WomenHeart is hosting the annual Wenger Awards on May 23, 2022 at the InterContinental Hotel at the Wharf in Washington, DC. Join us as we recognize pioneers and innovators in women’s heart health. Purchase your tickets today, or RSVP for a link to the livestream. The website includes information about the hotel room block. The Wenger Award winners will be announced soon.

WomenHeart recently released the third in a series of three videos featuring WomenHeart Champions’ misdiagnosis stories. Charity had various signs and symptoms of heart disease toward the end of her pregnancy and in the weeks that followed delivery, but no one mentioned the risk of heart disease until she was sent to the ER in a wheelchair. You can watch Charity’s story and learn more about the campaign, which includes an opportunity to write your members of Congress to raise awareness of this problem.

WomenHeart hosted a virtual advocacy day on March 2. WomenHeart Champions, SAC and board members spoke to members of Congress and their staff about our priorities for more research funding on heart disease in women. Read more in our blog about how the participants from over a dozen states shared their heart stories and asked Senators to cosponsor the CAROL Act, a bill that would invest in research and awareness for heart valve disease. You can amplify their work by emailing your Senators and asking them to support this bill today.

With the new year underway, WomenHeart recently welcomed three new directors to the governing board. Jessica Stitt is the Chief Financial Officer at Gyroscope Therapeutics, a global clinical-stage gene therapy company. Laura Wahlberg, the Vice President of Finance at Chroma Medicine, has over thirty years in growing biotechnology companies. Scott Widmeyer, a strategic communications and media expert, is a founding managing partner at FINN Partners, a global communications agency. See the full WomenHeart Board of Directors.

SisterMatch is a WomenHeart program that connects women with a WomenHeart Champion volunteer who can provide one-on-one support to those who have had a recent heart event or received a new diagnosis. We have upgraded our app, first launched one year ago, to be more user-friendly. Old and new users can download the new app from the Apple and Google Play stores.