Associate ProfessorJessica Orchard

Current chief investigator projects include:

•  an Australasian registry of athlete screening ECGs (the ARENA Project) with a focus on under-represented populations, e.g. female athletes and athletes of various ethnicities;
• an implementation study of an eHealth atrial fibrillation screening program for Indigenous Australians in rural areas in NSW;
• a feasibility study of atrial fibrillation screening in those with rheumatic heart disease in Nigeria (World Heart Federation Emerging Leaders program); and
• a pilot study of cardiac screening for young Indigenous people using the community Australian football setting in northern Australia (Hearts In Focus).

Current expert consensus and guideline projects include:

• 2025 iCARDIO (International Cardio Alliance to Improve Disease Outcomes) Global Implementation Guidelines on Diagnosis & Management of Atrial Fibrillation
• Sports, exercise, and physical activity in children with cardiovascular disease: Clinical Consensus Statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (ACNAP, and the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC)
•  International Athlete ECG interpretation consensus guidelines 2025