Speaker Profile
Biography
Dr. Roxana Mehran, is an internationally renowned interventional cardiologist and clinical research expert in cardiovascular disease. With over 1,600 peer-reviewed articles and a position on the (ACC) Board of Trustees, her influence is profound. As a principal investigator for numerous global studies and a key member of clinical guidelines committees, her expertise is widely recognized. She founded the Cardiovascular Research Foundation and leads the Lancet Women and CVD Commission, addressing research gaps in women's cardiovascular health. She is named Director of the Womens Heart and Vascular Center at Mount Sinai, she pioneers interdisciplinary programs tailored to women's needs. She established Women as One to empower women in medicine. Her accolades include the ACC Bernadine Healy Leadership in Womens CVD award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the 2022 AHA Women in Cardiology Mentoring Award and the 2022 CRF Pulse-Setter Champion Award, highlighting her enduring commitment to advancing cardiovascular medicine and mentoring future leaders
Session Abstract – PMWC 2025 Silicon Valley
Track Co-Chairs:
Yoel Sadovsky, UPMC
C. Noel Bairey Merz, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Program Theme: Women's Health Innovation.
- PMWC 2025 Award Ceremony
Pioneer Honoree: Nanette K. Wenger, Emory University
Luminary Honoree: Diana Bianchi, NIH
- Keynote: Understanding the Journey : Women and Coronary Heart Disease
- Nanette K. Wenger, Emory University
- Keynote: Prenatal Cell-Free DNA Sequencing and Incidental Detection of Maternal Cancer
- Diane Bianchi, NIH
- Innovations in Alzheimer's and Women's Health: Leveraging Omics for Precision Medicine
Chair: Aparna Vasanthakumar, Abbvie
- Duygu Tosun-Turgut, UCSF
- Innovations in Women's Cardiovascular Health: From Research to Practice (PANEL)
Chair: Noel Bairey Merz, Cedars-Sinai
- Janet Wright, CDC
- Judy Regensteiner, University of Colorado
- Garima Sharma, Inova Health System
- Roxana Mehran, Mount Sinai - From Fertility to Pregnancy
Chair: Yoel Sadovsky, Magee Women's Research Inst.
- Linda Giudice, UCSF (Data-Driven Approaches in Endometriosis Research)
- Paolo Rinaudo, UCSF (Harnessing Data to Enhance Fertility Research and Treatments)
- Vittorio Sebastiano, Stanford (Stem Cells in Fertility and Aging)
- Ruth Bunker Lathi, Stanford (Differentiating Maternal and Fetal Causes of Miscarriage to Improve Outcomes)
- Aleksandar Rajkovic, UCSF (Genetic Insights into Uterine Fibroids and Fertility)
- PMWC Showcase
- Neha Kumar, J&J
- PMWC Showcase
- Kaylene Ready, Juniper Genomics
- Prediction of Pregnancy Health
- Leslie Manace, Kaiser
- Harnessing Pre-Pregnancy Data to Predict Pregnancy Health
Chair: Yoel Sadovsky, Magee Women's Research Inst.
- Priya Pantham, UCSD (Advancements in RNA-based Biomarker Discovery for gestational diseases)
- Mike Snyder, Stanford (The Role of Biological Clocks in Pregnancy: Insights from Multi-Omics Analysis)
- Alison Paquette, Seattle Children's Research Institute (Multi-Omics Analysis of the Placenta: Unlocking New Insights into Pregnancy Health)