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
Read our previous issues:
- 2024-10 - EACVI Women in CVI newsletter #08 - Celebrating women in medicine
- 2024-06 - EACVI Women in CVI Newsletter #07
- 2023-12 - EACVI Women in CVI Newsletter #06
- 2023-08 - EACVI Women in CVI Newsletter #05
- 2023-03 - EACVI Women in CVI Newsletter #04
- 2022-08 - EACVI Women in CVI Newsletter #03
- 2022-04 - EACVI Women in CVI Newsletter #02
- 2022-01 - EACVI Women in CVI Newsletter #01
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.
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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The list of community members is updated on a regular basis.
| Women in CVI Task Force community members - 256 members Updated on 03 October 2024 |
| Abate Elena (Israel) |
| Abdelmaboud Shaymaa (Bahrain) |
| Acampa Wanda (Italy) |
| Adcock Ashlee (Australia) |
| Adriana Ruthvi (Indonesia) |
| Agelaki Maria (Greece) |
| Aggeli Constantina (Greece) |
| Agha Sidrah (Pakistan) |
| Alali Juwairia (United Arab Emirates) |
| Alameda Maria Del Mar (Spain) |
| Aldrovandi Annachiara (Italy) |
| Almeida Ana Maria (Portugal) |
| Anagnostopoulou Andriana (Greece) |
| Anantaria Atmadikoesoemah Celly (Indonesia) |
| Andrikopoulou Efstathia (United States) |
| Arapi Sophia (Greece) |
| Arfsten Henrike (Austria) |
| Argiró Alessia (Italy) |
| Artico Jessica (United Kingdom) |
| Avesani Martina (Italy) |
| Avila-Goz Paola (France) |
| Azab Dalia (Egypt) |
| Azevedo Ana Isabel (Portugal) |
| Azevedo Ana Isabel (Portugal) |
| Babazade Nigar (Azerbaijan) |
| Baghdasaryan Lilit (United Kingdom) |
| Beikmohammadi Somayeh (Germany) |
| Beneki Eirini (Greece) |
| Benzoni Giorgia (Italy) |
| Bergler-Klein Jutta (Austria) |
| Bonou Maria (Greece) |
| Borodzicz-Jazdzyk Sonia (Poland) |
| Borrelli Nunzia (Italy) |
| Bosch Carolina (Spain) |
| Bououdina Yasmina (Algeria) |
| Brango Ayazo Rafael Enrique (Colombia) |
| Bucciarelli Valentina (Italy) |
| Cabral Sofia (Portugal) |
| Caglar Nihan (Turkey) |
| Cahyani Diah (Indonesia) |
| Calvieri Camilla (Italy) |
| Cambroneto-Cortinas Esther (Spain) |
| Cammalleri Valeria (Italy) |
| Carbone Andreina (Italy) |
| Carrero Maria Celeste (Argentina) |
| Cecere Annagrazia (Italy) |
| Chauhan Hiteshi K.C. (India) |
| Chelikikj Ana (North Macedonia) |
| Cocker Myra (United States) |
| Cramariuc Dana (Norway) |
| Cvijic Marta (Slovenia) |
| D’Agostino Andreina (Italy) |
| Daha Ioana (Romania) |
| Dakhil Zainab (Iraq) |
| Dalmau Regina (Spain) |
| De Backer Julie (Belgium) |
| Di Fusco Stefania Angela (Italy) |
| Di Giannuario Giovanna (Italy) |
| Eastman Verlynn (United States) |
| Echeverry Tatiana (United States) |
| Eiros Bachiller Rocio (Spain) |
| Elen Elen (Indonesia) |
| Elgohari Ahmed (Egypt) |
| Elka Kana (Indonesia) |
| Elnagar Basma (Egypt) |
| Elsammani Nafisa (Sudan) |
| Enar Sibel (Turkey) |
| Endah Satuti Anggia (Indonesia) |
| Ersoezlue Sara (Switzerland) |
| Ersözlü Sara (Switzerland) |
| Espinola-Zavaleta Nilda (Mexico) |
| Espinola-Zavaleta Nilda (Mexico) |
| Florescu Diana Ruxandra (Romania) |
| Foo Diana Hui Ping (Malaysia) |
| Frogoudaki Alexandra (Greece) |
| Gaizauskiene Karolina (Lithuania) |
| Galli Elena (France) |
| Gambaro Alessia (Italy) |
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| Garibaldi Silvia (Italy) |
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| Giannakopoulou Pinelopi (Greece) |
| Giokoglu Eleni (Germany) |
| Giura Geltrude (France) |
| Gjerakaroska Radovikj Marija (North Macedonia) |
| Glaveckaite Sigita (Lithuania) |
| Gök Gülay (Turkey) |
| Goranitou Georgia (Greece) |
| Granados Nuria (Nicaragua) |
| Grapsa Julia (United Kingdom) |
| Grapsas Nikolaos (Greece) |
| Grebur Kinga (Hungary) |
| Grimaldi Maria Chiara (Italy) |
| Grueva Nastevska Elena (North Macedonia) |
| Hadziselimovic Edina (Denmark) |
| Hamid Nadira (United States) |
| Hammad Basma (United Kingdom) |
| Handari Saskia (Indonesia) |
| Haroun Dina (Egypt) |
| Hemat Gaber Marwa (Egypt) |
| Hosseini Naeimeh (United Kingdom) |
| Houshmand Golnaz (Iran) |
| Hristova Krasimira (Bulgaria) |
| Hua Alina (United Kingdom) |
| Hughes Sinead (United Kingdom) |
| Iheonye Henry (Nigeria) |
| Ilardi Federica (Italy) |
| Intravaia Rita Cristina Myriam (Italy) |
| James Stephanie Indun (Republic of Ireland) |
| Jovanić Jelena (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Jovanova Silvana (North Macedonia) |
| Jurcut Ruxandra (Romania) |
| Kamila Putri (Indonesia) |
| Kanakarak Marina (Greece) |
| Karali Konstantina (Greece) |
| Karyou Argyro (Cyprus) |
| Kemaloglu Tuğba (Turkey) |
| Keser Nurgül (Turkey) |
| Khanna Roopali (India) |
| Kitsiou Anastasia (Greece) |
| Kocyigit Duygu (Turkey) |
| Koh Angela (Singapore) |
| Kolakalapudi Pavani (United States) |
| Kostakou Panagiota (Peggy) (Greece) |
| Kotlar Velkova Irina (North Macedonia) |
| Koutrolou-Sotiropoulou Paraskevi (Greece) |
| Kristo Diana (Greece) |
| Kupresan Aleksandra (Slovenia) |
| La Mura Lucia (Italy) |
| Lennie Vera (United Kingdom) |
| Leo Laura Anna (Switzerland) |
| Levelt Eylem (United Kingdom) |
| Lewis Sandra (United States) |
| Lønnebakken Mai Tone (Norway) |
| López Madrigal Fabiola (Mexico) |
| Lopez-Sainz Angela (Spain) |
| Luchian Maria Luiza (Belgium) |
| Luchian Maria-Luiza (Belgium) |
| Lumani Marsida (Germany) |
| Lymberi Sotiria (Greece) |
| Manrique Frida (Colombia) |
| Mantovani Francesca (Italy) |
| Marchenko Oksana (Ukraine) |
| Maritsa Dimitra (Greece) |
| Marketou Maria (Greece) |
| Markoulis Theocharis (Greece) |
| Markus Marcello Ricardo Paulista (Germany) |
| Matshela Mamotabo (South Africa) |
| Matshela Mamotabo Rossy (South Africa) |
| Matzaraki Vicky (Greece) |
| Michelongona Archontoula (Greece) |
| Miletic Lydia (Greece) |
| Mitevska Irena (North Macedonia) |
| Mocan Raluca Alexandra (Romania) |
| Mohamed Seddik Amany (Egypt) |
| Moharem-Elgamal Sarah (United Kingdom) |
| Monteiro Cristiana (United Kingdom) |
| Montrasio Giulia (United Kingdom) |
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| Morrone Doralisa (Italy) |
| Moscatelli Sara (United Kingdom) |
| Motoc Andreea (Belgium) |
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| My Giulia (Italy) |
| Nakou Eleni (United Kingdom) |
| Nasim Sadia (Pakistan) |
| Nawara-Skipirzepa Joanna (Poland) |
| Nikolopoulou Angeliki (Greece) |
| Nordin Sabrina (United Kingdom) |
| Novillo Pedron Romina (Chile) |
| Oguz Didem (United States) |
| Ojha Vineeta (India) |
| Orphanou Nicoletta (Greece) |
| Oshun Joy (Nigeria) |
| Ozturk Cansu (Turkey) |
| Panichella Giorgia (Italy) |
| Papavasileiou Eleftherios (Greece) |
| Pardede Ingrid (Indonesia) |
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| Piña Santana Pamela (Dominican Republic) |
| Pinheiro Nadia (Australia) |
| Plesoianu Carmen Elena (Romania) |
| Polytarchou Kali (Greece) |
| Popescu Daniela (Germany) |
| Primeriana Nugiaswari Putu (Indonesia) |
| Pylarinou Voula (Belgium) |
| Rahimah Anna Fuji (Indonesia) |
| Ramcharan Priya (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| Ramkisoensing Arti (Netherlands) |
| Randa Tabbah (Lebanon) |
| Reid Anna (United Kingdom) |
| Reskovic Luksic Vlatka (Croatia) |
| Ribeyrolles Sophie (France) |
| Ricci Piera (United Kingdom) |
| Rodriguez Lozano Patricia (United States) |
| Rossimarina Vienna (Indonesia) |
| Rustamova Yasmin (Azerbaijan) |
| Sabatino Jolanda (Italy) |
| Sahakyan Laura (Armenia) |
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| Shchendrygina Anastasia (Russia) |
| Sierra-Galan Lilia M. (Mexico) |
| Sinardja Cyndiana (Indonesia) |
| Sinardja Cyndiana Widia Dewi (Bali) |
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| Skidan Viktoria (Russia) |
| Sljivic Aleksandra (Serbia) |
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| Srbinovska Kostovska Elizabeta (North Macedonia) |
| Stergiou Agathi (Greece) |
| Sturkenboom Nicole (Belgium) |
| Sudirman Irmarisyani (Indonesia) |
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| Syahlul Dyna Evalina (Indonesia) |
| Szabo Liliana (Hungary) |
| Tan Kurklu Tturkan Seda (Turkey) |
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| Terry Josie (United Kingdom) |
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| Tsoumani Zoi (United Kingdom) |
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| Van De Heyning Caroline (Belgium) |
| Van De Veerdonk Mariëlle (Netherlands) |
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| Veiga Rita (Portugal) |
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| Yanni Mefri (Indonesia) |
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| Youssef El-Ayoubi Sara (Germany) |
| Zacharaki Angeliki (Greece) |
| Zafeiriou Csilla (Greece) |
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| Zainal Abidin Hafisyatul Aiza (Malaysia) |
| Zakharova Olena (Ukraine) |
| Zaromytidou Marina (United Kingdom) |
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