Professor Chris Semsarian
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Professor of Medicine |
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Themes | Research interests | Grants | Keywords | International links
Themes
Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease; Chronic and Preventable Conditions
Research interests
Professor Semsarian is a Molecular Cardiologist with a specific research focus in the molecular basis of cardiovascular disease, in particular, identifying genes that cause disease and elucidating how these gene defects activate signalling pathways leading to disease.
His research interest over the last 10 years has focused on the molecular and genetic basis of cardiovascular disease and specifically, including studies in cardiomyopathies and sudden cardiac death in the young.
Current national competitive grants*
2010
Investigation of sudden cardiac death in the young
Semsarian C, Weintraub R, Duflou J, Puranik R, Skinner J
NHMRC Project Grant ($658,500 over 3 years)
Key role of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) in familial cardiomyopathy and heart failure
Semsarian C, Twigg S, Tsoutsman T
NHMRC Project Grant ($381,125 over 3 years)
2009
Practitioner Fellowship
Semsarian C
NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship ($504,875 over 5 years)
Prevention of sudden unexplained death in children in Australia
Semsarian C, Weintraub R
Thrasher Research Fund ($427,993 over 3 years)
2008
Multiple Mutations in Familial Cardiomyopathy: Characterisation and Treatment Studies
Tsoutsman T, Semsarian C
National Heart Foundation of Australia Grans-in-Aid ($126,000 over 2 years)
* Grants administered through the University of Sydney
International links
United States. (Harvard Medical School, Boston) Collaborate on genetic studies in heart disease.
Keywords
Genetic diseases; Molecular biology; Cardiovascular diseases; Genetics