A study co-authored by a Warren Alpert Medical School physician, focused on women with a history of stroke and their belief that they won’t get adequate care, received top honors from the American Heart Association as part of its Research Goes Red Data Challenge.
Tracy Madsen RES’12 F’14 ScM’14 PhD’21, MD, associate professor of emergency medicine, joined the study’s co-authors in Philadelphia on Nov. 11 to accept the grand prize and present their findings at the AHA Scientific Sessions 2023. The results of the study were published in Stroke.
Madsen says she was “thrilled” to hear the study had attracted such positive attention, especially given the opportunity to take on this research came through a chance encounter. She met her two co-authors at the International Stroke Conference, and the group discovered overlapping interests regarding disparities in stroke care. Even as part of a relatively new collaboration, she was happy to work with investigators who were so interested in finding ways to ensure equitable stroke care for all patients.
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