Aha! With JAHA
Episodes
Special Episode: Distinguished Hearts and Minds Roundtable 2025
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Catch up with the AHA's 2025 Distinguished Scientist honorees in conversation with JAHA's Editor-in-Chief Bruce Ovbiagele, and Deputy Editor Pamela Pe...
Episode 18. Sex Differences, Psychosocial Factors, and Angina with Dr. Harmony Reynolds
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this new episode of Aha! with JAHA, Dr. Laxmi Mehta interviews Dr. Harmony Reynolds (NYU Grossman School of Medicine) about her article, "Sex Diffe...
Special Episode: JAHA Distinguished Hearts and Minds Roundtable 2024
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Catch up with the AHA's 2024 Distinguished Scientist honorees in conversation with JAHA's Editor-in-Chief Bruce Ovbiagele, and Senior Associate Editor...
Episode 17. Optimizing Psychological Health Across the Perinatal Period: An Update on Maternal Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this new episode of Aha! with JAHA, Dr. Eva Rocha interviews Dr. Allison E. Gaffey (Yale School of Medicine; VA Connecticut Healthcare System) and ...
Episode 16. Lipid-Lowering Therapy and Ischemic Stroke Severity with Dr. Richa Sharma
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this new episode of Aha! with JAHA, Dr. Eva Rocha interviews Dr Richa Sharma (Yale School of Medicine) about her new JAHA article "Lipid-Lowering T...
Episode 15. Trisomy 21 and Congenital Heart Disease with Dr. Jennifer Peterson
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this new episode of Aha! with JAHA, Dr. Laxmi Mehta Rocha interviews Dr. Jennifer Peterson (Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing) about "Tris...
Episode 14. The Superwoman Schema with Dr Tené Lewis and Dr Zac Martin
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this new episode of Aha! with JAHA, Dr. Eva Rocha interviews Dr Tené Lewis (Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health) and Dr Zac Martin (...
Episode 13. Featuring Dr. Adnan Qureshi
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this new episode of Aha! with JAHA, Dr. Eva Rocha interviews Dr. Adnan Qureshi (University of Missouri, Columbia, School of Medicine) about his new...
Episode 12. Featuring Dr. Jagat Narula, President-Elect of the World Heart Federation
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this new episode of Aha! with JAHA, Dr. Laxmi Mehta interviews, Dr Jagat Narula, President-Elect of the World Heart Federation and renowned physici...
Episode 11, HEADS UP featuring Dr. Janet Bettger and Dr Amy Towfighi
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Eva Rocha interviews Dr. Janet Bettger and Dr Amy Towfighi about the HEADS-UP initiative, which aims to reduce disparities in str...
Episode 10, Go Red for Women: Maternal Diet and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in a U.S. Hispanic/Latina Cohort with Dr. Luis Maldonado
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Aha! with JAHA, Dr. Laxmi Mehta interviews Dr. Luis Maldonado (University of Southern California) about his article "Maternal Dieta...
Episode 9, Go Red for Women: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival trends featuring Robin Smits
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Aha! with JAHA, Dr. Laxmi Mehta interviews Robin Smits, a researcher at the Departments of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, an...
Episode 8, JAHA Spotlight on Health Technologies and Innovation feat. Dr James Weyhenmeyer and Dr. Seth Martin
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this new episode of Aha! with JAHA, Dr. Eva Rocha interviews Dr. James Weyhenmeyer and Dr. Seth Martin about the American Heart Association's Strat...
Episode 7 Featuring Dr. Tali Elfassy
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Tali Elfassy (University of Miami Miller School of Medicine) joins host Dr. Laxmi Mehta to discuss her new article in JAHA, "Life's Essential 8 an...
Episode 6, featuring Special Guest Dr. Janet Wright (CDC)
28 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Dr. Laxmi Mehta is joined by Dr Janet Wright, Director in the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at the CDC, for a wide-ranging con...
Special Episode: JAHA Distinguished Hearts and Minds Roundtable
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Catch up with the AHA's 2023 Distinguished Scientist honorees in conversation with JAHA's Editor-in- Chief Bruce Ovbiagele and Deputy Editor Pamela Pe...
Episode 5, featuring Sunil Rao
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Dr Laxmi Mehta is joined by Dr Sunil Rao, Professor of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and director of Interventional Cardiology for ...
Episode 4, featuring Dr Sheila Martins
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Dr Eva Rocha Ramos interviews Dr Sheila Martins, president of the World Stroke Organization, professor of Neurology at the Federal University of ...
Episode 3, featuring Dr Sunil A. Sheth
21 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Eva Rocha Ramos interviews Dr Sunil A. Sheth from McGovern Medical School at UT Health Houston about his recent article in JAHA, "Women with Larg...
Role of Glucagon‐Like Peptide‐1 Receptor Agonists in Achieving Weight Loss and Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes in People With Overweight and Obesity
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Laxmi Mehta interviews Dr. Erin Michos from Johns Hopkins University about her review article "Role of Glucagon‐Like Peptide‐1 Receptor Agoni...
AHA! With JAHA
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts Laxmi Mehta and Eva Rocha interview Dr. Brian Olshansky from the University of Iowa about his study "Cardiovascular Benefits of Icosapent Ethyl ...