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DrBianca Bernardo

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

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  • Senior Research Fellow
    Faculty of Health/School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences/Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
  • +61 3 925 17164 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • cardiac physiology
  • AAV technology as a gene delivery tool for heart disease and MND
  • cardiac physiology in motor neurone disease
  • mitochondrial non-coding RNAs 
  • diabetic heart disease
  • microRNA therapeutics

GRANTS

  • COMPETITIVE GRANT
    Looking Beyond the Brain: How Motor Neuron Disease Impacts the Heart
    Perpetual (Australia)1 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bernardo B,
    • Russell A
  • GRANT
    Looking Beyond the Brain: How Motor Neuron Disease Impacts the Heart
    1 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    Perpetual Philanthropic Services - IPAP2026/1586 - $105,000.00
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Beyond Neurons: Assessing Cardiac Remodelling in ALS
    Faculty of Health ReseArch Capacity Building Grant ScHeme (HAtCH)1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bernardo B
    Deakin University
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Faculty of Health ReseArch Capacity Building Grant ScHeme (HAtCH)
    Faculty of Health ReseArch Capacity Building Grant ScHeme (HAtCH)1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bernardo B,
    • HIAM D