Heart Disease: Wisconsin Heart Health Alliance
Heart disease is the leading cause of death throughout Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Heart Health Alliance wants to ensure opportunities for everyone in our state to be healthy.
Our work helps Wisconsin organizations collaborate to fight heart disease. Working together we can commit to an improved focus on:
- Heart disease prevention.
- Disease management.
About us and our mission
The Wisconsin Heart Health Alliance is a coalition of groups who share a commitment to improve heart health in Wisconsin. The group includes:
- Professional organizations.
- Health care organizations.
- Community agencies.
- Public health representatives.
We work together to improve prevention, screening, management, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and multiple chronic conditions that may complicate treatment and overall health. Our group typically meets virtually three times a year to learn about and discuss various topics. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Chronic Disease Prevention Program (CDPP) staff offer technical assistance and networking among Alliance as needed to support heart health initiatives across the state.
The Wisconsin Heart Health Alliance works to promote:
- Best practices.
- Collaborative activities.
- Organizational and professional relationships.
- Ideas that help improve the heart health of all Wisconsin residents.
View the series recordings to hear about best practices and stories of success from heart health experts. We hope you feel promise for Wisconsin’s future. Join us in reaffirming a commitment to heart health equity!
Join the Alliance
We welcome individuals and organizations to join us in improving heart health and transforming health care. If you’re interested in sharing your expertise, advocacy, energy, or resources, email DHSChronicDiseasePrevention@dhs.wisconsin.gov to get details about future meetings.
Heart Health Alliance meeting archive
Heart Health Alliance meeting–February 24, 2025
The Power of Collaboration
Presenters
Anne Gargano Ahmed
CDPP Heart Health Coordinator
Anne.Garganoahmed@dhs.wisconsin.gov
Kari Trapskin, PharmD
Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, Senior Vice President, Practice Transformation
karit@PSWI.ORG
Helene McDowell, MS
Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, Director of Community Health Programs and Outreach
helenem@pswi.org
Beth Heller
WELLO, Director of Strategic Partnerships
beth@wello.org
Dr. Yvonne Greer
Y-East Right, Founder
yeatright.57@gmail.com
Ericka Sinclair, MS, MPH
Health Connections Inc., Founder and CEO
esinclair@hcmke.org
Summary
Learn about how three heart health collaboratives in Wisconsin are breaking down silos, leveraging staff capacity and funding, and creating a broader impact while providing care for those at risk of cardiovascular disease.