Dr Dion Candelaria is an early-career researcher at The University of Sydney Nursing School. He is a registered nurse with over 15 years of experience in various areas of cardiac nursing. His research focuses on supporting patients to reduce their risk of further cardiovascular events through promoting secondary prevention behaviours and cardiac rehabilitation. His doctoral work (completed in 2023) investigated the influence of cardiac rehabilitation service delivery characteristics on patient-focused outcomes.

Dr Candelaria is the current Vice-President/President-Elect of the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) NSW/ACT. He is also an Executive Board Member of the Cardiovascular Nursing Council of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) as well as the Xi Omicron Chapter-At-Large of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.

We are thrilled to have Dr Candelaria as our guest speaker for the July edition of Heart Support Connect and you can join us by clicking the button or the link below just prior to 6pm on the day.