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Meet the Speakers

26.10.2026

Scientific Session 4: Education - Innovation in Europe and Beyond

Dr. Joëlle Schwarz, Unisanté Lausanne, Switzerland

Scientific Session 4: Education - Innovation in Europe and Beyond

Prof. Dr. med. Miyuki Katai, GRIPS, Japan

Scientific Session 4: Education - Innovation in Europe and Beyond

Prof. Dr. med. Seong Mi Park, Korea University
of College Medicine, South Korea

Seong-Mi Park is Professor of Cardiology at Korea University Anam Hospital and Director of the Heart Failure and Echocardiography Laboratory and Rosetta Hall Women’s Heart Center.

Her clinical and research work focuses on myocardial function in heart failure, ischemic heart disease, and coronary microvascular dysfunction.

Her academic interests also include women’s cardiovascular health and the application of artificial intelligence in medicine. She has held leadership roles in multiple Korean cardiovascular societies.

Scientific Session 4: Education - Innovation in Europe and Beyond

Dr. Kateryna Ostrovska, Health Policy and Systems Strategist, Freelance Consultant, Ukraine

Kateryna Ostrovska is a health policy and systems strategist with a background in family medicine and extensive leadership experience across Ukraine’s healthcare sector.

She has worked as a Health Governance Specialist with the United Nations Development Programme in conflict-affected regions and as a consultant with Deloitte on the USAID Health Reform Support Project, focusing on workforce policy.

From 2019 to 2025, she served as President of the Ukrainian Society for Gender and Anti-Aging Medicine. She is also a Fulbright alumna, having conducted research at the University of California, San Francisco.

Scientific Session 4: Education - Innovation in Europe and Beyond

Prof. Dr. med. Rosa Maria Bruno, Université Paris Cité

Rosa Maria Bruno is Professor of Pharmacology at Université Paris Cité and Head of the Unit of Clinical Pharmacology at Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou.

She specialises in internal medicine and hypertension and is a member of the INSERM research team on arterial health and disease in women.

Her research focuses novel approaches for the non-invasive evaluation of vascular ageing in hypertension and other diseases, with particular attention to sex and gender differences. She holds leadership roles in several European scientific societies, including the Artery Society and the ESC Council on Hypertension.

Scientific Session 4: Education - Innovation in Europe and Beyond

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alexandra
Kautzky-Willer, MedUni Vienna, Austria

Alexandra Kautzky-Willer is Professor of Gender Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna and Head of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Vienna General Hospital.

Her clinical expertise includes internal medicine, endocrinology, geriatrics, and palliative care.

Her research focuses on metabolic diseases and gender-specific medicine, particularly in diabetes and hormonal regulation. She is President of the Austrian Society of Gender-Specific Medicine and has received multiple national awards for her contributions.

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