Prof Julie Redfern
Director & Research Professor, IEBH
Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Building 5, Level 4
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Professional biography
Professor Julie Redfern PhD FAAHMS FESC GAICD is a Professor of Public Health and Director of the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare at Bond University. Professor Redfern currently holds a NHMRC Investigator Grant Leadership 2 (winner of NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Award for Health Services). She is also a Physiotherapist, and Adjunct Professor in Sydney Nursing School Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney. Professor Redfern is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAAHMS) and the European Society of Cardiology (FESC).
Awards
- 2021 NHMRC Research Excellence Award
- 2022 NSW Woman of Excellence Award
- 2022 Australian Cardiovascular Alliance Mentor Award
- University of Sydney Vice Chancellor's Award for Leadership and Mentoring in 2021
- NSW Tall Poppy
- winner of CSANZ and ACRA researcher awards
- Professor Redfern’s team also won the 2022 Australian Clinical Trials Alliance Consumer Involvement Award (EMPOWER-SMS trial)
- finalist for 2023 Research Australia Data Innovation Awards (QUEL trial)
- 2022 NSW Surf Life Saving Volunteer of the year
- as Director of Administration led her club to win the highly prestigious 2024 Australian Surf Life Saving Club of the year.
National and international leadership
Professor Redfern is a current member of the Board of the World Heart Federation, a previous Emerging Leader (2015) and Member of the Science Committee (2022-2024). She is currently a member of the Scientific Committee and Education Trust Board of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) and previously served a 6-year term on the CSANZ Board as Chair of the Allied Health and Technology Council. She is also the current Chair of the Australian Cardiovascular Alliance (ACvA) Scientific Advisory Committee and co-Director of the Implementation and Policy Flagship.
Mentoring and supervision
Professor Redfern's mentoring and supervision includes >24 postdocs and >28 HDR students with many having been successful with NHMRC Investigator Grants, Heart Foundation Fellowships and prestigious Awards such as the Eureka Prize for Emerging Leader in Science (Dr Stephanie Partridge, Dr Stephanie Partridge (sydney.edu.au)) and NSW Cancer Council Outstanding Early Career Researcher (Dr Anna Singleton Dr Anna Singleton (sydney.edu.au)). She has also been a formal mentor for the Franklin Women and European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Mentoring Programs. Professor Redfern was also Research Academic Director (0.2FTE), Researcher Development in the Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney for 4 years.
Research interests
Julie Redfern is a Professor of Public Health and Director of the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare at Bond University. Professor Redfern was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2025 for “significant service to cardiology, allied health, to research and education, and to the community”. She currently holds a NHMRC Investigator Grant Leadership 2 (winner of NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Award for Health Services). She is also a Physiotherapist, and Adjunct Professor in Sydney Nursing School Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney. Professor Redfern is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAAHMS) and the European Society of Cardiology (FESC). She won the 2022 NSW Woman of Excellence Award, 2022 Australian Cardiovascular Alliance Mentor Award, a University of Sydney Vice Chancellor's Award for Leadership and Mentoring in 2021, has been a NSW Tall Poppy and winner of CSANZ and ACRA researcher awards.
Professor Redfern is a current member of the Board of the World Heart Federation and is a previous Emerging Leader and Member of the Science Committee. She is currently a member of the Scientific Committee and Education Trust Board of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). She was a previous CSANZ Board Member and Chair of the Allied Health and Technology Council. he is also the current Chair of the Australian Cardiovascular Alliance (ACvA) Scientific Advisory Committee and co-Director of the Implementation and Policy Flagship.
Professor Redfern has been a CI on research grants totalling $30M in the past 5 years and has published over 260 manuscripts and 4 book chapters. Professor Redfern is currently CIA of the NHMRC Synergy Grant (SOLVE-CHD). She has >15 years of experience developing, testing and implementing scalable strategies to close evidence-practice gaps and improve health outcomes for people with chronic disease. She also has expertise in multidisciplinary and translational research and is an advocate for effective secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease and her research interest is focused on improving clinical practice and reduction of risk factors ultimately in people with a range of chronic diseases.
Professional admissions
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAAHMS)
- Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC)
- Graduate, Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
Professional appointments
- Board Member, World Heart Federation, 2025 - current
- Co-Chair, World Heart Federation Forum Sex Differences and CVD, 2024-current
- Co-Chair, Scientific Program Committee, CSANZ ASM, 2025 CSANZ 2025 - 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society in Brisbane, Australia - CSANZ 2025
- Previous Member, World Heart Federation Science Committee, 2022-2024 https://world-heart-federation.org/our-committees/science-committee/
- Member, NHFA/CSANZ Australian ACS Guidelines Expert Writing Group, 2023-current
- Member, CSANZ Scientific Committee, 2022-current https://www.csanz.edu.au/
- Alan Goble Oration for ACRA ASM, 2022
- Allied Health Science and Technology Lecture, CSANZ ASM, 2022
- Co-Chair, CSANZ Clinical and Preventive Cardiology Council https://www.csanz.edu.au/
- Co-Director, Australian Cardiovascular Alliance (ACvA) Flagship https://ozheart.org/, 2020-current
- Member, CSANZ Board of Directors for Education Trust, 2017-current
- Member, Queensland CVRN Executive Steering Committee https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/research/queensland-cvrn, 2024-current
- Associate Editor, npj Digital Medicine, 2020-current https://www.nature.com/npjdigitalmed/editors
- Editorial Board Member, Heart Lung Circulation, 2028-current
- Previous Member CSANZ Board and Chair of Allied Health and Technology Council, 2010-2016
- Previous, World Heart Federation Emerging Leaders Programme, 2015
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Sydney
- BAppSc (Physiotherapy) Hons 1, University of Sydney
- BSc (Anatomy and Physiology), University of Sydney
Fields of Research
- Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
- Health services and systems