Beating the Odds: Conference Conversations - CWHHS 2025: Dr. Heather Lannon on Women in Research

Описание: Heart care goes beyond medicine. Patients and families also need inclusion, representation, and understanding.

In this episode of Beating the Odds: Conference Conversations, host Jenny Milne sits down with Dr. Heather Lannon, a researcher and person of lived experience, to discuss the importance of including women in heart and brain research. They explore how lived experience strengthens research, enhances the patient voice, and ensures findings are impactful.

Dr. Lannon shares her perspective on gaps in research for women, how patient partners are increasingly involved in study design, recruitment, and co-authoring work, and why including patient voices is critical to meaningful outcomes.

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