He has a strong interest in stroke telemedicine and in 2012 he was the recipient of Federal funding to commence the VicStroke project, which will deliver stroke telemedicine to hospitals in rural and regional Victoria.
Prof Bladin is active in stroke research and is a past chairperson, and current committee member of the Australasian Stroke Trials Network (ASTN). He is involved in many NHMRC funded research studies. He has a special interest in stroke thrombolysis, acute stroke brain imaging, and stroke telemedicine.