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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 2d

🎥 Australian Clinical Trials Alliance on YouTube @australianclinicaltrialsal2414

💡 Masterclasses on funding & trial networks
🧪 Adaptive & teletrials explained
📊 Tips to cut research waste
🎤 Highlights from the 2024 Symposium

#ClinicalTrials #AusHealth #ResearchInnovation

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 3d

🧬 From microstructure to macro performance: Our topology-optimised auxetic stents integrate fluid & mechanical optimisation.

Future-ready for smart & adaptive devices!

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#Bioengineering #StentDesign #Innovation

Frontiers | Topological Optimization of Auxetic Coronary Stents Considering Hemodynamics

This paper is to design a new type of auxetic metamaterial-inspired structural architectures to innovate coronary stents under hemodynamics via a topological...

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 4d

🫀 SCAD Research 2024 Impact 🚀

👩⚕️ Founded 2016 by survivors & volunteers 💪
💰 A$287K+ donated for SCAD research 🧠🔬
❤️ SCAD = #1 cause of heart attacks in women <50 (35%) 👩🦰
📹 176.9K+ views of SCAD awareness video 🎥✨

#SCAD #HeartHealth #ResearchImpact
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2024 Impact Report

Focusing on education, fundraising and survivor support to beat SCAD Heart Attacks.

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 6d

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 9d

Don't miss 🚀 MTAA MedTech Conference 2025 buff.ly/agBuIVK

📍 ICC Sydney | 22–23 Oct 2025

✨ Premier medtech gathering
🎤 Deep dives into digital health, regulation, clinical trials and more
🤝 Networking, expo, and the MedTech Awards!
#MedTech #AusHealth #Innovation

MTAA MedTech Conference - 22-23 October 2025 - MTAA

The MTAA MedTech Conference 2025 is the premier event in the world of medical technology, where pioneers, thought leaders, and innovators from across the globe gather to explore the latest…

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 10d

Australian Academy of Science president Professor Chennupati Jagadish said it was time to remove the “arbitrary funding cap” so the fund could deliver on its purpose of supporting research and innovation.

We are loosing the workforce, and opportunities!

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 11d

📢 The ASOCA Challenge dataset is now freely available—complete with annotated CTCA & segmentation benchmarks.

Join the global effort (>850 downloads, 36 countries) to tackle coronary imaging barriers!

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#MedImageAI #OpenData #CTCA

Computed Tomography Coronary Angiogram Images, Annotations and Associated Data of Normal and Diseased Arteries, 2017-2020 - ReShare

Gharleghi, Ramtin and Adikari, Dona and Ellenberger, Katy and Webster, Mark and Ellis, Chris and Sowmya, Arcot and Ooi, Sze-yuan and Beier, Susann (2024). Computed Tomography Coronary Angiogram…

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 New ACS Guideline 2025 ❤️https://buff.ly/wA8mVFZ

🔹 Adds ACOMI for more ECG patterns
🔹 Faster troponin testing ⏱
🔹 PCI: 60–90 min targets ⛑️
🔹 Post-care: meds 💊, mental health 🧠, vax 💉

#HeartHealth #ACSGuideline #AusHealth

ACS Guideline 2025 | National Heart Foundation of Australia & Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

Australian clinical guideline for diagnosing and managing acute coronary syndromes 2025

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 16d

🌀 Which tortuosity metric best predicts low wall shear stress (atherosclerosis risk)?

Our study on 127 CTCA cases found average absolute curvature wins—time for a shift in vascular assessments: buff.ly/mJnw0EX

#CardioImaging #Biomechanics #CTCA

Accuracy of vascular tortuosity measures using computational modelling - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Accuracy of vascular tortuosity measures using computational modelling

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 17d

It’s great to see the campus coming back to life with term 3 and the sun ☀️ 👩‍🎓🎓 @unsw 💛

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 18d

We have to do better for the next generation of research leaders. This is not isolated!

Postdoc depression and anxiety rates are rising, finds survey of 872 researchers

The Max Planck Society is good at attracting international postdocs but struggles to retain them, survey finds.

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 18d

Haha it was a bit cheeky wasn’t it 😊

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 19d

That’s fantastic! Hopefully more will follow

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 20d

🌏 10th Rural & Remote Health Scientific Symposium – Shaping rural & remote health futures ❤️

📍 Alice Springs | 8–9 Oct 2025
💡 Pre‑Symposium: Remote Research Impact Workshop – 7 Oct

#RuralHealth #AusHealth #ResearchFromTheHeart

10th Rural & Remote Health Scientific Symposium

10th Rural & Remote Health Scientific Symposium. Research from the heart–shaping rural & remote health futures. Alice Springs Convention Centre 8–9 October 2025

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 22d

En route for the @ACvA member forum in the second most beautiful city of Australia, Melbourne. But first, coffee ☕️😊

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 23d

Have you heard? 🏛️ NHMRC Committees 2024–27 announced!

Research Committee 📊
Ethics Committee ⚖️
❤️ 👉 New MRFF–NHMRC groups: Consumers 🧑🤝🧑 | First Nations ✨ | Public Health 🏥 | Industry 💡

Boosting research quality + translation 🚀
#NHMRC #MRFF #HealthResearch

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 24d

Shocking statistics: 🌾 OZ Rural Health Snapshot 2025:
🪦 Men in very remote areas die 13.6 yrs earlier, women 12.7 yrs earlier
🚗 18,500 lack 1-hr access to primary care
💸 Rural areas under-funded by $6.55B/yr (~$850 less pp)

#RuralHealth #HealthEquity #AusPol
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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 25d

🫀 National Cardiac Registry 2024 Report:

✅ 90k+ PCI heart procedures tracked 📊 (≈50% of all PCIs in Australia 2023)
✅ Real-time quality data ⏱
✅ Focus on women & First Nations health ✨

Better data = better heart care 💡
#CardiacCare #NCR2024 #AusHealth

2024 Annual Status Report | National Cardiac Registry

The NCR 2024 Annual Status Report provides analysis on cardiac outcomes, performance measures and clinical quality indicators for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) patients.

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · 27d

🚦 Our 2025 review compares computational and bench testing methods to guide better clinical decisions.
🧠 Read here 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

#CardiovascularEngineering #BifurcationStenting #IntMedEng

A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · Sep 10

🫀 MRFF Cardiovascular Health Mission Review 👇

💰 $441.7M → 172 heart & stroke projects (+$145M co-funding)
🎯 Strong translational focus, but uneven across priorities
🚀 Boosting 🇦🇺 research leadership—needs more equity & coordination

#HeartHealth #CardiacResearch #MRFF
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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · Sep 10

📦 The optimal stent depends on shape & flow. Our review synthesises multi-objective stent geometry optimisation—think haemodynamics meets materials engineering.

Future device makers: this one’s for you! 🔧

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#StentTech #MedDevice

The road to the ideal stent: A review of stent design optimisation methods, findings, and opportunities

Coronary stent designs have undergone significant transformations in geometry, materials, and drug elution coatings, contributing to the continuous im…

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · Sep 10

This! (Other than cheering for England) 😄

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 Australia’s medical research is at risk! 🚨
AAMRI urges:
1️⃣ Unlock MRFF funds 💰
2️⃣ Workforce plan 🧑🔬
3️⃣ R&D to 3% GDP 📈

Leaders must act now—our health + future depend on it. 💡
#MRFF #AusPol #AAMRI

AAMRI 2025 Election Statement: Urgent action needed for survival of medical research sector - AAMRI

This Federal election, the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI) is calling for immediate action to ensure the survival of the nation’s health and medical research sector,…

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A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · Sep 7

How accurate are our coronary flow models? 🫀
This new study validates computational simulations using scaled phantom MRI — bridging lab and clinic.
Bringing us closer to personalised flow-based diagnostics.
📖 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27042817/
#Cardiology #Imaging #PrecisionMedicine

A/Prof Susann Beier @susannbeier.bsky.social · Sep 3

📐🩸 New insights on 3D coronary tree analysis! We examined whole-tree anatomy and biomechanical metrics (TSVI, OSI, RRT) in 39 cases to pinpoint plaque onset causes, surpassing %LowTAESS detection. 🔗 buff.ly/LPPxnxH #CFD #Biomechanics #CardiovascularEngineering #ASOCA

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