Research Acceleration Award Recipient, WIRF Supported Researcher

Prof Luke Haseler

Location of Research
  • Western Australia
Overview

Professor Haseler’s research focuses on exploring a simple handgrip exercise test to detect early heart problems in women who have had preeclampsia, a condition that increases their risk of heart disease. By using echocardiography during a short handgrip exercise, Professor Haseler aims to develop an easier, more sensitive alternative to traditional heart stress tests, potentially leading to earlier detection and better care.

Prof Luke Haseler

For nearly 50 years, WIRF has conducted and supported research to improve the health of women, babies and families

About Prof Luke Haseler

Professor Luke Haseler is the Program Lead for Cardiovascular Physiology and a Research Professor within the Curtin Medical Research Institute. He is a physiologist who applies an integrative physiology approach to the study of human exercise and cardiovascular physiology in both health and disease. As an international researcher who has worked across three continents, Professor Haseler has collaborated with world-leading researchers, secured international and national grant funding and has developed innovative methodologies to assess cardiac function.

He was made a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (FACSM) for research contributions to the field of physiology of exercise. Professor Haseler has established a unique, world leading human integrative physiology and echocardiography laboratory at Curtin University and Fiona Stanley Hospital and is using research funding from the Women and Infants Research Foundation to develop a novel echocardiography method to detect early diastolic dysfunction in women after preeclampsia to prevent poor cardiovascular outcomes.

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