EACVI Task Force - Women in Cardiovascular Imaging

The Women in CV Imaging Task Force is an initiative within the EACVI connecting EACVI Members interested in promoting women's representation both in the career setting and leadership roles, as well as in clinical research development regarding CV diseases in women which are different from men’s in many subsets.

Aims of the task force

Enhance the careers of women imaging cardiologists by creating opportunities for:
- Training and professional development
- Networking programmes
- Promotion of leadership skills
- Scientific development

Attract women as fellows in CV imaging by promoting effective career opportunities.
Ensure the parity for women CV imagers, namely in leadership roles and equality compensation.
Promote and support scientific projects for studying women with CV diseases through imaging, which present differences in prevalence, diagnosis and prognosis of an important number of conditions and in addition are often under-represented in clinical trials
Create workshops and education sessions with the topic of CV disease imaging in women

EACVI Women in CVI Task Force poll

New questions will be published regularly.
All responses will be recorded and published as results of a global survey.

EACVI Women in CVI Task Force newsletter

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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.

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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”.

Watch our second 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 our first social event and get to know us!

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

Contact information

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