EAPC Career Café 2025

When?

 The EAPC Career Café is taking place at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2025 in Milan:

• Thursday, 3 April during the morning break (10:30–11:15)
• Friday, 4 April during the afternoon break (15:00-16:00)

Thursday, 3 April from 10:30–11:15 CEST

Mentors: Elena Cavarretta, Sabiha Gati, Maryam Kavousi, Maria Marketou, Pedro Marques-Vidal, Michael Papadakis, Eva Prescott, Jean-Paul Schmid, Monica Tiberi, Matthias Wilhelm

Friday, 4 April from 15:00-16:00 CEST

Mentors: Ana Abreu, Silvia Castelletti, Costas Davos, Martin Halle, Trine Moholdt, Michael Papadakis, Antonio Pelliccia,  Eva Prescott, Jean-Paul Schmid, Matthias Wilhelm 

Who can apply?

Applicants must be:

• Under 40 years old or in training
• Registered for ESC Preventive Cardiology 2025
• An EAPC Silver Member or Associate. Not a member yet? Join EAPC now!   

How can I apply?

Applicants will be selected based on their motivation letter and CV. Each applicant will be assigned two interviews of 15-20 minutes each, according to their profile and the mentor's availability.

Please note that application is now closed. 

Mentors

Ana Abreu

Areas of expertise
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation

Place of work
University Hospital S. Maria, Lisbon, Portugal

Silvia Castelletti

Area of expertise
Sports Cardiology

Place of work
Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan
St. George's University, London

Elena Cavarretta

Area of expertise
sports cardiology, paediatric cardiomyopathies, non invasive cardiovascular imaging
methodology in research, academic career

Place of work
Associate professor at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Scientific Consultant Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Scientific Consultant Sport Science University of Rome "Foro Italico", Italy

Costas Davos

Area of expertise
Clinical  research experience in chronic heart failure, cardiovascular prevention and cardiac rehabilitation
Translational research experience: Cardiovascular physiology studies on myocardial hypertrophy, cardiomyopathies and ischaemia in animal models
 
Place of work
Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Greece

Sabiha Gati

Area of expertise
ICC, sports cardiology, cardiac MRI

Place of work
Royal Brompton Hospital London

Diederick E. Grobbee

Areas of expertise
Clinical epidemiology, hypertension, preventive cardiology

Places of work
University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

Martin Halle

Areas of expertise
Science: Performing randomized controlled exercise intervention trials
Clinic: Prevention clinic, Sports Cardiology 

Place of work
Technical University of Munich, Germany
Department of Preventative Sports Medicine and Sports Cardiology 

Maryam Kavousi

Areas of expertise
Cardiometabolic epidemiology, primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, emphasizing sex- and gender-related aspects.

Place of work
Cardiometabolic Epidemiology at the Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Maria Marketou

Area of expertise

Management and treatment of hypertension, heart failure, and cardiovascular imaging. 
Use of advanced cardiovascular imaging techniques, including echocardiography, to assess and manage these conditions.

Place of work
Cardiology Department, Heraklion University General Hospital
University of Crete, School of Medicine

Pedro Marques-Vidal

Areas of expertise
Cardiovascular epidemiology. This includes prevalence, awareness, treatment and control rates of cardiovascular risk factors, association between diet and physical activity with cardiovascular disease.

Place of work
Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. Work in the CoLaus|PsyCoLaus data

Trine Moholdt

Area of expertise
Exercise interventions in people with increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases, high-intensity interval training, randomised trials, dietary interventions (time-restricted eating), females in reproductive age

Place of work
Exercise, Cardiometabolic Health and Reproduction Research Group, 
Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, 
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

Michael Papadakis

Areas of expertise
Prevention, sports cardiology, inherited heart conditions, imaging.

Place of work
St George's, University of London, St George's Hospital, United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland 

Antonio Pelliccia

Areas of expertise
Sports cardiology

Place of work
Rome Institute of Sport Medicine and Science, Italy

Eva Prescott

Areas of expertise
Preventive cardiology, secondary prevention, epidemiology, registry studies. Clinical practice, socioeconomic factors. Stable CAD. ESC

Place of work
Dept Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen + clinical and epidemiological research centre

Jean-Paul Schmid

Areas of expertise
Cardiac rehabilitation, exercise testing, spiroergometry, risk factor management.

Place of work
Stationary cardiac rehabilitation clinic, Switzerland

Monica Tiberi

Areas of expertise
Physical activity and public health, lifestyle modification, and sports cardiology, Childhood Cardiovascular Health; Clinical activity mainly focused on athletes for cardiovascular evaluation and sports eligibility. Functional assessment of individuals with cardiovascular diseases, metabolic disorders, cancer, kidney transplant, and multiple sclerosis.

Place of work
Sport Medicine, Department of Health  Pesaro, Italy 

Matthias Wilhelm

Areas of expertise
Cardiac Rehabilitation, Digital Health Technologies in Cardiac Rehabilitation, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing

Place of work

Centre for Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland. Tertiary hospital with cardiovascular, pulmonal and cardio-oncology rehabilitation programmes