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Dr Sarah Gauci

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Research Fellow SolveChd, foodmoodcentre, IMPACTDeakin • Lifestyle interventions for #CVD, #MentalHealth & #Cognition • she/her

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That's a wrap for CSANZ 2025 in Brisbane! We had the fantastic opportunity to catch up with NSW CVRN members, see their work, promote the CVRN and generally network, collaborate, and learn about all the amazing cardiovascular research being done around Australia/globally. #NSWCVRN #CSANZ2025

18.08.2025 00:01 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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#CSANZ2025 #ANZET25
WRAP UP DAY 1 - thanks to the legends who joined us at CSANZ GO!
Jonathan Ciofani talked about the FiT Symposium
Kim Bardsley on the NP Symposium
Julie Humphries on the Imaging Symposium
Ali Davidson at the Nutrition Round Table
vimeo.com/1109978353?s...

14.08.2025 21:08 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Day 1 kicks off at #CSANZ2025! Excited for the multidisciplinary, prevention & women’s CVD streams. Great to meet the #SciComms Champions team this morning 🫀 #WomensHealth #CardiacRehab @cardiacsociety.bsky.social

14.08.2025 22:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Fantastic discussion at the #CSANZ2025 Nutrition Round Table today 🍎🫀 Exploring practical ways to integrate nutrition into heart care, with great conversation on co-design & bridging evidence–practice gaps. #CardiacRehab #Nutrition @cardiacsociety.bsky.social

14.08.2025 10:06 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Less than 1 week to go until #CSANZ2025!
Excited for the Allied Health, Women’s CV Health & Prevention streams!

Looking forward to connecting & contributing to discussions on secondary prevention & equity in heart health 🫀

@cardiacsociety.bsky.social
#SciComms #CardiacRehab #WomensHealth

08.08.2025 04:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@solvechd.bsky.social @drwolfmarx.bsky.social @profadrienneoneil.bsky.social @elizabethgamage.bsky.social @cardiacsociety.bsky.social

17.07.2025 23:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Exposure to ultra-processed food and risk of cardiovascular mortality: a prospective cohort study AbstractAims. There has been a global shift from nutrient-dense diets to an ultra-processed food pattern, which is linked to adverse health outcomes, inclu

New paper alert! 🚨

In a cohort of 39K+ Australians, higher exposure to ultra-processed foods was linked to a 19% higher risk of cardiovascular death over 25 years, even after adjusting for lifestyle and health factors.

🔗 academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...

17.07.2025 23:58 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Excited to be joining the Science Communication Champions team at #CSANZ2025! 🎉
Honoured to be alongside some amazing voices in #SciComm

04.07.2025 04:41 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Congrats, Dr Raeside!!

06.05.2025 06:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What a find!

16.04.2025 05:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The menstrual cycle: an overlooked vital sign in psychiatry? We argue that psychiatry has overlooked a significant modifiable risk factor for mental illness in female patients: cyclical symptoms associated with the menstrual cycle. Premenstrual dysphoric disord...

"The menstrual cycle: an overlooked vital sign in psychiatry?"
It's worrying how often menstrual, hormonal and menopausal questions are missed out of a psychiatric history. Timely work from Dr Katie Marwick and colleagues.
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...

10.03.2025 21:37 👍 101 🔁 33 💬 3 📌 7

“My average (long COVID) patient is previously very fit, very successful, and desperate to get back to normal life,” he says. “The people I’m looking at are actually incredibly motivated, the movers and shakers of society, and we lose them to our detriment.” 😭😭💔💔

03.03.2025 22:17 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Heartfelt | Col Clausen + Laura Aisbett Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

Last night’s Australian Story following the lives of two people who lost their spouse to sudden cardiac arrest was so powerful. A reminder of the importance of the work we do in CVD research

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

#suddencardiacarrest #cpr #cardiac

19.02.2025 07:20 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
Monash University hiring Research Fellow in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | LinkedIn Posted 12:26:07 PM. Job No.: 674073Location: The Alfred CentreEmployment Type: Part-time, fraction (0.6)Duration:…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

One week to apply- Research Fellow opportunity for a dietitian! ⚡️⚡️Be part of ground-breaking research investigating diet and the gut-brain axis in depression. See here for more👉🏻 careers.pageuppeople.com/513/ind/en/j...

17.02.2025 10:18 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Great paper Sarah! #behaviouralscience #nutrition #cardiovasculardisease

16.02.2025 21:46 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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3-Minute "Good Enough" Reset — Citizen Wellbeing Scientist Time needed: 3 minutes (1 minute each) Setting: Morning or whenever feeling pressured Purpose: Defining realistic "good" for today's energy and circumstances     Reality Check (60 secon...

Here's a grounding practice for setting realistic, compassionate standards for the day

www.citizenwellbeingscientist.com/blog/3-minut...

#selfcare #wellness #health #wellbeing #care #mentalhealth

16.02.2025 23:16 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Cardiac Rehab can:
💔 Lower chances of a 2nd heart attack or surgery
🩺 Lessen chest pain
💪 Control risk factors
🏃‍♀️ Help with weight loss

Share #CardioSmart resources w/ your patients to help them manage their ❤️ health!

#cvRehab #HeartMonth #CardiacRehabilitation #CardioSky #MedSky

15.02.2025 15:48 👍 13 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1

@scartledge.bsky.social @profadrienneoneil.bsky.social @georgiakatec.bsky.social

16.02.2025 21:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Psychosocial Well-Being and Healthy Eating in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A National Survey of Cardiac Rehabilitation Practitioners Self-Reported Practices Psychosocial well-being and nutritional counselling are important components of cardiac rehabilitation endorsed by national and international guidelin…

New Research: Psychosocial & nutritional support is vital in cardiac rehab—but gaps exist in delivery

🔍 98 practitioners surveyed
📊 Screening not consistent
🍽️ Expert dietary support lacking
How can we better support practitioners to close these gaps?

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

16.02.2025 21:43 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
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Australia’s clinical guidelines shape our health care. Why do so many still ignore sex and gender? Only 5% of guidelines define the terms ‘sex’ and ‘gender’.

We must recognise diversity:
Australia’s clinical guidelines shape health care. Why do so many still ignore sex & gender? theconversation.com/australias-c...

10.02.2025 21:49 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Check out my Starter Pack for Nutrition Researchers 📚🍏 A curated list of experts, researchers, and thought leaders in the field to help you stay on top of the latest in nutrition science, trends, and research. Please let me know if you would like to be added! go.bsky.app/8mXBzss

10.02.2025 00:16 👍 28 🔁 7 💬 9 📌 0
OPTIMISM study

We are recruiting pple for diet & gut-brain axis research! 4-week study for people with depression⚡️All food provided⚡️ @monashuniversity.bsky.social See here for more 👉🏻 www.monash.edu/medicine/tra...

05.02.2025 02:59 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
From ocean to emotion: a pilot study exploring acute mood effects following consumption of a DHA-rich powder compared with placebo in middle-aged Australian men | British Journal of Nutrition | Cambri... From ocean to emotion: a pilot study exploring acute mood effects following consumption of a DHA-rich powder compared with placebo in middle-aged Australian men

New study alert! 🚨 We found that a single high dose of DHA-rich n-3 PUFA improved alertness during a cognitively demanding task in middle-aged men 🧠 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

05.12.2024 00:22 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Can treating depression mitigate the excess cardiometabolic risk of people living with serious mental illness? A national primary-care based trial is the largest ever to determine whether lifestyle therapy is

Grateful to Medical Journal of Australia Insight + mag for featuring this piece on the role of dietitians & exercise physiologists in managing mental health and our current opportunity for GPs to refer their patients to our national trial #behavioralscience

insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/47/can-...

01.12.2024 23:56 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Ange! There is so much work to be done to reduce the gender-based disparities in cardiac care!

25.11.2024 22:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I’m very privileged to be a lived experience Investigator on this trial and would highly recommend anyone affected by post viral illness get involved! Keep an eye on up and coming lead investigator @ameliamcg.bsky.social who is a rising star in this field 😍

18.11.2024 00:05 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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A systematic review of healthcare experiences of women and men living with coronary heart disease - npj Women's Health npj Women's Health - A systematic review of healthcare experiences of women and men living with coronary heart disease

Excited to share our systematic review exploring gender-based disparities in the healthcare experiences of people living with coronary heart disease. Led by Helen Brown, Dr. James Lucas and Rachel Huxley.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

24.11.2024 21:39 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1