When:22nd January 2025, the whole day
What: Exploring the latest in cardiovascular research with a focus on sex-based differences. Join world-leading experts to share knowledge and shape the future of care.
On Wednesday 22 January 2025, the Novo Nordisk Foundation will host a Symposium in collaboration with the Danish Cardiovascular Academy and the Danish Heart Foundation. Together we have gathered an amazing faculty with competencies spanning from mechanistic research to clinical studies and global health perspectives. The aim of the Symposium is to create a forum for Danish and international researchers to present frontline research, scope unmet needs and identify gaps of knowledge within sex-based differences in cardiovascular disease.
Join us for a day of knowledge-sharing and networking and take part of the discussion to identify areas where it could be relevant for the Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Danish Heart Foundation to engage in the near future. The Symposium will feature lectures and panel discussions on a variety of topics, divided into three main themes: Clinical implications, Mechanistic factors, and Global Perspective and Future Directions.
Programme:
09:30-10:00
Registration & Breakfast
10:00-10:15
Welcome and opening remarks
Professor Eva Prescott, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen
Professor Gunnar Gislason, Head of Research, the Danish Heart Foundation
Assoc. Prof Rasmus Borgquist, Medical Director, the Novo Nordisk Foundation
10:15-10:40
Setting the stage: The Male-Centric Bias in Cardiovascular Knowledge: Impacts and Implications
Professor Cecilia Linde, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Theme 1: Sex differences in Clinical Cardiovascular disease
Chairs: Professor Cecilia Linde, Karolinska Institutet & Professor Gunnar Gislason
10:40-11:00
Takotsubo (stress) cardiomyopathy – Pathophysiology and Clinical Implications
Professor Elmir Omerovic, Gothenburg University, Sweden
11:00-11:20
Pregnancy as a cardiovascular stress test
Professor Kristina Haugaa, Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Norway
11:20-11:40
Sex differences in atherosclerotic disease: Pre- and Post-Menopause
Dr. Jeanine Roeters van Lennep, Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands
12:00-12:20
Sex differences in cardiac function: Hypertension from a translational perspective
Professor Ulrike Muscha Steckelings, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
12:20-12:40
Research priorities from “The Lancet women and cardiovascular disease Commission”
Dr. Birgit Vogel, Mount Sinai Hospital, USA
12:40-13:00
Panel debate – facilitated by chairs
Lunch
Theme 2: Sex differences in development of cardiovascular disease: Mechanistic perspectives
Chairs: TBC & Assoc. Prof. Lasse Gliemann
14:00-14:20
Coronary microvascular dysfunction: A potential driver of HFpEF?
Dr. Viviany Taqueti, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, USA
14:20-14:40
Pushing Against the Glass Ceiling: Insights into Sex and Gender Implications of Acute MINOCA & SCAD Presentations
Professor Basmah Safdar, Yale School of Medicine, USA
14:40-15:00
Sex differences in cardiovascular disease from a genetic perspective
Professor Mette Nyegaard, Aalborg University, Denmark
15:00-15:20
Panel debate – facilitated by chairs
Theme 3: Sex-differences in a global perspective and future directions
Chairs: Dr. Birgit Vogel, Mount Sinai Hospital and Professor Ylva Hellsten, Copenhagen University
15:40-16:00
Global Sex-specific risk factors: Environmental and sociodemographic perspectives
Professor Blanche Cupido, University of Cape Town, South Africa
16:00-16:20
Sex differences in clinical cardiovascular disease from a Kenyan perspective
Dr. Gershim Asiki, Head of chronic disease unit, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya
16:20-16:40
Sex differences in cardiovascular disease – perspectives in India
Professor Ambuj Roy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), India
16:40-17:10
Panel debate: Major gaps in knowledge and future directions – facilitated by chairs
17:10-17:30
Key-take aways and closing remarks
Professor Eva Prescott, Bispebjerg Hospital
Head of Research Gunnar Gislason, The Danish Heart Foundation
Assoc. Prof Rasmus Borgquist, Medical Director, the Novo Nordisk Foundation
17:30-20:00
Reception – Network, informal dinner and drinks
Please note that this is a tentative programme and changes may occur.
Registration is free; please await confirmation/waitlist.
In-person meeting.
Who: Open for all.
Where: The event will be at Novo Nordisk Foundation, Tuborg Havnevej 19, 2900 Hellerup
Presenter: Novo Nordisk Foundation together with Danish Cardiovascular Academy and the Danish Heart Foundation. You can read more here.
How: Registration is required. Please register here.
Deadline for registration: January 7th, 2025