Elizabeth Beard is a National Volunteer Spokeswoman for Go Red For Women and an advocate for the awareness of Peripheral Artery Disease for the American Heart Association. She is first and foremost a survivor.
Are you a master of making smart choices when eating at a restaurant or choosing processed foods? Show us how you #EatSmart in honor of upcoming American Stroke Month and High Blood Pressure Awareness Month.
Psychologist Barry J. Jacobs, Psy.D. has been an AHA volunteer since 2008. He and his wife, Julia L. Mayer, Psy.D., are the co-authors of AARP Meditations for Caregivers—Practical, Emotional and Spiritual Support for You and Your Family (Da Capo Lifelong Books). To learn more about the book,find them on Facebook.
Bio: Sue Detisch, a writer, retired high school English teacher, married for nearly 50 years, a mother of three daughters and four very young grandchildren cherishes each new day and all the wondrous knowledge, beauty, and life each brings to her, with fresh renewal, since her heart attack in December 2017.
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Born in Marin County, Adrian returned in 2006 with his wife and two children and you can often find him hiking or biking the many trails in the area. He is passionate about helping drive awareness and preventative action for heart disease in addition to helping adoptees navigate the complexities of finding their biological truth. You can follow him at adrianjones.me and on twitter at AdrianJones_me.
Emily was born and raised in NY but now enjoys the warmer weather of NC. She loves Jesus, her big Italian family, french fries and chocolate. Emily is a CHD survivor who lives with only half of a heart but loves with all of it.
Katie works for the American Heart Association and is the Community Manager of the Support Network. She shares her story in honor of DVT Awareness Month in March.
Chulan Kwon of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is examining the biology of cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs), which act as building blocks for a developing heart will provide fundamental insights into how improper regulation of factors affecting CPC multiplication can lead to congenital heart disease, which may provide a new direction for preventive or therapeutic approaches.
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