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Emory Healthcare Teams Up with Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons to Tackle Heart Disease

Healthy ATL campaign to focus on improving community health and closing the health disparity gap
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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 research at Emory Heart & Vascular Center. “We’re trying to understand and address the different reasons why Black and Brown Americans have higher rates of heart disease, such as socioeconomic differences and even how the community where someone lives impacts health.”

Cardiovascular disease, such as high blood pressure and stroke, disproportionately affects people of color. Black and Brown Americans experience a 30 percent higher fatality rate from heart disease, and a 45 percent higher fatality rate from stroke compared with non-Hispanic White Americans, according to Morris. Although heart disease is often thought of as a “man’s disease,” Morris says, black women are at a higher risk of hypertension and heart disease.

“To try to make our state and our city a healthier place for all of our citizens makes sense to me,” Ryan says. “I’m thankful for Emory Healthcare and the Falcons for launching this initiative and I think we can make this into something great.”

For more information and to make a donation, visit HealthyATL.org. Fans who give at a certain level can receive Falcons merchandise, signed memorabilia, and exclusive experiences.

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