@article{ce760a6a1be34e569743944885cfe024,
title = "What Does the American Heart Association Do (and How Can You Help)?",
keywords = "American Heart Association, guidelines, policy, quality improvement, research, social determinants of health",
author = "Lloyd-Jones, {Donald M.}",
note = "Funding Information: Science is at the core of everything that AHA does. First, we fund science. Many of you first became aware of the AHA through its funding for young investigators. We all benefit from the results of AHA-funded research that improves the care of our patients and our communities. I am proud to say that, later in 2022, AHA will surpass the $5B mark in funding of cardiovascular and brain research during the last several decades. That is second only to the federal government in research funding dollars. Before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, AHA funded between $135M and $150M in research annually. In FY2021, there was a dip owing to the uncertainty of the economy; but in FY2022, AHA is back to at least prepandemic levels, and we anticipate the early return of usual programs as well as new funding opportunities. During the pandemic, AHA showed how nimble it could be, awarding almost $3M in rapid response COVID-19 grants within weeks. Powered by innovative volunteers, the AHA also immediately leveraged its Get With the Guidelines platform to create one of the largest inpatient registries of COVID-19 patients, with impactful results presented and published within 6 months. In the last few months, the AHA has awarded $10M in new long COVID-19 research projects. AHA also provided extensions and additional funding to assist junior investigators whose labs were struggling as a result of lockdowns. With our partners, AHA jointly funded $12.1M in grants to advance equity in biomedicine by supporting research-oriented faculty experiencing caregiving crises. ",
year = "2022",
month = jun,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.060542",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "145",
pages = "E1073--E1076",
journal = "Circulation",
issn = "0009-7322",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins",
number = "24",
}
