Lata told Asian Scientist Magazine that when the doctor read the prescription, he said that her mother most likely suffered a “cardiac event” that afternoon. That really is the very start to greater gender inclusivity and closing the gender gap,” Jeanne Ong, a cardiologist at the Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore, told Asian Scientist Magazine. LEADING THE WAYNoticing the gender gap in heart research and treatment, women researchers are stepping up to bridge it. For example, Carolyn Lam, a cardiologist at the National Heart Centre of Singapore, founded the Women’s Heart Clinic in 2016. Design: Yipei Liew/ Asian Scientist MagazineCopyright: Asian Scientist Magazine.