Associate Professor David Colquhoun is a cardiologist in private practice and is actively involved in research and preventative cardiology. He is a Board Member of the National Heart Foundation of Australia (NHFA); a member of the Scientific Committee of the National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM); a member of the Scientific Committee of the Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation; and Co-President of the Clinical and Preventive Cardiology Council of the Cardiac Society of Australian and New Zealand (CSANZ).
He was chief author of the 2008 NHFA Statement on omega-3 fatty acids and heart disease (updated in 2015) and the National Heart Foundation of Australia Statement of Screening and Treatment of Depression 2013.