macrovascular and microvascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (the ADVANCE trial): a randomised controlled trial. ''The Lancet''. V370:9590. P829-840. * Maharani A, Sujarwoto, Praveen D, Oceandy D, Tampubolon G, et al. (2024) Implementation of mobile-health technology is associated with five-year survival among individuals in rural areas of Indonesia. ''PLOS Digital Health'' 3(4): e0000476. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000476. * Dewi, A., Pisani, E., Ihsan, B. R. P., Hariadini, A. L., Patel, A., Palagyi, A., ... Lyrawati, D. (2023). Continuity of CVD treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from East Java, Indonesia. ''Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice'', ''16''(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-022-00509-w.

Awards and recognition

* 2018 — awarded

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Gustav Nossal Medal for Global Health. * 2015 — elected Fellow of the

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. * 2011 — named one of the 100 most influential people in Sydney by ''

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''. * 2006 — received the Peter Bancroft Prize from the University of Sydney in 2006.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Anushka Living people Australian women academics Year of birth missing (living people) Australian cardiologists Women cardiologists Academic staff of the University of New South Wales University of Queensland alumni Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni University of Sydney alumni Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Australian medical researchers