Professor James Cameron

(MB BS MD BE(Elec) MEngSc FCSANZ FIEAust CPE(Biomed))

Professor James Cameron is Director of the Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre and Associate Director (Research & Education) of MonashHEART. He holds senior medical staff appointments with MonashHEART and Epworth Hospital. Since 2006 he has been Professor of Electronic Engineering (Biomedical) at La Trobe University. In 2004 he was co-recipient of the 2004 RJ Hall prize of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) and was admitted to Fellowship of CSANZ in 2006.

Currently he is Vice-President of The International Society for Vascular Health (ISVH) and Chairman of the Australasian Regional Committee of the ISVH. Professor Cameron acts as principle investigator in a number of pharmaceutical industry studies. He has developed clinical laboratory systems used extensively for assessment of arterial properties in Australia and overseas. The arterial assessment techniques he has developed have provided important evidence demonstrating the concept of the systemic arterial stiffness as a valid therapeutic target.