2025 STEMM event to benefit young girls to take place in March
Cardiologist Joyce Oen-Hsiao, MD, director, Cardiac Rehabilitation Services, Yale New Haven Health Heart and Vascular Center, and associate professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, will serve as the executive volunteer chair of the 2025 Greater New Haven Go Red for Women® movement, a comprehensive platform designed more than two decades ago to increase women’s heart health awareness and serve as a catalyst for change to improve the lives of women globally. Oen-Hsiao will lead the 2025 Greater New Haven Go Red for Women reception.
According to the American Heart Association, a global force for healthier lives for all, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in women, claiming more lives than all cancers combined. Nearly 45% of women over age 20 are living with some form of CVD. Heart disease and stroke continue to be Connecticutwomen’s greatest health threat.
Dr. Joyce Oen-Hsiao hosts fireside chat as co-chair during the 2023 Go Red for Women New Haven Reception.
The Go Red for Women initiative is designed to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death for women in the United States, as well as generate funds for lifesaving cardiovascular research for women. This signature women-focused event will feature a keynote speaker, inspirational survivor, a silent auction and more.
“We are so grateful to have Dr. Oen-Hsiao as our Go Red for Women chair this year,” said Adria Giordano, American Heart Association Connecticut executive director. “Her passion for our mission and leadership will make a notable impact on the lives of women in our community and the families that depend on them.”
Go Red for Women is a global movement with impact across the United States and in more than 50 countries around the world. This year’s Go Red for Women movement and its local achievements will be celebrated on February 5, 2025 at the Omni Hotel at Yale in New Haven.
Go Red for Women is nationally sponsored by CVS Health and locally presented by the Yale New Haven Health Heart and Vascular Center. For more information contact Chelsea Reis at Chelsea.reis@heart.org or visit www.heart.org/gorewdnewhaven.
Greater New Haven STEMM Goes Red
STEMM students at the 2023 Greater New Haven event.
Returning once again is the Greater New Haven STEMM Goes Red event. The STEMM event will be held at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) in March of 2025 and will be chaired for a second year by Cardiologist Lisa Freed, MD, director of the Women’s Heart and Vascular Program, part of the Heart and Vascular Center at Yale New Haven Hospital.
STEMM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine. STEMM Goes Red brings young women together to learn about the opportunities in these critical fields. The focus of the New Haven STEMM event is to change the impact of heart disease by inspiring young women and successful female leaders to create a platform for positive change as it relates to innovation, technology, health and wellness in women.
It is projected that there will be 3.5 million STEMM jobs in the U.S. by 2025, and two million of those jobs will go unfilled. The STEMM employment gap is further compounded by persistent diversity challenges, as women and minorities comprise 70% of college students, but of 100 female students working toward a bachelor’s degree, only three will work in a STEMM job 10 years after graduation.
For more information about the Greater New Haven Go Red for Women initiative or how to support the STEMM Goes Red, contact Development Director, Chelsea Reis, Chelsea.Reis@heart.org.
For information on women’s heart health visit www.goredforwomen.org.