The programme is preliminary and subject to change
Wednesday 07 May
Artificial intellegence and atherosclerosis: A glimpse into the future
Thomas Lüscher, Zürich, Switzerland
Sir Rory Collins, Oxford, UK
Ron Blankstein, Boston, USA
Manuel Mayr, London, UK
Tuesday 06 May
Non-traditional risk factors for atherosclerosis
Thomas Münzel, Mainz, Germany
Kathryn Moore, New York, USA
Elias Björnsson, Gothenburg, Sweden
Naveed Sattar, Glasgow, UK
Monday 05 May
Sex and gender in cardiovascular disease
Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Berlin, Germany
Karen Reue, Los Angeles, USA
Gemma Figtree, Sydney, Australia
Lale Tokgözoğlu, Ankara, Turkey
Lale Tokgözoğlu
AnkaraTurkey
Lale Tokgözoğlu is professor of cardiology at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. She is a past president of the European Atherosclerosis Society and deputy editor of the European Heart Journal. She chaired the Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology Working Group of the European Society of Cardiology between 2008 and 2010. Prof. Tokgözoğlu was the first female president of the Turkish Society of Cardiology, where she developed heart health policies and strategies and chaired the Dyslipidaemia Working Group of the Turkish Society of Cardiology. She has contributed to several guidelines and consensus papers on dyslipidaemia and preventive cardiology. Prof. Tokgözoğlu was a member of the steering committee of the EUROASPIRE III-V studies. She has also served on the board of the Prevention Association as well as different committees of the European Society of Cardiology, including the Fellowship and Training Committee, the Education Committee and the Research and Grants Committee. She is a member of the Science Academy and a founding member of the Atherosclerosis Research and Education Society in Turkey. She is also a founding member of the Department of Noncommunicable Diseases in Hacettepe University. Additionally, she serves on the Scientific and Research Council of Turkey Working Group on women researchers.
