HRI awarded NSW CVRN Carer’s Travel Scholarship

Dr Melissa Farnham has been awarded a Carer’s Travel Scholarship by the NSW Cardiovascular Research Network (CVRN).

This Scholarship supported Dr Farnham in presenting her findings on mechanisms underlying intermittent hypoxia induced sympathoexcitation at the Therapeutic Intermittent Hypoxia Retreat in Gainesville, Florida, USA and the Experimental Biology conference in San Diego, California, USA.

As the mother of two children, aged one and three, as well as Unit Leader at HRI, Dr Farnham says, “It’s incredibly important that institutions recognise the family/work juggle primary carers have when they try to maintain a career trajectory. Conferences, particularly international conferences, are vital for building new collaborations and networking with leaders in the field – but when you have primary carer responsibilities, conferences are the first thing to be dropped.”