A/Prof Jessica Orchard

@jessicajorchard

Sydney, New South Wales sydney.edu.au/medicine-healt… Joined February 2012

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A/Prof Jessica Orchard @jessicajorchard Oct 30, 2025

Thank you @heartfoundation for supporting our Hearts in FOCUS program.
We are delighted to be able to do this research. We will codesign a culturally-safe cardiac screening program for young First Nations people in remote northern Australia in a community sporting setting.

A/Prof Jessica Orchard @jessicajorchard Jul 31

Some lovely news: I've been awarded a NHMRC Investigator Grant EL2, for cardiac screening for young people at risk of sudden death, in the sporting setting. A big project will be with young Indigenous people in remote northern Australia + expanding the ARENA &ORCCA registries.

NHMRC Verified account @nhmrc Jul 29

JUST ANNOUNCED! An investment of $430 million will go towards Australian health and medical researchers under NHMRC’s largest scheme, Investigator Grants. Read more in our media release: ow.ly/liCg50Zt26c

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A/Prof Jessica Orchard @jessicajorchard Apr 28

Proud to share our new Global Heart policy review paper with the @WorldHeartFed Emerging Leaders!

Despite up to 1 in 3 people with RHD having AF, most guidelines don’t recommend AF screening.

🔗 doi.org/10.5334/gh.1552
#GlobalHealth #CardioTwitter

A/Prof Jessica Orchard @jessicajorchard Apr 15

Paediatric athletes aren’t “mini adults”.

Our new EAPC/AEPC clinical consensus @ehj_ed provides the first age‑specific guidance on cardiac evaluation & ECG interpretation in athletes <16 years.

👉academic.oup.com/eurheartj/adva…

@Prof_G_Pieles @FlavioDascenzi Elena Cavarretta

academic.oup.com Cardiac evaluation of paediatric athletes: A clinical consensus statement of the European Associa... Abstract. Paediatric athletes are not simply ‘mini adults’. Most existing recommendations for cardiac screening in paediatric athletes are primarily based

A/Prof Jessica Orchard @jessicajorchard Mar 24

Women are less likely than men to receive CPR. This surf club is looking to change that abc.net.au/news/2026-03-2… via @ABCaustralia

www.abc.net.au Women are less likely than men to receive CPR. This surf club is looking to change that NSW Ambulance data shows women are 10 per cent less likely than men to receive CPR from a bystander in public, and 50 per cent less likely to get defibrillation .