Dr Earlene Silvapulle was awarded the 2025 Skantha Vallipuram ANZCA Research Scholarship to support her in pursuing a PhD at the University of Melbourne, with her thesis topic “Cardiac Risk and Myocardial Injury in Surgical Patients”.
Dr Silvapulle’s study will be the first step to accurately identifying individuals at high risk of postoperative myocardial injury, enabling suitable monitoring and surveillance after surgery. Early identification of myocardial injury will open potential avenues for secondary prevention therapy and long-term reductions in myocardial events.
Dr Earlene Silvapulle, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria.
The project was awarded A$20,000 funding through the ANZCA research grants program for 2025.