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Global Funders Dedicate $10 Million to Women’s Heart Research

What: The American Heart Association, along with other global funders, announced a $10 million grant over 5 years “to study and identify solutions to unmet clinical needs within women’s cardiovascular health,” including risk factors across different age groups and the sex-specific mechanisms of cardiovascular disease in women.

Why it matters: “This first-of-its-kind research funding opportunity will support a multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary research network to bring together experts from around the world. The chosen research team will work collaboratively to deliver impacts in women’s cardiovascular health that no single continent, country or institution could achieve on its own.”

Source: American Heart Association (https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1059161)

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