JANUARY 2023 eNews

Nominations for Wenger Awards Now Open

WomenHeart is currently accepting nominations for Wenger Award recipients and the new Dr. Sharonne N. Hayes Award for Champion Excellence. Wenger Awards are awarded to individuals and organizations for their extraordinary contributions to women’s heart health in the categories of Medical Leadership and Research, Public Policy, Communications/ Media, and Community Outreach/ Advocacy. The Dr. Sharonne N. Hayes Award will be granted to a WomenHeart Champion who has gone above and beyond to support women living with heart disease. The deadline for submitting nominations is February 10. The Wenger Awards will be held in Washington, DC on May 1, 2023. Learn more about how to submit.

Webinar Discusses Why Women’s Heart Issues are Often Misdiagnosed

On January 25th, WomenHeart hosted a HeartTalks webinar in partnership with the International Heart Spasms Alliance called Overlooked and Undertreated: Non-obstructive Heart Disease in Women. Cardiologists Dr. Roxana Mehran and Dr. Birgit Vogel explained why women are so often misdiagnosed when they have a heart condition that doesn’t show coronary blockage, such as coronary vasospasm or microvascular dysfunction/ angina. They explained how these conditions are diagnosed and why they're not rare. Patient advocate and co-founder of International Heart Spasms Alliance Annette Pompa and WomenHeart Champion Sheryl Zaworski shared their personal heart journeys.

New Blogs Educate and Support Women on Self-Care and HCM

WomenHeart continues to educate and support women through blogs, including two new blogs published this month. The first focuses on ditching negative self-talk and provides tips for taking care of yourself. The second, written in partnership with the Partnership to Advance Cardiovascular Health (PACH), explains the signs and symptoms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and how to be diagnosed for this genetic heart condition. Read them today and then share them with a friend.

Celebrate Heart Month

February is Heart Month. WomenHeart’s #29DaysofHeart social media campaign, which works to raise awareness about heart disease in Black women, will lift up the voices of Black women through quotes and live interviews with WomenHeart Champions. It will also feature weekly interviews with campaign partners, highlighting their efforts to improve Black women’s heart health. The week of February 13, WomenHeart will lift up Heart Failure Awareness Week; and on February 22, WomenHeart will participate in Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day efforts. Don’t forget to wear red on February 3rd and to follow WomenHeart on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.   

Honoring the Office of Research on Women’s Health

On January 25th, WomenHeart joined others in the Friends of ORWH to educate lawmakers about the importance of the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) at NIH. At the end of a day of Hill meetings advocating for more funding for women’s health research, the Friends of ORWH hosted a reception honoring the work of Office’s Director, Dr. Janine Clayton.

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