I am a PhD student supervised by Prof Judy de Haan and Dr Arpeeta Sharma in the Cardiovascular Inflammation and Redox Biology laboratory at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, and by A/Prof James Vince at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.

My project aims to explore pharmacotherapies targeting the NLRP3 inflammasome-pathway to lessen unresolved inflammation. One of my main targets involves the process of controlled cell death called pyroptosis. I will use genetic and pharmacological inhibition to examine the role of key proteins involved in this pathway. By manipulating this pathway, I hope to improve cardiac function under diabetic conditions after an acute myocardial infarction.