Contact Details
| Organization: | Medicine - St Vincent's Hospital |
| Position: | SENIOR LECTURER |
| Email: | |
| Homepage: | www.medstv.unimelb.edu.au |
| Work: | 9288 4423 |
| Fax: | 9288 2581 |
| Level: | 01 |
| Building: | In Patient Services |
| Campus: | St Vincents Hospital |
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest | Country of Expertise |
|---|---|
| Non-invasive assessment of myocardial function in health and disease using cardiac ultrasound | Australia |
| Effects of endurance exercise on cardiac function and mechanisms of cardiac dysfunction following extreme exercise | Australia |
| Assessment of haemodynamics at rest and with exercise including correlation of non-invasive with invasive measurements | Australia |
| Novel parameters of cardiac function including left ventricular torsion and their correlation with invasive measures of cardiac function | Australia |
| Changes in pulmonary pressure with exercise in normal subjects and patients with scleroderma and the utility of exercise stress and echocardiography t | Australia |
International Linkages
| Country | Establishment | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Duke University | Research |
| New Zealand | The University of Auckland | Research |
| United States | Case Western Reserve University | Research |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery | Monash University | 31-Dec-1987 | |
| Doctor of Philosophy | Monash University | 31-Dec-1999 | |
| Bachelor of Medical Science | Monash University | 31-Dec-1987 |
Memberships
| Membership Type | Membership Body | Description | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered | Medical Board of Victoria | Registered | 31-Dec-1988 | |
| Member | Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand | Member | 31-Dec-1994 | |
| Member | Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine | Member | 31-Dec-1995 | |
| Member | American College of Cardiology | Member | 31-Dec-1999 | |
| Member | American Society of Echocardiography | Member | 31-Dec-1999 |
Fellowships
| Fellowship | Date Awarded |
|---|---|
| Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) | 31-Dec-1995 |
| Fellow of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (FCSANZ) | 31-Dec-2004 |
| Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) | 01-Jan-2009 |
Other Awards
| Award Type | Awarding Body | Comments | Date Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other (Award) | Sigma / Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand | Travelling Fellowship | 31-Dec-1997 |
| Scholarship | National Health and Medical Research Council | Medical Postgraduate Scholarship | 31-Dec-1995 |
| Scholarship | National Health and Medical Research Council | Medical Postgraduate Scholarship | 31-Dec-1996 |
| Scholarship | National Health and Medical Research Council | Medical Postgraduate Scholarship | 31-Dec-1997 |
| Scholarship | National Health and Medical Research Council | Medical Postgraduate Scholarship | 31-Dec-1998 |
| Scholarship | Alfred Healthcare Foundation | Postgraduate Research Scholarship | 31-Dec-1995 |
| Scholarship | Alfred Healthcare Foundation | Postgraduate Research Scholarship | 31-Dec-1996 |
| Scholarship | Alfred Healthcare Foundation | Postgraduate Research Scholarship | 31-Dec-1997 |
| Scholarship | Alfred Healthcare Foundation | Postgraduate Research Scholarship | 31-Dec-1998 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Animal Physiology - Systems (PHYSIOLOGY) (270603)
- Autoimmunity (IMMUNOLOGY) (320207)
- Toxicology (incl. Clinical Toxicology) (PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES) (320504)
- Systems Physiology (MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY) (320603)
- Anaesthesiology (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321001)
- Cardiology (incl. Cardiovascular Diseases) (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321003)
- Rheumatology and Arthritis (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321028)
- Surgery (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321029)
- Exercise Physiology (HUMAN MOVEMENT AND SPORTS SCIENCE) (321401)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- Treatments (e.g. chemicals, anntibiotics) (HUMAN PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS) (670403)
- Endocrine organs and diseases (incl. Diabetes) (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730105)
- Cardiovascular system and diseases (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730106)
- Skeletal system and disorders (incl. Arthritis) (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730114)
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Scheme | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF EXERCISE HAEMODYNAMICS - VALIDATION OF E/E' RATIO AND TR-DERIVED RVSP WITH EXERCISE | Principal Supervisor | NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION | National Heart Foundation Postgraduate Clinical Research Scholarship | 01/01/2006 |
| MECHANISMS AND EFFECTS OF INTENSE ENDURANCE EXERCISE ON CARDIAC MORPHOLOGY AND FUNCTION | Principal Supervisor | NHMRC | Medical & Dental Postgraduate Scholarships | 01/01/2007 |
Additional Grant and Contract Information
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Research Grants Committee. Prognostic value of color M-mode and tissue Doppler imaging to assess diastolic function in congestive heart failure due to impaired left ventricular systolic function. David Prior, Allan Klein, Randall Starling, Michelle Deguise, Jeremy Pereira. 2000, 1 year, $26,000.
St Vincent’s Hospital Research Endowment Fund. Prediction of responses to beta-blocker therapy in heart failure using Doppler filling patterns of the left ventricle. David Prior, Andrew MacIsaac. 2001, 1 year, $8,000.
National Heart Foundation of Australia. Amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic (NT-proBNP) and heart disease: Evaluation of the utility of NT-proBNP in the diagnosis of “early” heart failure. DJ Campbell, AI MacIsaac, DL Prior. 2001 & 2002, $35,000 per annum.
Sylvia & Charles Viertel Clinical Investigatorship. Value of NT pro-BNP assay for diagnosis of heart failure and the role of echocardiographic assessment of diastolic function in predicting response to beta-blockade in heart failure. David Prior 2002, $55,000.
CVL Pfizer Cardiovascular Lipid Research Grant. The role of new and conventional echocardiographic measures of diastolic function in predicting response to beta-blockade and prognosis in heart failure. David Prior Andrew MacIsaac. 2002, $50,000.
National Heart Foundation of Australia. New and conventional echocardiographic measures of diastolic function in predicting response to beta-blockade and prognosis in heart failure. David Prior, Andrew MacIsaac, David Kaye. 2002, $50,000; 2003, $42,735.
National Health and Medical Research Council. Efficacy and mechanisms of exercise training in diastolic heart failure (301136) Thomas Marwick, David Prior, David Hare, Jeff Coombes, Dominic Leung, Brian Haluska. 2004 – 2006, $543,450.
St Vincent’s Hospital Research Endowment Fund. Effect of ultra-endurance exercise on cardiac function assessed by echocardiography. Andre LaGerche, David Prior, Andrew MacIsaac. 2004, 1 year, $5,000.
St Vincent’s Hospital Research Endowment Fund. Non-invasive assessment of exercise haemodynamics in subjects with and without heart failure - validation of E/E ratio and TR-derived RVSP with exercise. Andrew Burns, David Prior, Andrew MacIsaac 2006, 1 year,l $10,000.
National Heart Foundation of Australia. Investigation of the pathogenesis of diastolic dysfunction. Duncan Campbell, David Prior, Mary Jane Black. 2007 $61,500, 2008 $61,500.
CVL Pfizer Cardiovascular Lipid Research Grant. The role of pro-inflammatory cytokines and neuro-hormones in the aetiology of acute myocardial dysfunction following endurance exercise. Andre La Gerche, David Prior, Warrwick Inder 2008 $55,000.
National Health and Medical Research Council. NT-proBNP and the identification and treatment of structural heart disease and heart failure in high-risk individuals (559010) Duncan Campbell, David Prior, Danny Liew, Rory Wolffe. 2009 – 2013, $1,420,375
.
National Heart Foundation of Australia. Assessment of early pulmonary arterial hypertension using dobutamine stress echocardiograms in patients with scleroderma (G 08M 3732). David Prior, Wendy Stevens, Andrew MacIsaac. 2009 - 2010 $120,750.
National Heart Foundation of Australia. Effect of diabetes on the heart (G 08M 3833). Duncan Campbell, David Prior, Mary Jane Black. 2009 - 2010.
Arthritis Australia Assessing early pulmonary hypertension in scleroderma David Prior, Wendy Stevens, Andrew MacIsaac. 2009 $15,000.
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.