About
Lavinia Tran is a Research Fellow at Monash University affiliated with the Chronic Disease & Ageing Victorian Heart Institute (VHI) and the Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics (CCRET). She serves as Program Manager (Research and Projects) for the Australia and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) Bi-national Cardiac Surgery Registry.
- Key Research Areas: Clinical Quality Registries (CQR), data feedback systems, cardiac surgery outcomes, risk modeling, registry-embedded trials
- Grants: Heart Foundation Grant (2015-2016), Monash Partners Fellowship (2020-2021)
- Methodological Expertise: Protocol development, data linkage, benchmarking, statistical adjustment, patient-reported outcome measures
Scientific Contributions: Over 35 peer-reviewed articles in 8 years, including work on transfusion practice standardization, post-CABG survival disparities, and clinical dashboard design. Her research directly influences registry reporting frameworks for hospitals and government stakeholders.
- 2025: Published in Vox Sanguinis and International Journal of Cardiology on guideline impact and mortality benchmarking
- 2022: Focused on economic evaluations and sex-based survival differences
- 2020: Developed the ACSePT risk prediction tool
Collaborations: Works with National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) projects and Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group (ALLG) on transfusion support optimization.
