Professor Eva Prescott

Professor Prescott heads the Centre for Cardiovascular Research at Bispebjerg Frederiksberg University Hospital, Copenhagen Her main research areas are in angina pectoris, cardiac rehabilitation and epidemiological studies of precursors of CVD, including gender differences and psychosocial factors and she has published more than 380 papers. Professor Prescott has initiated and participated in several national and international randomized trials mainly in stable coronary artery disease and rehabilitation. She is also the PI of iPOWER, the largest prospective multicenter study of women with angina and no obstructive epicardial disease focusing on the role of microvascular dysfunction, and of the Danish nationwide DANBLOCK trial. Professor Prescott has served the congress program committee and several ESC guidelines, has chaired the ESC working group on prevention, epidemiology and population science and is currently chair of the Clinical Practice Guidelines of the ESC