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Atlanta Falcons Quarterback Matt Ryan has teamed up with Emory Healthcare, the official team healthcare provider of the Atlanta Falcons, to help tackle heart disease and close the health disparities gap in the community.
Ryan and the Falcons have created the “Healthy ATL” campaign at Emory Healthcare to fund research and innovation to address health disparities, specifically in Black and Brown communities, many of which experience higher rates of cardiovascular disease and death compared to White communities.
“There are certain groups of people not only in our city and state, but in our country, who have much higher rates of heart disease namely Black and Brown Americans,” says Alanna Morris, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine and director of heart failure r
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Atlanta Falcons Quarterback Matt Ryan has teamed up with Emory Healthcare, the official team healthcare provider of the Atlanta Falcons, to help tackle heart disease in Black and Brown communities who have higher rates of heart disease and death compared to White communities.
Ryan and the Falcons have created the Healthy ATL campaign to fund research and innovation at Emory Healthcare to address health disparities and important health challenges in vulnerable communities.
The launch of Healthy ATL coincides with February s American Heart Month. Donations will be directed toward research and innovation for heart disease that disproportionately affects some underrepresented communities.