Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit (CWHHS)
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April 28 - April 29
The Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit (CWHHS) is the only event of its kind and has become the national reference point for health professionals seeking up-to-date knowledge of women’s heart, brain and vascular health. Co-chairs of this event include CHÉOS Program Head of Cardiovascular Health Dr. Karin Humphries and Scientist Dr. Tara Sedlak.
Save the date: The 4th Summit will take place on April 28–29, 2023, in Vancouver, British Columbia.
This year’s theme: Women’s Heart, Brain and Vascular Health: We Know the Gaps; How Will We Close Them?
Learning Objectives:
- Bring together key stakeholders to network and strengthen our capacity to develop and disseminate strategies to improve heart, brain, and vascular health among all women.
- Identify emerging areas, gaps, and health disparities in research and clinical practice in heart, brain, and vascular conditions affecting all women across their lifespans.
- Delineate equity-promoting strategies and action plans for facilitating the uptake of evidence in research and clinical practice for heart, brain, and vascular disease in all women.
Registration opens Tuesday, November 1, 2022.
Early-bird registration ends January 20, 2023.
Be sure to check our website for all the updates and details.
Together, we will transform and enhance Canadian women’s lives through research, awareness, policy development and care.
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This is an accredited opportunity for knowledge exchange for a variety of stakeholders including primary care providers, cardiologists, neurologists, gynecologists, pharmacists, nurses, cardiac rehabilitation providers, allied healthcare providers, researchers, policy-makers, community partners, and women with lived experience.
The 2023 Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit is proudly hosted by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute‘s Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre, Heart & Stroke, the University of British Columbia, Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation and the Leslie Diamond Women’s Heart Health Clinic.