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Biography
Janet Bray is an Associate Professor within the Pre-hospital, Emergency and Trauma Unit in the School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine. She is currently the recipient of a Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship, Chair of the Australian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (Aus-ROC) Executive Committee and Chair of the Australian and New Zealand out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Epistry. Janet holds honorary appointments with The Alfred Hospital and the Prehospital, Resuscitation and Emergency Care Research Unit (PRECRU) at Curtin University. She is currently Chair of the Basic Life Support Taskforce for the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) and Council Member on the Australian Resuscitation Council. Janet is also an Associate Editor for the international journal ‘Resuscitation Plus’, Editorial Board member for the leading emergency medicine journal ‘Resuscitation’ and a Fellow of the American Heart Association.
Her background in cardiac and intensive care nursing has driven her research career to improve outcomes for critically ill cardiovascular patients -particularly those experiencing cardiac arrest, heart attack and stroke. Her research program aims to improve the public’s recognition and response to acute cardiovascular symptoms and improve the evidence-base for acute cardiovascular care. Her published research includes multicentre randomised control trials (AVOID, RINSE).
Janet has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and more than $14 million in competitive funding, including CIA of the Heart Matters Trial. Janet has received numerous awards for her research (American Heart Association Young Investigator Prize, Bethlehem Griffiths Foundation Young Researcher of the Year, Heart Foundation Research Excellence Award) and is a Fellow of the American Heart Association.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- emergency medical service
- cardiac arrest
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Emergency Medicine
- Resuscitation
- basic life support
Network
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Love Your Brain: A stroke prevention digital platform
Kilkenny, M., Gall, S., Cadilhac, D., Thrift, A., Bray, J., Cameron, J., Olaiya, M., Kleinig, T. J., Murphy, L., Phan, H., Purvis, T., Nelson, M. W. & Booth, B.
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), University of Tasmania, Stroke Foundation
1/06/22 → 31/05/25
Project: Research
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Dispatcher-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): can CPR quality be improved by enhancing dispatcher language?
Eastwood, K., Bray, J., Flemming-Judge, E. & Cartledge, S.
28/03/22 → 29/03/24
Project: Research
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Optimising the emergency management of acute cardiovascular events
1/07/21 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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Identifying strategies to improve survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Australia and New Zealand
Bray, J., Finn, J., Smith, K. & Cameron, P.
1/04/20 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Heart Matters: a Heart Safe Communities partnership to improve cardiovascular awareness and response to symptoms in regions at highest risk of heart attacks.
Bray, J., Finn, J., Clark, R. A., Nehme, Z., Stub, D., Smith, K., Chow, C., Cadilhac, D., Kasza, J. & Cameron, P.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia), Heart Foundation, Department of Health (DH) (Victoria)
1/02/20 → 31/01/24
Project: Research
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2022 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations: Summary From the Basic Life Support; Advanced Life Support; Pediatric Life Support; Neonatal Life Support; Education, Implementation, and Teams; and First Aid Task Forces
Wyckoff, M. H., Greif, R., Morley, P. T., Ng, K. C., Olasveengen, T. M., Singletary, E. M., Soar, J., Cheng, A., Drennan, I. R., Liley, H. G., Scholefield, B. R., Smyth, M. A., Welsford, M., Zideman, D. A., Acworth, J., Aickin, R., Andersen, L. W., Atkins, D., Berry, D. C., Bhanji, F., & 115 others , Feb 2023, In: Pediatrics. 151, 2, 86 p., e2022060463.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Declining Public Awareness of Heart Attack Warning Symptoms in the Years Following an Australian Public Awareness Campaign: A Cross-Sectional Study
Bray, J., Howell, S., Nehme, Z., Buttery, A., Stub, D., Cartledge, S. & Finn, J., Apr 2023, In: Heart Lung and Circulation. 32, 4, p. 497-505 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Lower vs Higher Oxygen Saturation Targets and Survival to Hospital Discharge Among Patients Resuscitated After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest - Reply
Bernard, S. & Bray, J., 7 Mar 2023, In: JAMA. 329, 9, p. 767 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
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Optimal oxygen and mean arterial blood pressure targets after cardiac arrest
Skrifvars, M. B., Bray, J. & Hassager, C., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Intensive Care Medicine. 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
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Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Nolan, J. P., Berg, K. M. & Bray, J. E., Mar 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Intensive Care Medicine. 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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CSANZ Cardiovascular Nursing Lecture
Bray, Janet (Recipient), 2021
Prize: National/international honour