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Associate ProfessorRachael Cordina

Clinical Associate Professor

Faculty of Medicine and Health

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  • Clinical Associate Professor
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

RESEARCH INTERESTs

Clinical research

Adult Cogenital Heart Disease

The Fontan circulation

General cardiology

Pregnancy

Echocardiography

Exercise physiology and training

Vascular function

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    A Multidisciplinary Lifestyle Program to Enhance CARDIOvascular Health in Young People with Congenital Heart Disease through Exercise and Dietary GuidancE (CARDIO-EDGE)
    NSW Health1 Mar 2025
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    Creating a National Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) "Knowledge Bank"
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2028
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Brain injury and dysfunction in young adults with complex congenital heart disease: Defining the natural history and potentially modifiable contributors
    NSW Health1 Mar 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cordina R
  • GRANT
    Congenital Heart Fitness Intervention Trial: CH-FIT
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2020
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    FONTAN Personalised Exercise Prescription at yoUr Place PEP-UP Trial: A novel home-based exercise intervention to augment the peripheral muscle pump and improve peak exercise capacity in young people with a single ventricle
    National Heart Foundation of Australia1 Jan 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cordina R,
    • Maiorana A,
    • Lubans D,
    • d’Udekem Y
  • GRANT
    A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial of angiotensinconverting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in patients with a Fontan circulation to assess the impact on nephropathy and preservation of renal function
    National Heart Foundation of Australia1 Jan 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cordina R
  • GRANT
    Characterisation of cardiovascular risk and coronary artery disease in adults with repaired coarctation
    Sydney Medical School1 Jan 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cordina R
  • GRANT
    Cardiovascular performance in adult congenital heart disease (opens in a new tab)⁠
    National Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2013
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cordina R
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    Eyes, endothelial function and exercise performance in cyanotic congenital heart disease
    Sydney South West Area Health Service1 Jan 2010
    People funded by this grant: