We look forward to furthering the promotion of the importance of cardiovascular disease prevention and rehabilitation. We welcome comments and feedback.
General Inquiries regarding ICCPR can be directed to: globalcardiacrehab@gmail.com
Executive Council |
Chair: Prof. Robyn Gallagher (Australia) |
Robyn Gallagher is Professor of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney Nursing School based at the Charles Perkins Centre and an Honorary Professor at Edinburgh Napier University. Professor Gallagher’s clinical and academic career focusses on understanding and supporting patients who have cardiovascular disease to engage in secondary prevention behaviours to reduce their risk of future cardiovascular events. She leads intervention programs that use technology such as mobile apps and wearable trackers to support behaviour change in cardiac patients and has extensive experience in establishing multidisciplinary research teams. Her work with these teams has been internationally recognised, won awards and altered clinical practice leading to significant changes in policy. She is an experienced academic and research degree supervisor and has received the University of Sydney Vice Chancellor's Award for HDR Supervisor of the Year 2023 and the 2020 Student Union Supervision Award. She was previously Director of Research Students at the University of Technology, Sydney, where she received the Postgraduate Supervision Award for Excellence. She has published 210+ papers, 16 book chapters and has had continuing grant funding totalling $17mill. |
Vice Chair: Prof. Abraham Babu (India) |
Dr. Abraham Samuel Babu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiotherapy at the Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India. He is actively involved in cardiac rehabilitation services and research, with an emphasis on heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and translational research. |
Secretary and Chair Elect: Dr. Gabriela Ghisi (Canada/Brazil) |
Dr. Gabriela Ghisi is an Affiliate Scientist at the KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehab (Canada). She also holds adjunct appointments at the the University of Toronto (Canada), York University (Canada), the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil), and University of Sydney (Australia). Her research focuses on patient education in chronic disease management and global access to cardiac rehabilitation. In collaboration with cardiac rehab programs worldwide, she has led the successful development, implementation, and evaluation of an evidence-based patient education curriculum in 12 countries. She has published 140+ papers, authored clinical practice guidelines, and developed more than 10 cardiac rehabilitation-related scales. Dr Ghisi is also a member of the research committee of the American Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (AACVPR; United States), Brazilian Association of Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy and Intensive Care Physiotherapy (ASSOBRAFIR; Brazil) and Canadian Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (CACPR; Canada). |
Secretary Elect: Dr. Dion Candelaria (Australia) |
Dr. Dion Candelaria is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health. He is a Registered Nurse and his research focuses on supporting patients to reduce their risk of further cardiovascular events through promoting secondary prevention behaviours and cardiac rehabilitation. Dion is the current President of the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) NSW/ACT. |
Treasurer: Jonathan David (United States) |
Exec Advisor: Prof. Sherry Grace (Canada) |
Exec Advisor: Prof. John Buckley (United Kingdom) |
Emails: Dr. Robyn Gallagher (robyn.gallagher@sydney.edu.au) Chair Dr. Abraham Babu (abrahambabu@gmail.com) Vice Chair Dr. Gabriela Ghisi (gabriela.meloghisi@uhn.ca) Secretary, Chair Elect 2024 Dr. Dion Candelaria (dion.candelaria@sydney.edu.au) Secretary Elect 2024 Mr. Jonathan David (JoDavid@stanfordhealthcare.org) Treasurer Dr. Sherry Grace (sgrace@yorku.ca) Exec advisor (Founding Secretary, 2012) Dr. John Buckley (j.p.buckley@keele.ac.uk) Exec advisor (Founding Chair, 2012) Address: International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation c/o Secretariat Central |
About the associationThe International Council of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (ICCPR) was created in 2010 to bring together associations dedicated to the promotion of cardiovascular disease prevention and cardiac rehabilitation globally. Named Board member from each associations serve on our Council, which meets quarterly. ICCPR is an Associate International Member of the World Heart Federation. |
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