A/Prof Susann Beier
@susannbeier.bsky.social
likes ocean swimming, research and coffee | #biomedical lab head @ https://www.unsw.edu.au/research/svmg | BBF Lennie 🐶👩🔬☕️🫀 Be kind #MedSky #CardioSky
Heart Foundation 2026 Funding deadlines 👇
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• Future Leader Fellowship (Stage 1): Opens 9 Feb
• Postdoc Fellowship: 2 Mar
• Postgraduate Scholarship: 16 Mar
• Vanguard: 30 Mar
• First Nations CVD: 7 Apr
• Collaboration & Exchange: 13 Apr
buff.ly/QyIt63P:
• Future Leader Fellowship (Stage 1): Opens 9 Feb
• Postdoc Fellowship: 2 Mar
• Postgraduate Scholarship: 16 Mar
• Vanguard: 30 Mar
• First Nations CVD: 7 Apr
• Collaboration & Exchange: 13 Apr
Research funding portfolio | Heart Foundation
Understand the application process and requirements of our various funding programs.
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January 28, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Heart Foundation 2026 Funding deadlines 👇
buff.ly/QyIt63P:
• Future Leader Fellowship (Stage 1): Opens 9 Feb
• Postdoc Fellowship: 2 Mar
• Postgraduate Scholarship: 16 Mar
• Vanguard: 30 Mar
• First Nations CVD: 7 Apr
• Collaboration & Exchange: 13 Apr
buff.ly/QyIt63P:
• Future Leader Fellowship (Stage 1): Opens 9 Feb
• Postdoc Fellowship: 2 Mar
• Postgraduate Scholarship: 16 Mar
• Vanguard: 30 Mar
• First Nations CVD: 7 Apr
• Collaboration & Exchange: 13 Apr
New study: women with severe chronic coronary artery disease have better long-term outcomes with CABG than PCI. Important implications for personalised care. ❤️
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#WomensHealth #CardioSky #MedSky
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#WomensHealth #CardioSky #MedSky
Women with chronic coronary artery disease: long-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention vs coronary artery bypass grafting - PubMed
In women with chronic severe CAD, CABG appears to be associated with a long-term reduction in MACCE and all-cause mortality compared with PCI. These findings support consideration of CABG as the…
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January 28, 2026 at 9:46 AM
New study: women with severe chronic coronary artery disease have better long-term outcomes with CABG than PCI. Important implications for personalised care. ❤️
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#WomensHealth #CardioSky #MedSky
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#WomensHealth #CardioSky #MedSky
AI is reshaping research in Australia 🤖🔬
Check out this discussion series 👇
AI will transform methods, infrastructure, funding models, skills and regulation
Let's harness the opportunities and manage the risks. 🇦🇺📈
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#SciencePolicy #AIinScience #ResearchFunding #AusScience
Check out this discussion series 👇
AI will transform methods, infrastructure, funding models, skills and regulation
Let's harness the opportunities and manage the risks. 🇦🇺📈
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#SciencePolicy #AIinScience #ResearchFunding #AusScience
Is Australian science ready for AI?
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January 14, 2026 at 9:39 PM
AI is reshaping research in Australia 🤖🔬
Check out this discussion series 👇
AI will transform methods, infrastructure, funding models, skills and regulation
Let's harness the opportunities and manage the risks. 🇦🇺📈
buff.ly/MLle3B1
#SciencePolicy #AIinScience #ResearchFunding #AusScience
Check out this discussion series 👇
AI will transform methods, infrastructure, funding models, skills and regulation
Let's harness the opportunities and manage the risks. 🇦🇺📈
buff.ly/MLle3B1
#SciencePolicy #AIinScience #ResearchFunding #AusScience
Australia’s fundamental research funding is quietly being eroded 🚨.
World-class science can’t survive without sustained investment — and current R&D reforms are ignoring the problem.
This puts innovation, talent, and our future economy at risk. 🔬🇦🇺
World-class science can’t survive without sustained investment — and current R&D reforms are ignoring the problem.
This puts innovation, talent, and our future economy at risk. 🔬🇦🇺
Australia's fundamental research funding crisis is being ignored
The Strategic Examination of Research and Development (SERD) issues papers have failed to address declining investment in fundamental research (sometimes referred to as basic or discovery research),
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January 14, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Australia’s fundamental research funding is quietly being eroded 🚨.
World-class science can’t survive without sustained investment — and current R&D reforms are ignoring the problem.
This puts innovation, talent, and our future economy at risk. 🔬🇦🇺
World-class science can’t survive without sustained investment — and current R&D reforms are ignoring the problem.
This puts innovation, talent, and our future economy at risk. 🔬🇦🇺
January 12, 2026 at 10:05 PM
For my #CFD #CAD peeps:
🧠 Findings: Resting conditions → flow-split ≈ multiscale (no significant difference).
⚠️ Under hyperaemia → flow-split overestimated shear stress and underestimated FFR, especially in severe stenosis.
➡️ High exponents (≈3.0) gave the best match.
Thats right 😀
🧠 Findings: Resting conditions → flow-split ≈ multiscale (no significant difference).
⚠️ Under hyperaemia → flow-split overestimated shear stress and underestimated FFR, especially in severe stenosis.
➡️ High exponents (≈3.0) gave the best match.
Thats right 😀
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January 11, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Atherosclerosis has emerged as a worldwide issue 🌍 no longer limited to Western countries!
It affects younger and diverse ethnic groups and women.
Thrombotic complications are beyond the old 'vulnerable plaque' concept.
Atherosclerotic diseases are ubiquitous
buff.ly/1LreIX2 #CardioSky
It affects younger and diverse ethnic groups and women.
Thrombotic complications are beyond the old 'vulnerable plaque' concept.
Atherosclerotic diseases are ubiquitous
buff.ly/1LreIX2 #CardioSky
The changing landscape of atherosclerosis - Nature
This Review discusses recent research that has transformed our understanding of the biology of atherosclerosis, and examines its implications for the treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular…
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January 7, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Atherosclerosis has emerged as a worldwide issue 🌍 no longer limited to Western countries!
It affects younger and diverse ethnic groups and women.
Thrombotic complications are beyond the old 'vulnerable plaque' concept.
Atherosclerotic diseases are ubiquitous
buff.ly/1LreIX2 #CardioSky
It affects younger and diverse ethnic groups and women.
Thrombotic complications are beyond the old 'vulnerable plaque' concept.
Atherosclerotic diseases are ubiquitous
buff.ly/1LreIX2 #CardioSky
How is a teaching workload not considered in post-PhD years?
40% FTE research by contract (often < for juniors) and yet being compared to 100% research.
It makes no sense!!! Every year the gap widens! Esp bad for women!
#ecrchat #research #academicchatter
40% FTE research by contract (often < for juniors) and yet being compared to 100% research.
It makes no sense!!! Every year the gap widens! Esp bad for women!
#ecrchat #research #academicchatter
January 7, 2026 at 9:46 AM
How is a teaching workload not considered in post-PhD years?
40% FTE research by contract (often < for juniors) and yet being compared to 100% research.
It makes no sense!!! Every year the gap widens! Esp bad for women!
#ecrchat #research #academicchatter
40% FTE research by contract (often < for juniors) and yet being compared to 100% research.
It makes no sense!!! Every year the gap widens! Esp bad for women!
#ecrchat #research #academicchatter
🫀💡We've shown that the coronary artery's anatomy can predict early atherosclerosis.
✅ 127 CTCA
✅ 11 anatomical features
✅ >75% of flow variance explained
👉 New risk markers via routine imaging
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#CardiovascularResearch #ImagingBiomarkers #CTCA #Bioengineering #UNSW
✅ 127 CTCA
✅ 11 anatomical features
✅ >75% of flow variance explained
👉 New risk markers via routine imaging
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#CardiovascularResearch #ImagingBiomarkers #CTCA #Bioengineering #UNSW
Assessing left main bifurcation anatomy and haemodynamics as a potential surrogate for disease risk in suspected coronary artery disease without stenosis - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Assessing left main bifurcation anatomy and haemodynamics as a potential surrogate for disease risk in suspected coronary artery disease without stenosis
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January 5, 2026 at 10:05 PM
🫀💡We've shown that the coronary artery's anatomy can predict early atherosclerosis.
✅ 127 CTCA
✅ 11 anatomical features
✅ >75% of flow variance explained
👉 New risk markers via routine imaging
🔗 buff.ly/TtzDuRI
#CardiovascularResearch #ImagingBiomarkers #CTCA #Bioengineering #UNSW
✅ 127 CTCA
✅ 11 anatomical features
✅ >75% of flow variance explained
👉 New risk markers via routine imaging
🔗 buff.ly/TtzDuRI
#CardiovascularResearch #ImagingBiomarkers #CTCA #Bioengineering #UNSW
💡 Coronary shape + flow differences underpin why women show more non-obstructive CAD while men develop earlier, obstructive disease
This moves us closer to sex-specific risk prediction and therapy in coronary artery disease.
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#ScientificResearch #ImagingBiomarkers #Cardiology
This moves us closer to sex-specific risk prediction and therapy in coronary artery disease.
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#ScientificResearch #ImagingBiomarkers #Cardiology
Sex-Specific Variances in Anatomy and Blood Flow of the Left Main Coronary Bifurcation: Implications for Coronary Artery Disease Risk - PubMed
This work facilitates a better understanding of sex differences in factors contributing to CAD, ultimately improving screening and therapeutic strategies particularly for women who currently have…
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December 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
💡 Coronary shape + flow differences underpin why women show more non-obstructive CAD while men develop earlier, obstructive disease
This moves us closer to sex-specific risk prediction and therapy in coronary artery disease.
🔗 buff.ly/gcJro2v
#ScientificResearch #ImagingBiomarkers #Cardiology
This moves us closer to sex-specific risk prediction and therapy in coronary artery disease.
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#ScientificResearch #ImagingBiomarkers #Cardiology
‼️THIS!
🔗Scientists are publishing too many papers—and that’s bad for science buff.ly/sE2NMVA
It’s not constructive anymore. Breeding ground for high h-index but low impact . It becomes meaningless!
🔗Scientists are publishing too many papers—and that’s bad for science buff.ly/sE2NMVA
It’s not constructive anymore. Breeding ground for high h-index but low impact . It becomes meaningless!
ScienceAdviser: Scientists are publishing too many papers—and that’s bad for science
Today in Science and science: How Eris lost its spin, an adorable robot that helps stroke survivors, and more
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December 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
‼️THIS!
🔗Scientists are publishing too many papers—and that’s bad for science buff.ly/sE2NMVA
It’s not constructive anymore. Breeding ground for high h-index but low impact . It becomes meaningless!
🔗Scientists are publishing too many papers—and that’s bad for science buff.ly/sE2NMVA
It’s not constructive anymore. Breeding ground for high h-index but low impact . It becomes meaningless!
He’s 90% fur, and 10% attitude ❤️
December 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
He’s 90% fur, and 10% attitude ❤️
Meet the #svmg team
Raiden, he stared his PhD a year ago, developing a new biomechanical model of how diseases arteries evolve, weaken or heal over time.
Such a model offer new therapeutic pathways and more informed clinical decision making to save people from heart attacks 🫀
Raiden, he stared his PhD a year ago, developing a new biomechanical model of how diseases arteries evolve, weaken or heal over time.
Such a model offer new therapeutic pathways and more informed clinical decision making to save people from heart attacks 🫀
December 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Meet the #svmg team
Raiden, he stared his PhD a year ago, developing a new biomechanical model of how diseases arteries evolve, weaken or heal over time.
Such a model offer new therapeutic pathways and more informed clinical decision making to save people from heart attacks 🫀
Raiden, he stared his PhD a year ago, developing a new biomechanical model of how diseases arteries evolve, weaken or heal over time.
Such a model offer new therapeutic pathways and more informed clinical decision making to save people from heart attacks 🫀
Meet the team:
Hao is a PhD student working on artifact reduction in CT coronary angiography.
His work has helped reduce error in annotations for better image assessment advancing frontiers in cardiovascular health 🫀
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Hao is a PhD student working on artifact reduction in CT coronary angiography.
His work has helped reduce error in annotations for better image assessment advancing frontiers in cardiovascular health 🫀
🔗 buff.ly/l4A9GjX
December 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Meet the team:
Hao is a PhD student working on artifact reduction in CT coronary angiography.
His work has helped reduce error in annotations for better image assessment advancing frontiers in cardiovascular health 🫀
🔗 buff.ly/l4A9GjX
Hao is a PhD student working on artifact reduction in CT coronary angiography.
His work has helped reduce error in annotations for better image assessment advancing frontiers in cardiovascular health 🫀
🔗 buff.ly/l4A9GjX
My heartfelt condolences to anybody at affected by the attack yesterday and especially to the Jewish community. Let’s stand united in the condemnation of this horrific violent act 💔
December 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
My heartfelt condolences to anybody at affected by the attack yesterday and especially to the Jewish community. Let’s stand united in the condemnation of this horrific violent act 💔
#UNSW will have a women only STEM college- this is such a fantastic initiative, I’m just over the moon #WomanInSTEMM
December 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
#UNSW will have a women only STEM college- this is such a fantastic initiative, I’m just over the moon #WomanInSTEMM
Have you seen the new guide by the #nhmrc yet on *how to assess and develop research using AI* ?
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💡Human agency, transparency, robustness,bias, reliability, and safety are all key
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💡Human agency, transparency, robustness,bias, reliability, and safety are all key
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December 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Have you seen the new guide by the #nhmrc yet on *how to assess and develop research using AI* ?
👉 buff.ly/3yv6WbT
💡Human agency, transparency, robustness,bias, reliability, and safety are all key
👉 buff.ly/3yv6WbT
💡Human agency, transparency, robustness,bias, reliability, and safety are all key
🤯 Check this out: buff.ly/GFZIgjE
💡 Why this matters: Patient-specific coronary simulations are powerful—but computationally demanding.
Simpler flow-split boundary conditions are sometimes sufficient! No multiscale needed
💡 Why this matters: Patient-specific coronary simulations are powerful—but computationally demanding.
Simpler flow-split boundary conditions are sometimes sufficient! No multiscale needed
Reliability of characterising coronary artery flow with the flow-split outflow strategy: Comparison against the multiscale approach
In computational modelling of coronary haemodynamics, imposing patient-specific flow conditions is paramount, yet often impractical due to resource an…
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December 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🤯 Check this out: buff.ly/GFZIgjE
💡 Why this matters: Patient-specific coronary simulations are powerful—but computationally demanding.
Simpler flow-split boundary conditions are sometimes sufficient! No multiscale needed
💡 Why this matters: Patient-specific coronary simulations are powerful—but computationally demanding.
Simpler flow-split boundary conditions are sometimes sufficient! No multiscale needed
🚨 fresh off the press 👉
Are Ultrathin Stents Optimal for Bifurcation Lesions? Insights From Computational Modeling of Provisional and DK-Crush Techniques
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Are Ultrathin Stents Optimal for Bifurcation Lesions? Insights From Computational Modeling of Provisional and DK-Crush Techniques
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Are Ultrathin Stents Optimal for Bifurcation Lesions? Insights From Computational Modeling of Provisional and DK‐Crush Techniques
Background Complex coronary bifurcation lesions remain challenging in percutaneous coronary intervention, with stent design and deployment strategy influencing clinical outcomes. Aims This study c...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
🚨 fresh off the press 👉
Are Ultrathin Stents Optimal for Bifurcation Lesions? Insights From Computational Modeling of Provisional and DK-Crush Techniques
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Are Ultrathin Stents Optimal for Bifurcation Lesions? Insights From Computational Modeling of Provisional and DK-Crush Techniques
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Great podcast all on the world of higher ed. I enjoyed this recent episode especially: the world education and review 2025 🌎👩🏫 🔗
Monsters in the System: Alex Usher on the Forces Transforming Higher Ed
The World of Higher Education · Episode
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December 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Great podcast all on the world of higher ed. I enjoyed this recent episode especially: the world education and review 2025 🌎👩🏫 🔗
Reposted by A/Prof Susann Beier
AI tools can save time, but treating them like gospel is a fast track to deskilling. If we stop learning how to think and just let AI spit answers, we lose the skill itself. I’m especially worried about kids being encouraged to use AI like it’s normal and missing real learning.
#AI #ResponsibleAI
#AI #ResponsibleAI
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
AI tools can save time, but treating them like gospel is a fast track to deskilling. If we stop learning how to think and just let AI spit answers, we lose the skill itself. I’m especially worried about kids being encouraged to use AI like it’s normal and missing real learning.
#AI #ResponsibleAI
#AI #ResponsibleAI
Our @SciReports study shows that simple CT-based geometry of the left main predicts flow disturbances driving plaque formation.
No CFD. No stenosis. Just anatomy → risk insight. 🫀
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#CardiovascularScience #CTCA #ImagingBiomarkers #Atherosclerosis
No CFD. No stenosis. Just anatomy → risk insight. 🫀
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#CardiovascularScience #CTCA #ImagingBiomarkers #Atherosclerosis
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December 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Our @SciReports study shows that simple CT-based geometry of the left main predicts flow disturbances driving plaque formation.
No CFD. No stenosis. Just anatomy → risk insight. 🫀
🔗 buff.ly/AZt0Ypo
#CardiovascularScience #CTCA #ImagingBiomarkers #Atherosclerosis
No CFD. No stenosis. Just anatomy → risk insight. 🫀
🔗 buff.ly/AZt0Ypo
#CardiovascularScience #CTCA #ImagingBiomarkers #Atherosclerosis
Great insights by Prof Kerry Anne Rye on shaping an academic career #CVMM @unswmedicine @georgeinstitute @garvaninstitute @victorchangInst
December 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Great insights by Prof Kerry Anne Rye on shaping an academic career #CVMM @unswmedicine @georgeinstitute @garvaninstitute @victorchangInst
I pay rent. He pays in vibes 🐶❤️
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I pay rent. He pays in vibes 🐶❤️
- Women have smaller, more curved vessels and larger inflow angles
- Men had larger diameters
- Low shear zones shifted inward in females, outward in males
👉 These flow signatures may explain sex-specific patterns of plaque formation and SCAD risk 🤯
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- Men had larger diameters
- Low shear zones shifted inward in females, outward in males
👉 These flow signatures may explain sex-specific patterns of plaque formation and SCAD risk 🤯
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Sex-Specific Variances in Anatomy and Blood Flow of the Left Main Coronary Bifurcation: Implications for Coronary Artery Disease Risk
<italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">Objective:</i> Studies have shown marked sex disparities in Coronary Artery Diseases (CAD)…
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November 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
- Women have smaller, more curved vessels and larger inflow angles
- Men had larger diameters
- Low shear zones shifted inward in females, outward in males
👉 These flow signatures may explain sex-specific patterns of plaque formation and SCAD risk 🤯
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- Men had larger diameters
- Low shear zones shifted inward in females, outward in males
👉 These flow signatures may explain sex-specific patterns of plaque formation and SCAD risk 🤯
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