Fulbright accolade for ANZCA fellow

24 February 2023

Professor Alicia Dennis has been awarded a prestigious 2023 Fulbright Future Scholarship

Professor Dennis, the first Director of Anaesthesia Research at the Royal Women’s Hospital, is the recipeint of a Fulbright Future Scholarship funded by the Kinghorn Foundation.

The obstetric anaesthetist, a leader in obstetric cardiac research in people with preeclampsia, was presented with her award in Canberra last night.

Profssor Dennis says she will use her scholarship to undertake The Hopeful Hearts Project at The Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. The project will create a collaborative platform to advance understanding of the mechanisms of high blood pressure (using heart ultrasound) in people with preeclampsia.