Episode 22: Reducing Cognitive Impairment After Heart Failure: The Mind Your Heart Trial (with guest Dr. Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher)

My guest Dr. Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, M.D., Ph.D. is a Senior Research Scientist in the Division of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Institute at the Miriam Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at the Brown University Warren Alpert School of Medicine. After a 20-year experience as a cardiologist in her native Italy, she launched a research career in behavioral cardiology. Her research program focuses on the role of psychosocial factors in the development of cardiovascular disease and on novel strategies targeting psycho-behavioral factors to promote cardiovascular health. She conducts research on stress (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy as a model of the complex interactions between psychological factors, reproductive factors and cardiovascular physiology. She also studies the role of mind-body approaches in the promotion of physical activity and medication adherence. We discuss her new research project that is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIA) called Mind Your Heart-II.