Marketing executive-turned health equity champion receives AHA's highest staff honor
May 1, 2024
Gerald Johnson's passion for inclusiveness started early. He knows there's still much work to be done.
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'When I got that second chance at life, I hit the ground running'
Woman diagnosed with an atrial septal defect had a cardiac arrest months after childbirth, followed by a heart attack.
Gold Heart Award winner's cardiology career honors his mother's memory
May 1, 2024
Esteemed volunteer has deep, decades-long roots with the American Heart Association.
2024 Award of Meritorious Achievement winners honored for a new way of thinking about the overlapping effects of diseases
Apr 26, 2024
Chiadi Ndumele and Janani Rangaswami gave up music careers and teamed up to define cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome.
Putting the 'fun' in fundraising
Apr 25, 2024
For a half-century, playful school-based programs have taught students valuable health lessons and sparked donations for the fight against heart disease.
Award winner learned about community service at young age
Apr 23, 2024
Reginald Robinson, a board-certified cardiologist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and past president of the Eastern States Board of the American Heart Association, is the AHA's 2024 Physician of the Year.
For 25 years these teachers have helped kids rise to the heart challenge
Apr 23, 2024
Competitive spirit propels a Massachusetts middle school in annual AHA educational and fundraising event.