A coffee break with Julia Grapsa and Ana Almeida

About this episode

The episode discusses gender equity and educational initiatives in cardiovascular imaging with experts Julia Grapsa and Ana Almeida.

With Julia Grapsa, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Heart and Vascular Center, Boston - USA, Ana Maria G Almeida, Faculty of Medicine University of Lisbon, Lisbon - Portugal, and Sarah Birkhoelzer, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford - UK. In this special episode, Sarah Birkhoelzer is joined by Julia Grapsa, Director of Education in Echocardiography at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Ana Almeida, Professor of Cardiology at the University of Lisbon. Together, they lead the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) Gender and Equity Special Interest Group (SIG). The discussion opens with Julia reflecting on the group's origins and mission: to promote equity, inclusion, and representation in cardiovascular imaging across Europe and beyond. Ana highlights the group's key achievements, including pivotal publications such as the EACVI consensus document on multimodality imaging in women with cardiovascular disease—a must-read for clinicians and researchers alike. The episode also delves into the group's educational and community-building initiatives, from their active newsletter and Facebook community to interactive brainstorming sessions. Julia…

People in this episode

Host: Sarah Birkhoelzer

Guests: Julia Grapsa, Ana Almeida

Topics covered

• gender equity in cardiology
• cardiovascular imaging
• education in cardiology
• community building
• research initiatives

Keywords

• cardiology
• EACVI
• gender equity
• cardiovascular imaging
• mentoring program
• research projects
• community initiatives

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, University of Lisbon, European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging, Oxford University Hospitals, EACVI, DOMINO, VHD-W registry

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