Emily Aldridge

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2018 - ongoing	Affiliate Lecturer	University of Adelaide
  2018 - ongoing	Clinical Researcher	SA Health
  2016 - 2018	Clinical Research Assistant	University of Adelaide

• Awards and Achievements

  Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
  2023	Award	2022 University Doctoral Research Medal	The University of Adelaide	Australia	-
  2022	Achievement	Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence	The University of Adelaide	Australia	-

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2018 - 2021	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD (Medicine)
  2014 - 2014	University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Health Science (Hons)
  2010 - 2013	University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Arts
  2010 - 2013	University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Science
  	University of Adelaide	Australia	Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Advanced)

• Research Interests

  Cardiology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine Public Health Cardiac, Respiratory and Vascular Health Pregnancy and Birth

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2025	Manthorpe, T., Arstall, M., Andraweera, P. H., & Aldridge, E. (2025). Patient Experiences of a Postpartum Cardiovascular Disease Intervention Clinic for Pregnancy Complications. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 12 pages. DOI
  2024	Khoja, A., Andraweera, P. H., Lassi, Z. S., Padhani, Z. A., Ali, A., Zheng, M., . . . Arstall, M. A. (2024). Modifiable and Non-Modifiable Risk Factors for Premature Coronary Heart Disease (PCHD): Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Heart Lung and Circulation, 33(3), 265-280. DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC1
  2024	Mencel, J., Hong, H. W., Charakidis, M., Pokorny, A., Aldridge, E., & Karanth, N. (2024). Breast cancer characteristics and pathological prognostic determinants in indigenous Australians: Retrospective cohort study in the Northern Territory. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 20(5), 597-603. DOI
  2023	Tromp, J., Jackson, A. M., Abdelhamid, M., Fouad, D., Youssef, G., Petrie, M. C., . . . van der Meer, P. (2023). Thromboembolic events in peripartum cardiomyopathy: Results from the ESC EORP PPCM registry. European Journal of Heart Failure, 25(8), 1464-1466. DOI Scopus8 Europe PMC4
  2023	Pathirana, M. M., Andraweera, P. H., Aldridge, E., Harrison, M., Harrison, J., Leemaqz, S., . . . Roberts, C. T. (2023). The association of breast feeding for at least six months with hemodynamic and metabolic health of women and their children aged three years: an observational cohort study.. Int Breastfeed J, 18(1), 1-12. DOI Scopus3 Europe PMC1
  2023	Khoja, A., Andraweera, P. H., Lassi, Z. S., Ali, A., Zheng, M., Pathirana, M. M., . . . Arstall, M. A. (2023). Risk Factors for Early-Onset Versus Late-Onset Coronary Heart Disease (CHD): Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Heart Lung and Circulation, 32(11), 1277-1311. DOI Scopus6 Europe PMC2
  2023	Pathirana, M. M., Andraweera, P. H., Leemaqz, S., Aldridge, E., Arstall, M. A., Dekker, G. A., & Roberts, C. T. (2023). Anxiety and Depression in Early Gestation and the Association with Subsequent Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in a Disadvantaged Population. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 27(12), 2185-2193. DOI Scopus4 Europe PMC1
  2023	Aldridge, E., Pathirana, M., Wittwer, M., Sierp, S., Roberts, C. T., Dekker, G. A., & Arstall, M. (2023). Women's awareness of cardiovascular disease risk after complications of pregnancy. Women and Birth, 36(3), e335-e340. DOI Scopus4 Europe PMC1
  2023	Andraweera, P. H., Plummer, M. D., Garrett, A., Leemaqz, S., Wittwer, M. R., Aldridge, E., . . . Arstall, M. A. (2023). Early pregnancy cardio metabolic risk factors and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome 10 years after the first pregnancy. PLOS ONE, 18(1), 1-11. DOI Scopus4 Europe PMC2
  2023	Khoja, A., Andraweera, P. H., Lassi, Z. S., Ali, A., Zheng, M., Pathirana, M. M., . . . Arstall, M. A. (2023). Risk Factors for Premature Coronary Heart Disease in Women Compared to Men: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Women's Health, 32(9), 908-920. DOI Scopus5 WoS3
  2022	Aldridge, E., Schubert, K. O., Pathirana, M., Sierp, S., Leemaqz, S. Y., Roberts, C. T., . . . Arstall, M. A. (2022). A prospective registry analysis of psychosocial and metabolic health between women with and without metabolic syndrome after a complicated pregnancy. BMC Women's Health, 22(1), 1-9. DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC1
  2022	Hopkins, J., Hewawasam, E., Aldridge, E., Andraweera, P., Jesudason, S., & Arstall, M. (2022). South Australian prospective cohort study evaluating outcomes of maternal kidney and cardiac disease in pregnancy: A protocol. BMJ Open, 12(2), 7 pages. DOI Scopus2
  2022	Aldridge, E., Pathirana, M., Wittwer, M., Sierp, S., Leemaqz, S. Y., Roberts, C. T., . . . Arstall, M. A. (2022). Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Women After Maternal Complications of Pregnancy: An Observational Cohort Analysis. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9, 1-9. DOI Scopus6 WoS3 Europe PMC2
  2022	Wittwer, M. R., Aldridge, E., Hein, C., Thorrowgood, M., Zeitz, C., Beltrame, J. F., & Arstall, M. A. (2022). Sex Differences in Incidence and Outcome of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Within a Local Health Network.. Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 9, 1-10. DOI Scopus7 WoS1 Europe PMC2
  2022	Pathirana, M. M., Andraweera, P. H., Aldridge, E., Leemaqz, S. Y., Harrison, M., Harrison, J., . . . Roberts, C. T. (2022). Gestational diabetes mellitus and cardio-metabolic risk factors in women and children at 3 years postpartum. Acta Diabetologica, 59(9), 1237-1246. DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC6
  2022	Aldridge, E., Pathirana, M., Wittwer, M., Sierp, S., Leemaqz, S. Y., Roberts, C. T., . . . Arstall, M. A. (2022). Effectiveness of a nurse practitioner-led cardiovascular prevention clinic at reduction of metabolic syndrome following maternal complications of pregnancy: a preliminary analysis. Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome, 14(1), 144. DOI Scopus3 Europe PMC1
  2021	Tutarel, O., Ramlakhan, K. P., Baris, L., Subirana, M. T., Bouchardy, J., Nemes, A., . . . Gouton, M. (2021). Pregnancy outcomes in women after arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries: Results from ROPAC (Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease) of the European Society of Cardiology EURObservational Research Programme. Journal of the American Heart Association, 10(1), 1-11. DOI Scopus17 WoS8 Europe PMC5
  2021	Khoja, A., Andraweera, P. H., Lassi, Z. S., Zheng, M., Pathirana, M. M., Ali, A., . . . Arstall, M. A. (2021). Risk factors for premature coronary artery disease (PCAD) in adults: a systematic review protocol. F1000Research, 10, 1228. DOI Scopus12 Europe PMC6
  2021	Ramlakhan, K. P., Johnson, M. R., Lelonek, M., Saad, A., Gasimov, Z., Sharashkina, N. V., . . . Abd-El Aziz, M. G. (2021). Congenital heart disease in the ESC EORP Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease (ROPAC). International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 3, 100107. DOI Scopus13
  2020	Plummer, M. D., Andraweera, P. H., Garrett, A., Leemaqz, S., Wittwer, M., Aldridge, E., . . . Roberts, C. T. (2020). Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and later cardiovascular disease risk in mothers and children. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 12(4), 1-6. DOI Scopus14 WoS6 Europe PMC8
  2019	Aldridge, E., Mollen, J., Verburg, P. E., Wittwer, M., Dekker, G., Roberts, C. T., & Arstall, M. A. (2019). Agreement of aneroid and oscillometric blood pressure devices used in pregnancy. Pregnancy Hypertension, 17, 43-48. DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC3
  2019	Aldridge, E., Verburg, P. E., Sierp, S., Andraweera, P., Dekker, G. A., Roberts, C. T., & Arstall, M. A. (2019). A Protocol for Nurse-Practitioner Led Cardiovascular Follow-Up After Pregnancy Complications in a Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Population.. Front Cardiovasc Med, 6, 184. DOI Scopus7 WoS4 Europe PMC4
  2015	Alves, E., Fielder, A., Ghabriel, N., Sawyer, M., & Buisman-Pijlman, F. (2015). Early social environment affects the endogenous oxytocin system: a review and future directions. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 6(MAR), 1-6. DOI Scopus40 WoS23 Europe PMC17

• Conference Items

  Year	Citation
  2016	Aldridge, E. L. (2016). Cardiovascular assessment after obstetric complications: follow-up for education and evaluation (COFFEE). Poster session presented at the meeting of SA State Population Health Conference 2016.

Honours supervision (2020-current)

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Third Year Research Placement Projects (2020-current)

MBBS IV Research & Critical Appraisal (2021)

• Other Supervision Activities

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Location	Program	Supervision Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2024 - 2024	Co-Supervisor	Microvascular and macrovascular parameters in women with a previous hypertensive disorder of pregnancy compared to those with a normotensive pregnancy at 6 months postpartum	The University of Adelaide	-	Honours	Full Time	Dena Herrmann
  2022 - 2022	Principal Supervisor	Investigating the socioeconomic factors that influence attendance to a postpartum cardiovascular disease prevention clinic for women with a history of pregnancy compllications	University of Adelaide	-	Honours	Full Time	Lauran Hinter
  2020 - 2021	Principal Supervisor	Patient Experiences in a Postpartum Intervention Clinic for Women with Pregnancy Complications	University of Adelaide	-	Honours	Full Time	Tegan Manthorpe

• Memberships

  Date	Role	Membership	Country
  2018 - ongoing	Member	Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand	Australia

• Email: emily.aldridge@adelaide.edu.au