arihorton

About: Dr Ari Horton is a dual-trained paediatric and genetic cardiologist and clinical geneticist working at The Victorian Heart Hospital and Monash University. He is establishing pathways to harness the power of genomics on both an individual level and population-wide scale to transform the way we care for our health and wellbeing and treat both common and rare disease. He has a passion for precision- and evidence-based care for children and families with congenital heart disease, inherited cardiac disease and lipid disorders. As a clinician-researcher, he is working together with colleagues towards innovative ways to improve equity of access and introduce genetic testing into the mainstream including population genomic screening to reduce cardiovascular and cancer risk. His currently enrolled in a PhD at Monash University School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine to harness population level genomic data for cardiovascular prevention.