Eva Gerdts received the Women’s Health Research Award (Kvinnehelseforskningsprisen) of 2016 at a prize ceremony on 1 September 2017. This award was founded by the Norwegian Women’s Sanitation Association (Norske Kvinners Sanitetsforening) in 2016, and Gerdts was the very first awardee to receive this prize of NOK 100,000.

Eva Gerdts is a cardiologist at Haukeland University Hospital and professor at K2. She was awarded this prize for her major research effort on heart disease in women. We at K2 are proud of her many years of continuous effort, and congratulate her on this well-deserved recognition!