Research Impact. I have led brain imaging analysis of >8000 stroke patients as the lead of the world’s largest databank of acute stroke imaging data INSPIRE (International Stroke Perfusion Imaging Registry, NHMRC Partnership Grant ID 1013719). I played a key role in leading the brain imaging core lab to secure the NHMRC funding for the Atrial Myopathy and Embolic Stroke Trial (>3.7 million Australian dollars; NHMRC 2023 Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies, GNT2032210; CIB). Should this trial show that anticoagulation in atrial myopathy reduces stroke recurrence there will be significant impacts with practice-changing clinical guidelines in both stroke and cardiology.

International Collaboration. I have initiated international collaboration of the imaging core lab with the top-ranked Korean university Seoul National University in 2023 (the Australia-Korea Foundation Grant, CIA) and the top-ranked Chinese university Tsinghua University in 2024 (Tsinghua-UNSW Collaborative Research Fund, CIA).

Research Translation: I have led the translation of my research outcome to a clinical decision support system in collaboration with an Australian industrial partner Apollo Medical Imaging Technology. I have attracted three industrial grants between 2016 to 2022 (>3 million Australian dollars in total) in collaboration with the industrial partner (Cooperative Research Centres Projects, leading research; BioMedTech Horizons 3.0, leading researcher; STEM+ Business Fellowship, CIA).

Community Engagement and Participation: I have led the project in assessing clinical and imaging characterisation of stroke in First Nations, Pacific Islander, and other culturally and linguistically diverse Australian communities (University of New South Wales CVMM Grant 2021, CIA). I have designed the study protocol in partnership with key stakeholders from First Nations communities and Pacific Communities. Each of these stakeholders and the communities they represent are key consumer partners with ongoing input into the project, and their networks have provided avenues for dissemination and sustain community engagement.