Dr. Abramson’s interest is in knowledge translation, including writing guidelines to educate physicians on preventive cardiology and women’s health issues.
She is a member of the American College of Cardiology’s Prevention Council, the ACC’s Hypertension Working Group, and the American Society of Preventive Cardiology’s Women’s Working Group.
She is a founding member and inaugural Chair (2018-2020) of the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance Education Working Group, which has created an electronic course and toolkit on Women and Heart Disease for MDs.
She enjoys educating the public on heart. Her book, Heart Health for Canadians, published in 2013, helps people to prevent and understand heart disease.
In 2015 she was awarded the prestigious Harold N. Segal Award of Merit, in recognition of her many contributions to preventing heart disease amongst Canadians.
She currently directs a fellowship in Preventive Cardiology at the University of Toronto.
