EACVI Shared Interest Group - Gender and Equity

The EACVI Shared Interest Group - Gender and Equity is an initiative within the EACVI connecting EACVI Members interested in this specific topic.

Aims of the SIG

To focus on sex differences in CVD, especially in relation to cardiovascular imaging
To provide active discussion on equity among not only gender but ethnicity, stages of career and enhance opportunities for all.
To enhance the careers of imaging cardiologists by creating opportunities for:
- Training and professional development
- Networking programmes
- Promotion of leadership skills
- Scientific development
To promote effective career opportunities.
To promote and support scientific projects for CVD in certain populations through imaging, which present differences in prevalence, diagnosis and prognosis of an important number of conditions which in addition are often under-represented in clinical trials.
To create workshops and education sessions with the topic of CVD in women.

Contact information

EACVI gender and equity SIG | Facebook

Resources from previous Women Task Force

Articles

Newsletter

EACVI Women Education and Training Grants Programme

The EACVI Women in Cardiovascular Imaging Education & Training Grants Programme offers financial support for six months to help women from low- and lower-middle-income countries to train in echocardiography in a high-standard clinical centre or university with a large domain of expertise within an ESC member country.

Learn more

Online Brainstorming Open Forum – 27 April 2023

A recording of this exciting event with brainstorming and lectures on CVD in women, by the task force members and invited guests is available to watch.

Presented by Julia Grapsa, Ana Almeida, Alessia Gimelli, Elif Sade, Giulia Elena Mandoli, Krassimira Hristova, Naeimeh Hosseini, Nicoletta Orphanou, Sarah Moharem Elgamal and Victoria Delgado.

Online Brainstorming Open Forum – 28 September 2022

A recording of this exciting event with brainstorming and lectures on CVD in women, by the task force members and invited guests is available to watch.

Presented by Julia Grapsa, Ana Almeida, Bernard Cosyns, Sharon Mulvagh, Leslee Shaw, Bharati Shivalkar, Sara Moscatelli, Martha Gulati, Sabeeda Kadavath, and Suvasini Lakshmanan.

A message from the task force

Watch this short video prepared by some of the task force members on the theme of “Awareness and improved diagnosis and treatment possibilities for women”.

Webinar on women in cardiovascular imaging

An exciting discussion brought to you by the EACVI Women in CV Imaging Task Force and Women as One.

Initially broadcast on 7 December 2021.

Presented by Prof. Ana Almeida and Assoc. Prof. Julia Grapsa, with Profs. Bernard Cosyns, Roxana Mehran, Leslee Shaw, Ana Almeida and Victoria Delgado.

Watch the recording of the first social event

Check out the two very interesting lectures: 'Cardiovascular disease in women' and 'Women in cardiology/imaging, what are the challenges', followed by an open discussion.

Presented by Dr. Julia Grapsa (UK), with Profs. Barbara Casadei (UK), Ana Almeida (Portugal), Sharon Mulvagh (Canada), Bernard Cosyns (Belgium), Steffen E. Petersen (UK) and Thor Edvardsen (Norway).

Women in CVI Task Force nucleus members

Nucleus 2020–2024

Chair: Julia Grapsa, United Kingdom
Deputy Chair: Ana Maria Almeida, Portugal
Nina Ajmone Marsan, The Netherlands
Anne Bernard, France
Alessia Gimelli, Italy
Kristina Haugaa, Norway
Krasimira Hristova, Bulgaria
Giulia Elena Mandoli, Italy
Sharon Mulvagh, Canada
Edyta Plonska-Gosciniak, Poland
Leyla Elif Sade, Turkey
Jeanette Schulz-Menger, Germany
Leslee Shaw, USA
Bharati Shivalkar, Belgium
Marta Sitges, Spain

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