Dr Clara Kayei Chow
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Foundation Chapman Fellow
C37 - The George Institute for International Health |
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Biographical details
Dr Clara Chow is a cardiologist who has completed a PhD in cardiovascular epidemiology at the University of Sydney and post-doctoral fellowship in clinical trials/epidemiology and cardiac imaging at the Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Canada. Her current appointments are as Cardiologist at Westmead hospital, Senior Lecturer at Sydney Medical School and Head of the Cardiac Program at the George Institute for Global Health. She also continues an honorary appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Canada. She is a NHMRC Sidney Sax Fellow and a Sydney Medical School Foundation Chapman Fellow.
Research interests
Dr Clara Chows principal research interests have been in cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. In her PhD studies she led work to determine the prevalence of CVD and its main determinants in a rural cohort from India. This work culminated in the development of a CVD prevention program and the design of a cluster-randomised trial to evaluate this program. Her more recent work has been in identifying high risk populations that are poorly identified or sub-optimally managed. This has included patients with a family history of premature coronary disease, evaluation and management of cardiovascular risk in patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery and adherence to lifestyle changes post acute coronary syndrome.
Current national competitive grants*
2012
Prevention in high cardiovascular risk populations
Chow C
NHMRC Career Development Fellowship ($391,076 over 4 years)
2011
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Chow C, Hillis G, Thiagalingam A, Redfern J, Whittaker R
National Heart Foundation of Australia Grants-in-Aid ($129,000 over 1 year)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney
International links
United Kingdom. (London School of Hygience and Tropical Medicine) Co-investigator on collaborative projects HITT (Health In Time of Transition). Funded by EU grant..
India. (George Institute India) Collaborative projects in India, supervision of students, co-investigators on grant applicatinos.
Canada. (Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University) Multiple collaborative projects in epidemiology and clinical trials. These include PURE, EPOCH, POISE 2, VISION..