Symposium 2025: Bridging the gap: Translational approaches to sex differences in cardiovascular disease
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.
Please join us for an exciting 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 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. Welcome!
National and international speakers
- Dr. Birgit Vogel, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA
- Professor Blanche Cupido, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Professor Cecilia Linde, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- Professor Elmir Omerovic, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
- Dr. Gershim Asiki, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya
- Assoc. Prof, Dr. Jeanine Roeters van Lennep, Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands
- Professor Kristina Haugaa, Oslo University Hospital, and University of Oslo, Norway
- Professor Mette Nyegaard, Statens Serum Institut, Denmark
- Professor Ylva Hellsten, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
More to be announced.
Programme
9:00 Registration
9:30 Welcome and Setting the stage
10:10 Theme 1: Sex differences in Clinical Cardiovascular disease
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Theme 2: Sex differences in development of cardiovascular disease: Mechanistic perspectives
15:10 Theme 3: Sex-differences in a global perspective and future directions
17:30 Closing remarks. Dinner, drinks and networking
20:00 Farewell
Scientific Committee
- Eva Prescott, Bispebjerg Hospital
- Christian Aalkjær, Danish Cardiovascular Academy
- Gunnar Gislason, Danish Heart Foundation
- Rasmus Borgquist, Novo Nordisk Foundation
- Thomas Jespersen, Danish Cardiovascular Academy
Registration
