Fields of Research

Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
Geriatrics and gerontology
Primary health care
Exercise physiology
Endocrinology
Epidemiology
Nephrology and urology
Medical physiology
Preventative health care
Systems physiology
Clinical sciences
Rheumatology and arthritis
Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
Obstetrics and gynaecology
Health services and systems
Anaesthesiology
Health economics
Animal physiology - systems
Health promotion
Medical biochemistry - carbohydrates
Central nervous system
Medical biochemistry and metabolomics
Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
Environmental assessment and monitoring
Other education
Health systems
Autonomic nervous system
Artificial intelligence
Ophthalmology
General practice
Public health nutrition
Medical biotechnology diagnostics (incl. biosensors)
Health and community services
Implementation science and evaluation
Disease surveillance
Sports medicine
Health management
Community and primary care
Occupational and workplace health and safety
Health informatics and information systems

Research Objectives

Clinical health
Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions
Prevention of human diseases and conditions
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Preventive medicine
Health education and promotion
Evaluation of health and support services
Health related to ageing
Behaviour and health
Health system performance (incl. effectiveness of programs)
Determinants of health
Telehealth
Evaluation of health outcomes
Women's and maternal health
Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health)
Other education and training
Treatment of human diseases and conditions
Health status (incl. wellbeing)
Primary care
Health policy evaluation
Other health
Injury prevention and control
Urgent and critical care, and emergency medicine
Medical instruments
Rural and remote area health
Nutrition
Occupational health
Nursing

Career Best Publications

A call to action and a lifecourse strategy to address the global burden of raised blood pressure on current and future generations: the Lancet Commission on hypertension; The Lancet
Accuracy of cuff-measured blood pressure: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses; Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Discovery of new blood pressure phenotypes and relation to accuracy of cuff devices used in daily clinical practice; Hypertension
Lancet Commission on Hypertension group position statement on the global improvement of accuracy standards for devices that measure blood pressure; Journal of Hypertension
Validation of non-invasive central blood pressure devices: ARTERY Society task force consensus statement on protocol standardization; European Heart Journal

Research Publications

12min/week of high-intensity interval training reduces aortic reservoir pressure in individuals with metabolic syndrome: A randomized trial; Journal of Hypertension
A call to action and a lifecourse strategy to address the global burden of raised blood pressure on current and future generations: the Lancet Commission on hypertension; The Lancet
A Question of Central Importance; American College of Cardiology. Journal
A survey of anaesthetists on uterotonic usage practices for elective caesarean section in Australia and New Zealand; Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Abdominal obesity and brain atrophy in type 2 diabetes mellitus; PLoS One
Absolute risk assessment for guiding cardiovascular risk management in a chest pain clinic; Medical Journal of Australia
Absolute risk assessment for guiding cardiovascular risk management in a chest pain clinic; Medical Journal of Australia
Absolute risk assessment for guiding cardiovascular risk management in a chest pain clinic; Medical Journal of Australia
Accuracy of blood pressure monitoring devices: a critical need for improvement that could resolve discrepancy in hypertension guidelines; Journal of Human Hypertension
Accuracy of commercial devices and methods for noninvasive estimation of aortic systolic blood pressure a systematic review and meta-analysis of invasive validation studies; Journal of Hypertension
Accuracy of cuff-measured blood pressure: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses; Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Acute elevation of lipids does not alter exercise hemodynamics in healthy men: a randomized controlled study; Atherosclerosis
Acute elevation of triglycerides increases left ventricular contractility and alters ventricular-vascular interaction; American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus exhibit a greater exercise-induced increase in arterial stiffness and vessel hemodynamics; Hypertension
Age-dependent changes in blood pressure over consecutive office measurements: impact on hypertension diagnosis and implications for international guidelines; Journal of Hypertension
Alpha-lipoic acid does not affect resistance and conduit artery function or oxidative stress in healthy men; British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Ambulatory and central haemodynamics during progressive ascent to high-altitude and associated hypoxia; Journal of Human Hypertension
Ambulatory measurement of pulsatile hemodynamics; Textbook of arterial stiffness and pulsatile hemodynamics in health and disease
An absolute risk-guided approach to cardiovascular risk management within a chest pain clinic: the ARCPAC randomized trial; ESC Congress 2020
An observational cohort study of 3 units versus 5 units slow intravenous bolus oxytocin in women undergoing elective caesarean delivery; Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Aortic reservoir characteristics and brain structure in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus; a cross sectional study; Cardiovascular Diabetology
Aortic reservoir pressure corresponds to cyclic changes in aortic volume: physiological validation in humans; Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
Aortic systolic pressure derived with different calibration methods: associations to brachial systolic pressure in the general population; Blood Pressure Monitoring
Aortic-to-brachial artery stiffness gradient is not blood pressure independent; Journal of Human Hypertension
Aortic-to-brachial stiffness gradient and kidney function in type 2 diabetes; Journal of Hypertension
Arterial (aortic) stiffness in patients with resistant hypertension: from assessment to treatment; Current Hypertension Reports
Arterial oxygen desaturation kinetics during apnea; Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Arterial reservoir characteristics and central-to-peripheral blood pressure amplification in the human upper limb; Journal of Hypertension
Arterial stiffness, central blood pressure and body size in health and disease; International Journal of Obesity
Arterial stiffness: measurement and significance in management of hypertension; Indian Heart Journal
Assessment of arterial stiffness, oxidative stress and inflammation in acute kidney injury ; BMC Nephrology
Association between occupational, sport, and leisure related physical activity and baroreflex sensitivity: The Paris Prospective Study III; Hypertension
Association of arterial hemodynamics with left ventricular systolic function in hypertensive patients: A longitudinal study; Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Association of arterial wave properties and diastolic dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus; The American Journal of Cardiology
Association of brachial-cuff excess pressure with carotid intima-media thickness in Australian adults: a cross-sectional study; Journal of Hypertension
Association of central blood pressure with left atrial structural and functional abnormalities in hypertensive patients: implications for atrial fibrillation prevention; European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Association of Masked Hypertension and Left Ventricular Remodeling With the Hypertensive Response to Exercise; American Journal of Hypertension
Association of von Willebrand factor blood levels with exercise hypertension; European Journal of Applied Physiology
Associations and clinical relevance of aortic-brachial artery stiffness mismatch, aortic reservoir function, and central pressure augmentation; American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Associations of blood pressure variability and retinal arteriolar diameter in participants with type 2 diabetes; Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research
Associations of reservoir-excess pressure parameters derived from central and peripheral arteries with kidney function; American Journal of Hypertension
Astaxanthin has no effect on arterial stiffness, oxidative stress, or inflammation in renal transplant recipients: a randomized controlled trial (the XANTHIN trial); The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Astaxanthin vs placebo on arterial stiffness, oxidative stress and inflammation in renal transplant patients (Xanthin): A Randomised Controlled Trial; BMC Nephrology
Augmentation index and arterial stiffness in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus; Artery Research
Augmentation Index Immediately after Maximal Exercise in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Augmentation index, left ventricular contractility, and wave reflection; Hypertension
Australian Association for Exercise and Sports Science Position Statement on Exercise and Hypertension; Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Author reply; European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Author reply to: 'Clinical thresholds for ambulatory blood pressure measurement reinvented?'; British Medical Journal
Author Reply: Clinicians prescribing exercise: is air pollution a hazard?; Medical Journal of Australia
Automated 'oscillometric' blood pressure measuring devices: how they work and what they measure; Journal of Human Hypertension
Blood pressure and body mass index: a comparison of the associations in the Caucasian and Asian populations; Hypertension Research
Blood pressure devices need proper testing immediately; Australian Pharmacist
Blood pressure devices need proper testing immediately; Australian Pharmacist
Blood pressure during blood collection and the implication for absolute cardiovascular risk assessment; Pulse
Blood pressure response to exercise and cardiovascular disease; Current Hypertension Reports
Blood Pressure Variability and Prediction of Target Organ Damage in Patients With Uncomplicated Hypertension; American Journal of Hypertension
Blood pressure, aortic stiffness, hemodynamics, and cognition in twin pairs discordant for type 2 diabetes; Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Body silhouette trajectories across the lifespan and vascular aging: The Paris Prospective Study 3; Hypertension
Brachial and radial systolic blood pressure are not the same: evidence to support the Popeye phenomenon; Hypertension
Brachial-cuff excess pressure is associated with carotid intima-media thickness among Australian children: a cross-sectional population study; Hypertension Research
Brachial-to-radial SBP amplification: implications of age and estimated central blood pressure from radial tonometry; Journal of Hypertension
Brachial-to-radial systolic blood pressure amplification in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus; Journal of Human Hypertension
Brief online certification course for measuring blood pressure with an automated blood pressure device. A free new resource to support World Hypertension Day Oct 17, 2020; Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Cardiac Benefits of Exercise; Cardiology in general practice
Cardiac syndrome X: relevance of arterial pressure waveform analysis to patients with chest pain and normal coronary arteries; Journal of Human Hypertension
Cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiovascular burden in chronic kidney disease; Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Cardiorespiratory fitness, fatness, and the acute blood pressure response to exercise in adolescence; Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
Cardiorespiratory fitness, workload, and the blood pressure response to exercise testing; Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
Cardiovascular effects of methacholine-induced airway obstruction in man; Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
Cardiovascular implications of exposure to traffic air pollution during exercise; Q J M: Monthly Journal of The Association of Physicians
Central blood pressure estimation in type 1 diabetes: impact and implications of peripheral calibration method; Journal of Hypertension
Central blood pressure in the management of hypertension: soon reaching the goal?
Central blood pressure measurement may improve risk stratification; Journal of Human Hypertension
Central Blood Pressure Physiology: A (More) Critical Analysis; American Journal of Hypertension
Central Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Risk in Nondippers; Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Central Hemodynamics Could Explain the Inverse Association Between Height and Cardiovascular Mortality; American Journal of Hypertension
Central hemodynamics in ultra-endurance athletes; Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Central pressure should be used in clinical practice; Artery Research
Central versus peripheral blood pressure: finding a solution; Journal of Hypertension
Central-to-brachial blood pressure amplification in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis; Journal of Human Hypertension
Clarity in validation protocols for central blood pressure devices; Journal of Hypertension
Clinical audit of adherence to hypertension treatment guideline and control rates in hospitals of different sizes in Thailand; Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Clinical relevance of exaggerated exercise blood pressure; Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Clinicians prescribing exercise: is air pollution a hazard?; Medical Journal of Australia
Comparison between cuff-based and invasive systolic blood pressure amplification; Journal of Hypertension
Comparison of Central Blood Pressure Estimated by a Cuff-Based Device With Radial Tonometry; American Journal of Hypertension
Comparison of manual and automated auscultatory blood pressure during graded exercise among people with type 2 diabetes; Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Comparison of markers of oxidative stress, inflammation and arterial stiffness between incident hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients - an observational study; BMC Nephrology
Contribution of abnormal arterial function to cardiac syndrome X: a study of pressure waveform analysis and exercise haemodynamics; Journal of Human Hypertension
Contribution of abnormal central blood pressure to left ventricular filling pressure during exercise in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction; Journal of Hypertension
Contribution of nitric oxide to the blood pressure and arterial responses to exercise in humans ; Journal of Human Hypertension
Country experiences on the path to exclusive use of validated automated blood pressure measuring devices within the HEARTS in the Americas Initiative; Journal of Human Hypertension
Cuff under pressure for greater accuracy
Cuffless blood pressure measuring devices: review and statement by the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring and Cardiovascular Variability; Journal of hypertension
Definition of ambulatory blood pressure targets for diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in relation to clinic blood pressure: prospective cohort study ; B M J
Determinants of exercise capacity in patients with type 2 diabetes; Diabetes Care
Determinants of increased central excess pressure in dialysis: role of dialysis modality and arteriovenous fistula; American Journal of Hypertension
Diastolic stress echocardiography: hemodynamic validation and clinical significance of estimation of ventricular filling pressure with exercise; American College of Cardiology. Journal
Discovery of new blood pressure phenotypes and relation to accuracy of cuff devices used in daily clinical practice; Hypertension
Effect of blueberry tea on improving metabolic and vascular function in people with and without type 2 diabetes - A Pilot Study; Australian Diabetes Society and the Australian Diabetes Educators Association Annual Scientific Meeting 2016
Effect of increased preload on the synthesized aortic blood pressure waveform; Journal of Applied Physiology
Effect of intradialytic versus home-based aerobic exercise training on physical function and vascular parameters in hemodialysis patients: A randomized pilot study; American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Effect of vitamin D supplementation on aortic stiffness and arterial hemodynamics in people with osteoarthritis and vitamin D deficiency; Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Effect of whole-body mild-cold exposure on arterial stiffness and central haemodynamics: a randomised, cross-over trial in healthy men and women; European Journal of Applied Physiology
Effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation for cardiovascular health outcomes; Pulse
Effects of aldosterone on forearm vasculature in treated chronic heart failure; The American Journal of Cardiology
Effects of antioxidant supplementation on blood cyclosporine A and glomerular filtration rate in renal transplant recipients; Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation
Effects of atorvastatin on arterial stiffness in chronic kidney disease: a randomised controlled trial; Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis
Effects of bradykinin on venous capacitance in health and treated chronic heart failure; Clinical Science
Effects of downstream drug metabolites of spironolactone on aortic stiffness and ambulatory blood pressure; 24th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension
Effects of maximal static apnea on antioxidant defenses in trained free divers; Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Endurance exercise, plasma oxidation and cardiovascular risk; Acta Cardiologica: International Journal of Cardiology
Estimating central blood pressure in the extreme vascular phenotype of advanced kidney disease; Kidney International
Evaluation of a Brachial Cuff and Suprasystolic Waveform Algorithm Method to Noninvasively Derive Central Blood Pressure; American Journal of Hypertension
Every breath you take could be harming you
Evidence for abnormal left ventricular structure and function in normotensive individuals with familial hyperaldosteronism type 1; Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
Exaggerated blood pressure response to early stages of exercise stress testing and presence of hypertension; Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Excess pressure as an analogue of blood flow velocity; Journal of Hypertension
Exercise and Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Hypertension; American Journal of Hypertension
Exercise and coronary artery disease
Exercise and heart failure
Exercise and hypertension
Exercise and sport science australia position stand update on exercise and hypertension; Journal of Human Hypertension
Exercise and type 2 diabetes
Exercise aortic stiffness: Reproducibility and relation to end-organ damage in men; Journal of Human Hypertension
Exercise blood pressure and cardiac structure: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies; Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Exercise blood pressure: clinical relevance and correct measurement; Journal of Human Hypertension
Exercise central (aortic) blood pressure is predominantly driven by forward traveling waves, not wave reflection; Hypertension
Exercise excess pressure and exercise-induced albuminuria in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus; American Journal of Physiology: Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Exercise Hypertension; Pulse
Exercise-induced hypertension, cardiovascular events, and mortality in patients undergoing exercise stress testing: a systematic review and meta-analysis; American Journal of Hypertension
Expert consensus on the clinical use of pulse wave velocity in Asia; Pulse
Exposure to Automotive Pollution Increases Plasma Susceptibility to Oxidation; Archives of Environmental Health
Facebook advertising for participant recruitment into a blood pressure clinical trial; Journal of Hypertension
Feasibility of a multi-modal exercise program on cognition in older adults with Type 2 diabetes - a pilot randomised controlled trial; BMC Geriatrics
Fitness Is Independently Associated with Central Hemodynamics in Metabolic Syndrome; Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Gender differences in systolic tissue velocity: role of left ventricular length; European Journal of Echocardiography
General practitioner perceptions of assessment and reporting of absolute cardiovascular disease risk via pathology services: a qualitative study; Family Practice
General practitioners maintain a focus on blood pressure management rather than absolute cardiovascular disease risk management; Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
Global marketing and sale of accurate cuff blood pressure measurement devices; Circulation
Global proliferation and clinical consequences of non-validated automated BP devices; Journal of Human Hypertension
Greater Daily Defined Dose of antihypertensive medication increases the risk of falls in older people-A population-based study; Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Guidelines for home blood pressure monitoring; Home blood pressure monitoring
Guiding hypertension management using central blood pressure: effect of medication withdrawal on left ventricular function; American Journal of Hypertension
HEARTS in the Americas: a global example of using clinically validated automated blood pressure devices in cardiovascular disease prevention and management in primary health care settings; Journal of Human Hypertension
HEARTS in the Americas: innovations for improving hypertension and cardiovascular disease risk management in primary care; Pan American journal of public health
High-quality medical research requires that equipment has been validated for accuracy; Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Home blood pressure monitoring: Australian Expert Consensus Statement; Journal of Hypertension
Home blood pressure monitoring: methodology, clinical relevance and practical application: a 2021 position paper by the Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring and Cardiovascular Variability of the European Society of Hypertension; Journal of Hypertension
How to Check if a Blood Pressure Monitor has been Properly Tested for Accuracy; WHL Newsletter
How to check whether a blood pressure monitor has been properly validated for accuracy; Journal of Clinical Hypertension
How to find and use validated blood pressure measuring devices; Journal of Human Hypertension
How to manage your blood pressure in isolation
How to measure home blood pressure: Recommendations for healthcare professionals and patients; Australian Family Physician
Hypertension Fact Sheet for the Exercise is Medicine Australia (EIM Aus.) initiative
Identification of the optimal protocol for automated office blood pressure measurement among patients with treated hypertension; American Journal of Hypertension
Identifying Isolated Systolic Hypertension from Upper-Arm Cuff Blood Pressure Compared with Invasive Measurements; Hypertension
Impact of spironolactone on vascular, myocardial, and functional parameters in untreated patients with a hypertensive response to exercise; American Journal of Hypertension
Impact of within-visit systolic blood pressure change patterns on blood pressure classification: The cardiovascular risk in Young Finns Study; European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Impaired baroreflex sensitivity, carotid stiffness, and exaggerated exercise blood pressure: a community-based analysis from the Paris Prospective Study III; European Heart Journal
Impaired postprandial skeletal muscle vascular responses to a mixed meal challenge in normoglycaemic people with a parent with type 2 diabetes; Diabetologia
Importance of calibration method in central blood pressure for cardiac structural abnormalities; American Journal of Hypertension
Improvement in functional capacity with spironolactone masks the treatment effect on exercise blood pressure; Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Increased excess pressure after creation of an arteriovenous fistula in end stage renal disease; American Journal of Hypertension
Increased stroke volume and aortic stiffness contribute to isolated systolic hypertension in young adults ; Hypertension
Individual and neighborhood deprivation and carotid stiffness: The Paris Prospective Study III; Hypertension
Influence of age on upper arm cuff blood pressure measurement; Hypertension
Influence of altered blood rheology on ventricular-vascular response to exercise; Hypertension
Influence of blood pressure level and age on within-visit blood pressure variability in children and adolescents; European Journal of Pediatrics
Integration of absolute cardiovascular disease risk assessment into routine blood cholesterol testing at pathology services; Family Practice
Intra-arterial analysis of the best calibration methods to estimate aortic blood pressure; Journal of Hypertension
Intradialytic versus home based exercise training in hemodialysis patients: A randomised controlled trial; BMC Nephrology
Is There a Clinical Role of Light Exercise Central Blood Pressure?; American Journal of Hypertension
J-curves in hypertension: what do they tell us about treatment of high blood pressure?; European Heart Journal
Journal of Human Hypertension special issue on the accuracy of automated blood pressure measuring devices; Journal of Human Hypertension
Lancet Commission on Hypertension group position statement on the global improvement of accuracy standards for devices that measure blood pressure; Journal of Hypertension
Left ventricular mass in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is independently associated with central but not peripheral pulse pressure; Diabetes Care
Lifestyle Change Diminishes a Hypertensive Response to Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes; Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Longitudinal changes in excess pressure independently predict declining renal function among healthy individuals - A pilot study; American Journal of Hypertension
Low exercise blood pressure and risk of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality: Systematic review and meta-analysis; Atherosclerosis
Lower systolic blood pressure is associated with poorer survival in long-term survivors of stroke; Journal of Hypertension
Macrovasculature and microvasculature at the crossroads between type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension; Hypertension
Masked hypertension and submaximal exercise blood pressure among adolescents from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC); Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
Masked hypertension is 'unmasked' by low-intensity exercise blood pressure; Blood Pressure
May Measurement Month 2017: an analysis of blood pressure screening results from Australia-South-East Asia and Australasia; European Heart Journal Supplements
Measurements of arterial pressure and flow in viv; Textbook of arterial stiffness and pulsatile hemodynamics in health and disease
Metabolomics Data Normalization with EigenMS; PLoS One
Metabolomics in hypertension; Journal of Hypertension
Metabolomics reveals increased isoleukotoxin diol (12,13-DHOME) in human plasma after acute Intralipid infusion; Journal of Lipid Research
Methodological factors affecting quantification of blood pressure variability: a scoping review; Journal of Hypertension
Misclassification of blood pressure of Vietnamese adults when only a single measurement is used; Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Myocardial perfusion and the J curve association between diastolic blood pressure and mortality; American Journal of Hypertension
New insights into cardiovascular risk from the exercise central waveform ; Artery Research: the official journal of artery
Nitric oxide does not significantly contribute to changes in pulse pressure amplification during light aerobic exercise; Hypertension
Non-inferiority study of 3IU versus 5IU slow bolus oxytocin in patients undergoing elective caesarean delivery; ANZCA ASM
Non-invasive measurement of reservoir pressure parameters from brachial-cuff blood pressure waveforms; Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Nonpharmacological management of resistant hypertension; Current Cardiology Reports
Nonvalidated home blood pressure devices dominate the online marketplace in Australia: major implications for cardiovascular risk management; Hypertension
Optimal automated unobserved office blood pressure protocol: only 6-minutes and two readings may be needed
Optimizacion del desempeno del observador al medir la presion arterial en el consultorio: declaracion de posicion de la Comision Lancet de Hipertension; Pan American Journal of Public Health
Optimizing observer performance of clinic blood pressure measurement: a position statement from the Lancet Commission on Hypertension Group; Journal of Hypertension
Oral glucose challenge impairs skeletal muscle microvascular blood flow in healthy people; American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism
Osteoarthritis bone marrow lesions at the knee and large artery characteristics; Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Out-of-office and central blood pressure for risk stratification: a cross-sectional study in patients treated for hypertension; European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Patients with at least thirty percent of home systolic blood pressures elevated are likely to have uncontrolled blood pressure: a pragmatic method for doctors to assess blood pressure control from patient blood pressure diaries; Hypertension: Abstracts From the 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the HBPRCA and the 39th Annual Scientific Meeting of the AAS
Patients with coronary slow flow phenomenon demonstrate normal myocardial blood flow and arterial wave reflection between acute episodes; International Journal of Cardiology
Patients with type 2 diabetes have exaggerated brachial and central exercise blood pressure: Relation to left ventricular relative wall thickness; American Journal of Hypertension
Paucity of evidence for the effectiveness of prophylactic low-dose oxytocin protocols (<5;IU) compared with 5IU in women undergoing elective caesarean section: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials; European Journal of Anaesthesiology
Perceptions of pharmacists on the quality of automated blood pressure devices: a national survey; Journal of human hypertension
Persistent elevation of central pulse pressure during postural stress in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus; Journal of Human Hypertension
Physiological and clinical insights from reservoir-excess pressure analysis; Journal of Human Hypertension
Pragmatic method to assess treated blood pressure from home blood pressure diaries - OPTIMAL study; 2014 PHC Research Conference
Pragmatic method to assess treated blood pressure from home blood pressure diaries - OPTIMAL study; 3rd Annual NHMRC Research Translation Faculty Symposium
Pragmatic method using blood pressure diaries to assess blood pressure control; Annals of Family Medicine
Prognostic Power of Exercise Haemodynamics: Significance of the Central Pressure Waveform
Prognostic value of carotid and radial artery reservoir-wave parameters in end-stage renal disease; Journal of the American Heart Association
Pulsatile and steady-state 24-hour hemodynamics in adolescents and young adults: The next steps ahead; Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Pulsatile interaction between the macro-vasculature and micro-vasculature: proof-of-concept among patients with type 2 diabetes; European Journal of Applied Physiology
Pulse Pressure; Manual of Hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension
Pulse pressure amplification during exercise is significantly reduced with age and hypercholesterolemia; Journal of Hypertension
Pulse wave analysis is a reproducible technique for measuring central blood pressure during hemodynamic perturbations induced by exercise; American Journal of Hypertension
Quality of life improves more for people who receive proactive absolute
Radial pressure waveform dP/dt max is a poor indicator of left ventricular systolic function; European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Randomized Trial of Guiding Hypertension Management Using Central Aortic Blood Pressure Compared With Best-Practice Care: Principal Findings of the BP GUIDE Study; Hypertension
Rationale and design of a randomized study to determine the value of central Blood Pressure for GUIDing managEment of hypertension: The BP GUIDE study; American Heart Journal
Re: Tartiere et al, Noninvasively determined radial dP/dt is a predictor of mortality in patients with heart failure; American Heart Journal: The International Publication for The Study of The Heart and Circulation
Reduced central blood pressure in older adults following progressive resistance training; Journal of Human Hypertension
Reexamining the effect of antihypertensive medications on falls; Hypertension
Regression to the mean in home blood pressure: Analyses of the BP GUIDE study; Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Regression to the mean of repeated ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in five studies; Journal of Hypertension
Relationship between homocysteine and cardiorespiratory fitness is sex-dependent; Nutrition Research: The International Medium for Rapid Publication of Communications in The Nutritional Sciences
Relative contribution of blood pressure in childhood, young and mid-adulthood to large artery stiffness in mid-adulthood; Journal of the American Heart Association
Relative contributions of adiposity in childhood and adulthood to vascular health of young adults; Atherosclerosis
Reply; Journal of Hypertension
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Reproducibility of cardiac output derived by impedance cardiography during postural changes and exercise; Artery Research
Resistance exercise training reduces arterial reservoir pressure in older adults with prehypertension and hypertension; Hypertension Research
Response by Armstrong et al to Letter Regarding Article “Brachial and Radial Systolic Blood Pressure Are Not the Same: Evidence to Support the Popeye Phenomenon”; Hypertension
Response to 'More fuel in the obesity paradox debate': fatness, fitness, stiffness and blood pressure; International Journal of Obesity
Response to A New Exercise Central Hemodynamics Paradigm: Time for Reflection or Expansion?; Hypertension
Response to fujisawa: Elevated blood pressure in different populations: The role of dietary salt consumption; Hypertension Research
Resting heart rate and the association of physical fitness with carotid artery stiffness; American Journal of Hypertension
Sao Paulo call to action for the prevention and control of high blood pressure: 2020; Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica (Print)
Self-directed multimedia process for delivering participant informed consent; BMJ Open
Serum metabolic profile predicts adverse central haemodynamics in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus; Acta Diabetologica
Sex differences in blood pressure and potential implications for cardiovascular risk management; Hypertension
Sharpening the Focus on Causes of Ethnic Differences in Aortic Stiffness; JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
Skeletal muscle microvascular-linked improvements in glycemic control from resistance training in individuals with Type 2 Diabetes; Diabetes Care
Socio-demographic and lifestyle factors associated with hypertension in Nigeria: results from a country-wide survey; Journal of Human Hypertension
Spironolactone reduces aortic stiffness in people with a hypertensive response to exercise via the blood pressure dependent effects of canrenoate; 12th meeting of the Association for Research into Arterial Structure and Physiology
Spironolactone reduces aortic stiffness via blood pressure-dependent effects of canrenoate; Metabolomics
Stability of left ventricular longitudinal and circumferential deformation over time and standard loading conditions; European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Strengthening the Case for Global Risk Assessment of Patients With High Blood Pressure; American Journal of Hypertension
Submaximal exercise blood pressure and cardiovascular structure in adolescence; International Journal of Cardiology
São Paulo call to action for the prevention and control of high blood pressure: 2020; Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Targeted LOWering of central blood pressure in patients with hypertension: baseline recruitment, rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial (The LOW CBP study); Contemporary Clinical Trials
The accuracy in measurement of blood pressure (AIM‐BP) collaborative: background and rationale; Journal of Clinical Hypertension
The cross-sectional association of sitting time with carotid artery stiffness in young adults; BMJ Open
The effect of a high-fat meal on postprandial arterial stiffness in men with obesity and Type 2 diabetes; Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
The effect of exercise on large artery haemodynamics in cystic fibrosis; Journal of Cystic Fibrosis
The effect of exercise on large artery hemodynamics in healthy young men; European Journal of Clinical Investigation
The identification and management of high blood pressure using exercise blood pressure: current evidence and practical guidance; International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
The impact of methodology on derived measures of central pressure during exercise; Journal of Applied Physiology
The impact of small to moderate inaccuracies in assessing blood pressure on hypertension prevalence and control rates; Journal of Clinical Hypertension
The importance of calibration method in determining the association between central blood pressure with left ventricular and left atrial strain; International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
The influence of fitness on exercise blood pressure and its association with cardiac structure in adolescence; Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
The influence of SBP amplification on the accuracy of form-factor-derived mean arterial pressure; Journal of Hypertension
The most used method of measuring blood pressure is often inaccurate, study finds
The Tasmanian electronic falls ascertainment tool—A pilot study; Australasian Journal on Ageing
The urgency to regulate validation of automated blood pressure measuring devices: a policy statement and call to action from the world hypertension league; Journal of Human Hypertension
Towards a consensus on the understanding and analysis of the pulse waveform: Results from the 2016 Workshop on Arterial Hemodynamics: Past, present and future
Twenty-four-hour central (aortic) systolic blood pressure: Reference values and dipping patterns in untreated individuals; Hypertension
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is independently associated with decreased neural baroreflex sensitivity: The Paris Prospective Study III; Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
Type-2 diabetes and the clinical importance of exaggerated exercise blood pressure; Hypertension
Use of Tissue Characterisation in relation to Arterial Function; Myocardial Imaging: Tissue Doppler and Speckle Tracking
Validation of a generalized transfer function to noninvasively derive central blood pressure during exercise; Hypertension
Validation of non-invasive central blood pressure devices: ARTERY Society task force consensus statement on protocol standardization; European Heart Journal
Validation status of blood pressure measuring devices sold globally; Journal of the American Medical Association
Validation study to determine the accuracy of central blood pressure measurement using the Sphygmocor Xcel cuff device; Hypertension
Validity and reliability of a new method to estimate central blood pressure from the upper arm cuff oscillometric signal; 5th Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) Conference and 7th Sports Dietitians Australia Update: From Research to Practice
Validity and reliability of central blood pressure estimated by upper arm oscillometric cuff pressure; American Journal of Hypertension
Value of measuring central blood pressure in clinical practice; Kidney International
Vascular biomarker measurement using wrist-worn tonometer technology; Journal of Hypertension
Vigorous physical activity and carotid distensibility in young and mid-aged adults; Hypertension Research
Vitamin D supplementation in the management of knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial; Trials
Waiting a few extra minutes before measuring blood pressure has potentially important clinical and research ramifications; Journal of Human Hypertension
Weak and fragmented regulatory frameworks on the accuracy of blood pressure-measuring devices pose a major impediment for the implementation of HEARTS in the Americas; Journal of Clinical Hypertension
What is the Best Path Length for Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity? Preliminary Answer to a Stiff Question; American Journal of Hypertension
Within-visit and between-visit intra-individual blood pressure variability in an unselected adult population from rural China; Journal of Hypertension
Within-visit SBP variability from childhood to adulthood and markers of cardiovascular end-organ damage in mid-life; Journal of Hypertension
YOUNG INVESTIGATORS: Putting the pressure on nonvalidated blood pressure monitors; Hypertension News
[Lancet Commission on Hypertension group position statement on the global improvement of accuracy standards for devices that measure blood pressure Posicionamento Do Grupo Da Lancet Commission on Hypertension Sobre a Melhoria Global Dos Padrões De Acurácia Para Aparelhos Que Medem a Pressão Arterial]; Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica

Research Projects

A pilot study of the clinical and haemodynamic effects of 5 IU versus 3 IU of oxytocin infusion during elective caesarean section; High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia (HBPRCA)
A Pilot Study of the Clinical and Haemodynamic Effects of 5IU versus 3 IU of Oxytocin Infusion During Elective Caesarean Section; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
A smarter way to measure blood pressure; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Accurate blood pressure with machine learning; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Ambulatory central blood pressure as a novel explanation for diabetes-associated brain damage; Diabetes Australia Research Trust (DART)
Assessing the clinical value of exercise stress echocardiography: an EXERcise stress Test collaboratION (EXERTION) study; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Assessing the validity on non-invasive methods to estimate central blood pressure (BP); Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Cardiometabolic benefits of exercise training in type 2 diabetes independent of weight loss; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Central blood pressure: Physiology and clinical application (Level 2); National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Central blood pressure: Physiology and clinical value during light exercise; Heart Foundation (HF)
Clinical importance of neural baroreflex sensitivity in the Paris Prospective Study 3; High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia (HBPRCA)
Clinical role of pressure waveform analysis; National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Detection and management of subclinical pulmonary vascular disease; Heart Foundation (HF)
Effect of Acute Climatic Changes on Blood Pressure, Blood Vessel Function and Blood Clotting in Type II Diabetes; Clifford Craig Foundation (CCFoundation)
Implementation and evaluation of the Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic (RACPC) a process evaluation.; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
IMplementing clinical Pathways for Acute Care in Tasmania (IMPACT); Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
Improved cardiovascular Disease hEALth service delivery in Australia (the IDEAL study); Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Improved cardiovascular disease health service delivery in Australian (IDEAL study); National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Improved clinical assessment of blood pressure; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Linking exercise blood pressure to clinical outcomes: the EXERcise stress Test collaboratION (EXERTION) Tasmanian pilot study.; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Microvascular dysfunction in adult offspring of type 2 diabetics; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
NHMRC 2008 Equipment Grant - Utas Portion; National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Prevalence and cardiovascular risk associated with exaggerated exercise blood pressure among people with type 2 diabetes; Diabetes Australia Research Program (DARP)
Risk-guided strategy for reducing readmission for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (RiskHELP); Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
Spironolactone in myocardial dysfunction with reduced exercise capacity (STRUCTURE); Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Targeted LOWering of Central Blood Pressure in patients with hypertension: a randomised controlled trial (The LOW CBP study); National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Tasmanian Study of Echocardiographic Detection of Left Ventricular Dysfunction; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
The EXERcise stress Test collaboratION - Pilot study; Heart Foundation (HF)
The role of central haemodynamics in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus-related brain disease; National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
The Royal Hobart Hospital's innovative Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic (RACPC): A health economic evaluation of patient, RHH and community benefits; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
The Tasmanian electronic falls ascertainment tool (TASeFALL); Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Travel Award for PhD candidate Martin Schultz; Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA)
Cognition and Type 2 Diabetes - A pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) exercise
Early Detection of Coronary Artery Disease by Polygenic and Metabolic Risk Scoring (EDCAD-PMS)
ERA 2018/2019 REC Member: Professor James Sharman
James Sharman - Discretionary Account - Non-research income
Project title: Comparison of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Guidelines between UK, US and Australia.
Risk-guided Disease managEment plan to prevEnt heart failure in patients treated with previous cheMotherapy (REDEEM)
Trial of Aldosterone Blockade and Exercise Training for the Treatment of Exercise Intolerance in Hypertensive Heart Disease
A randomised study to determine the value of central blood pressure for guiding management of hypertension
A study to determine the clinical value of measuring central blood pressure in patients with hypertension
American Heart Association Scientific Meeting, Orlando, Florida
Clinical application of arterial pressure waveform analyses: Role of exercise central blood pressure
Contribution of blood viscosity to large artery and myocardial function
Effect of plasma triglycerides on the central haemodynamic response to exercise
European Society of Cardiology Meeting, Vienna, Austria
Exertional dyspnoea with increased filling pressure: Mechanisms and treatment strategies
For research at the Wales Heart Research Institute, Cardiff, Wales
For travel to present at the British Hypertension Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Cambridge, UK
PhD Top-Up Scholarship
Quantum Leap Fellowship
ResTeach Fellowship
ResTeach Fellowship
To complete a full-time Doctor of Philosophy degree course
To present at the 21st Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension, Fukuoka, Japan
To present at the European Society of Cardiology Scientific Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden

Research Candidate Supervision

Ambulatory Central Heamodynamics- Physiology and Clinical Relevance in Type 2 Diabetes
Blood pressure variability in hypertension
Cardiovascular Abnormalities Associated With High Blood Pressure
Clinical and physiological effects of oxytocin
Clinical Exercise Haemodynamics
Exercise Haemodynamics- Physiology and Clinical Consequences
Haemodynamic Responses to Climate Variations in Healthy Individuals and those with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
The Relationship of Fatness, Fitness and Physical Activity with Vascular Health in Human Populations