Lis Neubeck
Lis Neubeck

Prof Lis Neubeck PhD, BA (Hons), RN, FRSE, FESC, FIPC (Hon)

Professor

Biography

Lis Neubeck is Professor of Cardiovascular Health in the School of Health and Social Care at Edinburgh Napier University. She is the Head of the Centre for Cardiovascular Health Research at Edinburgh Napier University. Lis is the role of National Health Service Research Scotland Cardiovascular Clinical Network Lead. She is an Honorary Professor of Sydney Nursing School, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney. She is an Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences at Flinders University in Adelaide. Lis completed a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Early Career Fellowship, and is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health. Her research focuses on innovative solutions to secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, identification and management of atrial fibrillation, and use of new technologies to improve access to health care. Lis has secured over £5m in competitive research funding and has won notable prizes and awards for her research, including the prestigious Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Nursing Prize (2013). She has supervised to completion 4 Honours students; all achieved Upper Class Honours; and 9 PhD students; and she has 6 current PhD students. Lis is Past President of the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (President 2015-2017), served on the board of the Cardiovascular Nursing Council of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (2013-2016). She is the immediate Past President of the Association of Cardiovascular Nurses and Allied Professionals of the European Society of Cardiology (2020-22). She is also a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Themes

Esteem

Advisory panels and expert committees or witness

  • Scottish Cardiac Society Executive Committee- Ex Officio
  • Scottish Heart and Arterial disease Risk Prevention- Trustee
  • Scottish Heart Disease Action Plan Taskforce
  • Member of the Health Improvement, Protection, and Services Research Committee, Chief Scientists Office

 

Conference Organising Activity

  • Heart Failure Association Congress- Nursing prize presentation- 18/05/2021- Judge

 

Editorial Activity

  • European Heart Journal Digital Health Editorial Board
  • Editor European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
  • Consultant Editor British Journal of Cardiac Nursing

 

External Examining/Validations

  • External Examiner MSc Preventive Cardiology NUI Galway

 

Fellowships and Awards

  • Times Higher Education Awards- Knowledge Exchange Finalist 2021
  • The Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards 2021- Knowledge Exchange Champion- Finalist Finalist
  • Top cited paper Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs
  • Women Transforming Leadership Programme Saïd Business School University of Oxford- March 2022
  • Honorary Fellowship of the National Institute of Prevention and Cardiovascular Health
  • Extraordinary Service to the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association
  • Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology

 

Invited Speaker

  • FutureScot Digital Health and Care Scotland- Closing the AF detection gap: the ongoing search for abnormal heart rhythms- 16/03/2022
  • ESC Preventive Cardiology 2022- New guidelines: new challenges for the Heart Team?- 07/04/2022
  • University of New Mexico- Community and individual detection of Atrial Fibrillation- 26/01/2022
  • National Institute of Preventive Cardiology- Croi My Slainte Outcomes report launch- international perspective- 27/01/2022
  • National University of Ireland- Digital Health / e-Health and Technologies in Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention-12/03/2022
  • eHealth 2021 Sweden- Using apps in detection and treatment-16/03/2021
  • ESC Preventive Cardiology- Big data and digital twins- 15/04/2021
  • British Cardiac Society-Cardiac Rehabilitation, the dawn of a new era. Innovations to modernise CR and increase uptake in the post Covid era- 10/05/2021
  • Edinburgh Napier Breakfast Meeting- Heart Health post-covid- 17/08/2021
  • ESC congress 2021- How can we use new digital approaches to keep the patient at the centre of decision making? -28/08/2021
  • ESC congress- Healthcare inequities: how to bridge the digital divide- 30/08/2021
  • ESC Digital Summit 2021- Co-design: the way ahead in designing digital health- 24/08/2021
  • ESC Preventive Cardiology- Managing cardiovascular risk factors, whose job is it?- 16/04/2021
  • EuroHeartCare- Multidisciplinary approaches to detecting and perfecting care in atrial fibrillation- 18/06/2021
  • National Institute of Preventive Cardiology- Experiences of Wearables, Trackers and Apps in Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation - 19/11/2021
  • EuroHeartCare- Meet the experts in digital revolutions in cardiovascular care: take home messages (roundtable)- 19/06/2021
  • Pakistan Cardiac Society together with World Heart Federation: Arrhythmia- Using digital tools to improve the management of AF- 24/02/2021
  • EuroHeartCare- Co-designed mobile applications for enhancing self-management- 19/06/2021
  • Scottish Lipid Forum and SHARP hybrid meeting- Community and individual detection of Atrial Fibrillation: the tip of the iceberg- 18/11/2021
  • ESC congress - How can we use new digital approaches to keep the patient at the centre of decision making?- 28/08/2021
  • Clinical Fellow Event- National Cardiovascular Recruitment Research-14/09/2021
  • Arrhythmia Alliance Heart Rhythm Congress 2021 - Digital Health- 13/10/2021
  • ESC congress- The benefits of digital health interventions in cardiovascular disease- 28/08/2021
  • A Horizon 2020 AFFECT-EU webinar- Atrial fibrillation screening implementation - state of the art and future directions- 20/08/2021
  • ESC Congress - The digital experience- Virtual cardiac rehabiltation programmes: a way forward to increase access and decrease costs- 30/08/2020
  • Atrial Fibrillation Association-AF Improvement workshop- 29/03/2020
  • ACNAP Webinar- Detection and diagnosis of atrial fibrillation - 10/03/2020
  • ESC Congress - The digital experience- Quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure- 29/08/2020
  • ESC Congress - The digital experience 2020- Designing the future - 28/08/2020
  • National Institute of Preventive Cardiology- Interactive Application of the New ESC Guidelines on Atrial Fibrillation -20/11/2020
  • British Cardiac Society- digital cardiology symposium- Remote Healthcare for CVD patients during the pandemic- 26/08/2020
  • Inverness AF meeting
  • ACNAP Webinar- Increasing understanding of atrial fibrillation (AF) and medication adherence for people living with AF 15/10/2019
  • Mobile applications for heart failure management
  • Daiichi Sankyo Annual Meeting
  • CSANZ Future Leader Dinner Invited Mentor

 

Membership of Professional Body

  • President Association of Cardiovascular Nurses and Allied Professions of the European Society of Cardiology
  • President Elect of the ESC Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions
  • President, Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association

 

Research Degree External Examining

  • PhD examination- University of Oslo 25/06/2021
  • PhD examination Universities of Greenwich and Kent at Medway 08/01/2021
  • PhD examination- University of York
  • PhD examination- University of Technology Sydney
  • PhD examination- City University London
  • PhD examination- University of New South Wales

 

Visiting Positions

  • Honorary Professor, the University of Sydney Susan Wakil School for Nursing and Midwifery, Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney
  • Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Sciences at Flinders University, Adelaide

 

Date


253 results

Atrial fibrillation screening in pharmacies using an iPhone ECG: a qualitative review of implementation.

Journal Article
Lowres, N., Krass, I., Neubeck, L., Redfern, J., McLachlan, A. J., Bennett, A. A., & Freedman, S. B. (2015)
Atrial fibrillation screening in pharmacies using an iPhone ECG: a qualitative review of implementation. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 37(6), 1111-1120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-015-0169-1
Background Atrial fibrillation guidelines advocate screening to identify undiagnosed atrial fibrillation. Community pharmacies may provide an opportunistic venue for such scre...

Capacity building in physical activity and non-communicable disease prevention: a low-cost online training course can reach isolated practitioners.

Journal Article
Engelen, L., Bauman, A., Bellew, B., Caillaud, C., Merom, D., Singh, M. F., …Stevens, K. (2015)
Capacity building in physical activity and non-communicable disease prevention: a low-cost online training course can reach isolated practitioners. Global Health Promotion, 24(1), 27-33. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757975915586957
Physical inactivity is the fourth most important risk factor contributing to global noncommunicable disease (NCD) deaths, occurring in high-, middle- and low-income countries....

Atrial fibrillation management.

Presentation / Conference
Neubeck, L. (2015, July)
Atrial fibrillation management.. Presented at South Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association, Adelaide, Australia. (Unpublished)

The mobile revolution—using smartphone apps to prevent cardiovascular disease

Journal Article
Neubeck, L., Lowres, N., Benjamin, E. J., Freedman, S. B., Coorey, G., & Redfern, J. (2015)
The mobile revolution—using smartphone apps to prevent cardiovascular disease. Nature Reviews Cardiology, 12(6), 350-360. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrcardio.2015.34
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Mobile technology might enable increased access to effective prevention of CVDs. Given t...

Cardiac rehabilitation

Book Chapter
Maiorana, A., Neubeck, L., Williams, S., & Hill, K. (in press)
Cardiac rehabilitation. In Oxford handbook of geriatric medicineOxford University Press

Telehealth-based cardiac rehabilitation: a solution to the problem of access?

Journal Article
Neubeck, L. (2015)
Telehealth-based cardiac rehabilitation: a solution to the problem of access?. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 22(8), 957-958. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487315574282
The benefits of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) following a cardiac event are well established.1 Participation in a CR programme reduces cardiovascular risk factors, improves qual...

Identifying postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgical patients posthospital discharge, using iPhone ECG: a study protocol

Journal Article
Lowres, N., Freedman, S. B., Gallagher, R., Kirkness, A., Marshman, D., Orchard, J., & Neubeck, L. (2015)
Identifying postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgical patients posthospital discharge, using iPhone ECG: a study protocol. BMJ Open, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006849
Introduction: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) occurs in 30–40% of patients after cardiac surgery. Identification of recurrent postoperative AF is required to initiate e...

Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) core components of cardiovascular disease secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation 2014.

Journal Article
Woodruffe, S., Neubeck, L., Clark, R. A., Gray, K., Ferry, C., Finan, J., …Briffa, T. G. (2015)
Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) core components of cardiovascular disease secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation 2014. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 24(5), 430-441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2014.12.008
Background: Research on Australian cardiovascular disease secondary prevention and cardiac rehabilitation to guide practice needs updating to reflect current context of practi...

Who gets stroke prevention? Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients in the inpatient setting.

Journal Article
Gallagher, R., Roach, K., Sadler, L., Belshaw, J., Kirkness, A., Zhang, L., …Neubeck, L. (2015)
Who gets stroke prevention? Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation patients in the inpatient setting. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 24(5), 488-494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2014.12.010
Background: current guidelines strongly recommend antithrombotic therapy, particularly warfarin, for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients at high risk of str...

Cost-effectiveness analysis of screening for atrial fibrillation in pharmacies using an iPhone handheld ECG (SEARCH-AF).

Journal Article
Lowres, N., Salkeld, G., Neubeck, L., Martinez, C., Wallenhorst, C., & Freedman, S. B. (2014)
Cost-effectiveness analysis of screening for atrial fibrillation in pharmacies using an iPhone handheld ECG (SEARCH-AF). European Heart Journal, 35, 1032
Purpose: Identifying unknown atrial fibrillation (AF) in the community and subsequent anti-thrombotic treatment could reduce stroke burden. We aimed to determine the cost-effe...

Current Post Grad projects

Previous Post Grad projects

Non-Napier PhD or MSc by Research supervisions

  • Stacey Stewart- Cardiac troponin testing to inform risk and improve cardiovascular health in primary care.
  • Jessica Orchard- Cardiac screening in older adults and elite athletes. Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney (PhD)
  • Ling Zhang- Health Literacy of Chinese Immigrants Living in Australia: Measurements, Health Consequences and Opportunities for Interventions. Sydney Nursing School, University of Sydney (PhD)
  • Kai Jin- Risk factor profiles and the health behaviours and health literacy related to Coronary Heart Disease amongst recent Chinese immigrants to Australia. Sydney Nursing School, University of Sydney (PhD)
  • Muaddi Al-Harbi- Self-efficacy and physical activity among people with coronary heart disease and/or diabetes mellitus who are commencing a weight management program. Sydney Nursing School, University of Sydney (PhD)
  • Nicole Lowres- Stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation through screening and lifestyle interventions. Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney (PhD)