Professor Joseph Selvanayagam

Prof Selvanayagam graduated with first class Honours from the University of Adelaide in 1995, obtained his FRACP (Cardiology) in 2002 and his PhD from Oxford University (DPhil) in 2005. For his doctoral and post-doctoral work he received the Wellcome Trust (UK) Cardiovascular Research Fellowship, UK Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme and the Intermediate Research Fellowship award from the British Heart Foundation. In addition during this time, he received several national and international awards, including a merit award from Oxford University, and the Samuel Levine Finalist Award of the American Heart Association. Over the course of his research career he has attracted more than 28million AUD in grant funding. Prof Selvanayagam has published > 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts/abstracts/book chapters with an h-index of 45 and >12500 citations

As the Director of Cardiac Imaging Research (CIR), SA Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), Prof Selvanayagam leads a group with an international reputation in randomised clinical trials, and cardiac imaging research. Prof Selvanayagam’s research program can be summarized under the overall theme of using cardiac imaging to answer mechanistic questions in three broad areas in cardiology: Heart failure and Cardiomyopathy, Coronary Artery Disease and Arrhythmia Disorders.