“Cardiovascular disease remains the number one killer of women —
yet many are unaware of their own risk factors, and how to manage them.”
- Nisha Jhalani, MD
Director, CRF Women’s Heart Health Initiative
The CRF Women’s Heart Health Initiative was founded to help reduce gender disparity in cardiovascular care using a two-pronged approach:
Advocating for increased female representation in clinical trials and raising awareness about women and heart disease through Mini Med School educational seminars.
Nisha Jhalani, MD Director, CRF Women's Heart Health Initiative
Ann Acierno
Doreen Berne
Gail Blanke
Nancy Collins
Irma Damhuis
Colette Y. Gardner
Martin B. Leon, MD
Ashley Lyles
Roxana Mehran, MD
Marlene Berne Woldenberg
Marvin L. Woodall
Melana Yuzefpolskaya, MD
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Your contribution will help us raise awareness through education and expand efforts to increase female representation in cardiovascular clinical trials.