Go Red for Women

Research Focus: 
Developing evidence for prevention/ screening guideline to help educate women how poor sleep can hurt their heart.

Center Director:
Lori Mosca, MD, MPH, PhD, FAHA
Marie Pierre St-Onge, PhD, FAHA

Training Director:
Anne Taylor, MD
Brooke Aggarwal, EdD, MS, CHES

Principal Investigators:

• Sanja Jelic, MD
  The Effects of Sleep Restriction on Endothelial Activation in Pre- and Post-Menopausal Women


• Marie Pierre St-Onge, PhD, FAHA
  Impact of Sleep Restriction on Cardio Metabolic Risk Factors in Pre- vs Post-menopausal Women


• Brooke Aggarwal, EdD, MS, CHES
  Sleep and Cardio Metabolic Risk in Different Life Stages in a Diverse Population of Women

Research Focus: 
Studies will help identify at-risk heart failure patients on the basis for sex differences and the prevention strategies to help them.

Center Director:
Pamela Ouyang, MBBS, FAHA

Training Director:
Erin Michos, MD, MHS, FAHA

Principal Investigators:

• David Kass, MD, FAHA
  Female Sex-Hormones and Cyclic GMP-PKG Modulation of Cardiac Disease and Metabolism


• Sanjiv Shah, MD, FAHA
  Role of Female Sex and Hormone Status on HFpEF Pathophysiology and Therapy


• Wendy Post, MD, MS and Dhananjay Vaidya, MBBS, PhD, MPH
  Sex Differences in Hormonal and Cyclic GMP Dependent Pathways to Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Research Focus: 
Researchers will examine which pregnancy-related signals identify women at highest risk for future cardiovascular disease and guide novel interventions to help them.

Center Director:
Carl Hubel, PhD

Training Director:
James Roberts, MD

Principal Investigators:

• Robert Powers, PhD
  The Influence of Pregnancy on Future Vascular Dysfunction and Atherosclerosis


• Carl Hubel, PhD
  Glycocalyx Pathways Linking Pregnancy Profile with Microvascular Dysfunction Postpartum


• Janet Catov, PhD, MS
  The Placenta as a Window to Maternal Microvascular Disease Risk

Research Focus: 
Causes of heart attacks in women and their relation to potentially treatable stress.

Center Director:
Judith Hochman, MD, FAHA

Deputy Director:
Harmony Reynolds, MD, FAHA

Training Director:
Glenn Fishman, MD, FAHA

Principal Investigators:

• Jeffrey Berger, MD, FAHA
  Comprehensive Assessment of Platelet Activity in Women with Myocardial Infarction


• Harmony Reynolds, MD, FAHA
  Mechanistic Insights into Myocardial Infarction with Non-obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (The MINOCA Study)


• Tanya Spruill, PhD
  Telephone-Based Stress Management for Women with Myocardial Infarction

Research Focus: 
Study the relationship between sedentary behavior and cardiovascular risk factors for Latina Women.

Center Director:
Matthew Allison, MD, MPH, FAHA

Training Director:
Matthew Allison, MD, MPH, FAHA

Principal Investigators:

• Dorothy Sears, PhD
  Mechanistic Transducers and Biomarkers of Sedentary Behavior-Associated Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Latina Women


• Gregory A. Talavera, MD, MPH
  Randomized Control Trial to Reduce Sitting Time in Postmenopausal Latina Women at Increased Risk for Heart Disease


• Sheila Castaneda, PhD
  Biopsychosocial and Ecological Correlates of Latina Women's Sedentary Behavior