Professor Livia Hool is an international leader in the study of excitation and contraction of the heart. Having identified a novel pathway that regulates energetics in the heart, she is developing therapy to reduce sudden death and improve the lives of patients with inherited heart disease. Professor Hool has received numerous awards, including the first female to be awarded the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand RT Hall Prize. She is recognised as a passionate educator and advocate to government, for heart disease awareness and research, with significant media presence.