2025 University Research Seminar Series Cardiovascular Disease & Personalised Care

CHEF

Friday 29 August
12.00 noon AEST

Towards Patient-Specific Risk Prediction and Treatment Planning for Cardiovascular Disease
Hosted By Professor Craig McLachlan, Director, Centre for Healthy Futures (CHEF)

Seminar overview

Towards Patient-Specific Risk Prediction and Treatment Planning for Cardiovascular Disease
Presented by Mingzi Zhang, CHEF Research Fellow

Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases remain the leading causes of mortality worldwide. In this presentation, Dr. Zhang will present his research efforts aimed at improving risk assessment and treatment planning for these conditions.

He will discuss computational approaches for:

  • Predicting aneurysm rupture risk
  • Modelling the formation and progression of coronary plaques
  • Assessing haemodynamic factors in spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)
  • Planning endovascular interventions through virtual stenting and blood flow simulations

Together, these studies highlight the potential of patient-specific modelling in advancing personalised cardiovascular care.


This session will cover Vitae Framework Domains:

  • Domain A – Knowledge and intellectual abilities
  • Domain D – Engagement, influence and impact

This is a virtual event that can be accessed via Teams
Meeting ID: 461 798 549 779 5
Password: HM7ja9cc

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Hear from our speaker

Mingzi Zhang
Dr
Mingzi Zhang
Dr. Mingzi Zhang holds dual PhD degrees in Engineering (2015) and in Biomedical Sciences (2019). He has since held postdoctoral research positions at Tohoku University, Japan (2018~2020) and UNSW (2021~2025). His research focuses on computational modelling of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, as well as their endovascular treatments. As an ECR, Dr. Zhang has authored 40+ peer-reviewed publications, accumulating 400+ citations (h-index:10), with the majority of his work published in his 6 years post PhD (highest FWCI: 6.69). Dr. Zhang actively contributes to the academic community as a reviewer for several scientific journals and currently serves as the youngest session organiser for the International Conference on Fluid Dynamics (ICFD).

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