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The award recognizes her leading role in research on women鈥檚 heart, in particular the relation between high blood pressure and heart disease in women, and in building a local strong research center for cardiac disease in women over the past 4 years. The award also reflects her national and international leadership in the field of heart disease in women by the UiB. Over the past few years, Eva Gerdts has particularly focused on political awareness about modern women鈥檚 health perspectives by giving input to the Norwegian Public Report on Women鈥檚 Health that was published in 2023, and through dissemination about women鈥檚 heart health to health politicians, patient organizations and NGOs relevant to women鈥檚 health. Still, much work remains before the common political confusion about women鈥檚 rights and women鈥檚 health is overcome, and women鈥檚 health is considered equal to women鈥檚 public health rather than the limited to reproductive health.