2019 Heart to Heart Grant Finalists Announced

Each year, Alpha Phi Foundation awards a $100,000 Heart to Heart Grant funding an innovative project addressing the need for specialized care and/or education supporting women’s heart health.

With the help of our outstanding volunteer Medical Readers, we have carefully reviewed many exceptional proposals and are thrilled to announce this year’s top 5 Heart to Heart Grant Finalists:

Indiana University
Bloomington, IL

Mission: Indiana University National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, a program of the IU School of Medicine, was founded with the mission to improve the overall health of Indiana women and families. The Center achieves this mission through collaboration, outreach, and education. The Center works to improve access to care and resources, educate and empower women to make healthy choices, and raise awareness of sex and gender differences in medicine. Learn more →

Institute for Better Health – Trillium Health Partners
Mississauga, ON, Canada

Mission: The mission of the Institute for Better Health, established by Trillium Health Partners, is a new kind of health care for a healthier community using scientific expertise, innovative approaches and partnerships. They are committed to enabling, producing and sharing meaningful research and innovation through compassion, excellence and courage. Learn more →

University of California, Davis
Davis, CA

Mission: The mission of the UC Davis Department of Emergency Medicine is to serve their patients and their community by providing equal and guaranteed access to compassionate, state-of-the-art emergency care; educating future generations of emergency health care providers and leaders; conducting innovative research and communicating scientific discovery; and advancing the field of emergency medicine. Learn more →

University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Mission: The mission of the University of Louisville School of Medicine is to improve the health of their patients and their communities through excellence and leadership in education, clinical care, research, and community engagement. Learn more →

University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Mission: The University of Washington Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals. They value respect, excellence, integrity, compassion, altruism, and accountability in all their work interactions and responsibilities. Learn more →

Alpha Phi Foundation will announce the Heart to Heart Grant Recipient in late February of 2019.

To learn more about past Heart to Heart Grant recipients, click here.