Members

Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute (VIC)

75 Commercial Rd
PO Box 6492 St Kilda Rd Central
Melbourne VIC 8008
03 8532 1111
website@bakeridi.edu.au
www.bakeridi.edu.au

Director: Professor Garry Jennings AM
Director Emeritus: Professor Paul Zimmet AO
Chief Operating Officer: Mr David Lloyd
Director Commercialisation & Research Contracts: Dr Fiona Nelms
Media Manager: Ms Christina Hickie

Principal Affiliations
Bayside Health - The Alfred Hospital
Monash University
WHO Collaborating Centre for research/training in cardiovascular disease

Principal Areas of Research
Preventative Cardiology
Artherothombosis and Vascular Diabetes and Metabolism
Experimental Cardiology and Heart Failure
Cardiovascular Neurosciences

Major Current Research
Causes of acute heart attacks.

Triggers of symptomatic coronary atherosclerosis.

Halting the progression of heart failure.

Preventing and cure of cardiovascular disease and why people develop complications from diabetes.

New techniques for the early detection of diabetic complications.

Investigating stress and psychological illness as causes of heart disease.

Reducing the prevalence of and disease risks of CVD in the community.