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University of Otago

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5.04/23/2026

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About Sarah

Dr. Sarah Appleby is a Research Fellow in the Department of Medicine at the University of Otago, Christchurch, affiliated with the Christchurch Heart Institute's Translational Biodiscovery Laboratory. She obtained her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Otago in 2016, with a thesis titled "Telomere length as a putative biomarker of health and disease." Her research specializes in cardiovascular physiology and the development of novel biomarkers for cardiovascular diseases. This includes investigations into myoregulin, a peptide regulating intracellular calcium and heart function; circulating bacterial DNA in cardiovascular disease; erythroferrone for diagnosing acute decompensated heart failure; soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR); and CNDP2, an enzyme connecting metabolism to heart disease. Appleby also examines the gut-heart axis, exploring gut bacteria's role in predicting heart failure after myocardial infarction to enable early intervention.