Professor Sally Inglis is a Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow and a nationally and internationally-recognised research leader and expert in telehealth and virtual models of cardiovascular care. Professor Inglis is senior author for the new CSANZ and ACRA Position Statement on the Quality Use of Telehealth in Cardiovascular Care (2026), collaborating with an interdisciplinary, Australian and New Zealand authorship team of early, mid and senior cardiovascular researchers, clinicians and a leading consumer advocate to develop and write this important Position Statement. 

Professor Inglis is an influential cardiovascular and nursing research leader and is an exprienced executive leader, with current and recent former roles in cardiovascular organisations: NSW Cardiovascular Research Network (NSW CVRN) and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). 

Professor Inglis is the health lead for the UTS Research Institute for Innovative Solutions for Well-being and Health Digital, Virtual and AI in Health Collaborative. In this role, Professor Inglis engages with research leaders, early and mid-career research and external stakeholders to harness the power of technology and bring together collaborations with key external partner organisations and pan-university collaboration to deliver smart diagnostics, devices, data science, AI and telehealth and virtual care solutions. Professor Inglis is the UTS representative on the  Australian Council of Senior Academic Leaders in Digital Health. 

Professor Inglis’ research has informed telehealth in Australia and internationally and influenced healthcare policy and clinical practice, especially with the rapid implementation of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her research has accumulated over 6,630 citations (including over 930 citations of a publication in the British Medical Journal). Professor Inglis was invited to author a special editorial for the European Journal of Heart Failure on telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and her research was selected for a curated global open access evidence collection by the Cochrane Collaboration to inform adaptation of care during the pandemic. 

Professor Inglis is the lead author on the "Cardiovascular Nursing and Climate Change: A Call to Action From the CSANZ Cardiovascular Nursing Council" published in Heart Lung Circulation (2022) which provide key considerations for cardiovascular nursing, related to climate and environmental impacts on health, healthcare access and delivery. As Chair of the CSANZ Cardiovascular Nursing Council at the time, Professor Inglis conceptualised this important Call to Action and led a team of cardiovascular nurses from across Australia and New Zealand to author this work. 

Professor Inglis is a recognised advocate for social justice, diversity and inclusion in research and academia. Professor Inglis holds formal leadership roles within the Faculty of Health and UTS; provides expert advice to peak cardiovascular organisations and has peer reviewed publications to inform design of research to address diversity and inclusion (European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, Nature Reviews).  

Professor Inglis is an outstanding mentor for early career researchers, especially nurses and allied health professionals and has collaborated and authored publications related to threats and opportunities to support ECRs in cardiovascular research and in particular support equity and diversity in cardiovascular research. Most notably, is a 2022 publication in Nature Reviews Cardiology.

Supported by the Heart Foundation, Professor Inglis leads a research program at UTS focused on digital health, especially virtual and telehealth-based models of care to improve access to cardiovascular care. Professor Inglis is the first/senior author of six Cochrane Reviews/Protocols with international author teams examining cardiovascular digital health. She has received UK National Institute of Health Research funding for this research and her research is cited in multiple international and national clinical guidelines. 

In addition to expertise in telehealth and Cochrane Reviews, Professor Inglis has both national and international experience in epidemiology and analysis of cohort studies and linked data analysis, having completed an NHMRC/Heart Foundation Overseas Sidney Sax Public Health Fellowship at the British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Glasgow, Scotland examining peripheral arterial disease using the world leading Scottish Morbidity Record.