E3 Webinar Series: Engage. Educate. Empower.
📅   February 3
🕛   12:00 PM PT | 3:00 PM ET
We are proud to continue E3: Engage, Educate, Empower, HeartLife’s webinar series designed to connect lived experience with trusted clinical expertise, all centered on the topics that matter most to our community.
This session focuses on cholesterol and heart health, offering both practical understanding and deeper clinical insight. Together, we will explore how lipids, including cholesterol and triglycerides, influence cardiovascular risk, and why proactive cholesterol management plays a critical role in preventing heart disease.
Debra Quercetti will share her lived experience navigating cholesterol management as part of her heart health journey, highlighting the real-world challenges, questions, and learnings along the way.
Dr. Rob Hegele will provide a clinical deep dive into how cholesterol works in the body. He will discuss key lipid markers, including lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) and apolipoprotein B (ApoB), and explain why understanding these markers is essential for assessing cardiovascular risk and guiding prevention strategies.
The session will conclude with a moderated Q&A, giving participants the opportunity to ask questions and engage directly with both perspectives.
Whether you are living with cardiovascular conditions, supporting someone who is, or looking to better understand your own heart health, this webinar offers education, insight, and empowerment you can take forward with confidence.
Featured Speakers on this Episode
Dr. Rob Hegele
Dr. Rob Hegele is a Professor of Medicine at Western University and a cholesterol specialist who works at University Hospital in London. He has cared for more than 4000 patients. He is known internationally for his research on the genetics of cholesterol and lipids. His patients have participated in clinical trials of several medications that are now commonly prescribed. He was recently inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and the Royal Society of Canada.
Debra Quercetti
Debra is a person with lived experience of a heart condition. She is an author and artist, and has written and published two children’s books. Prior to focusing on her creative endeavours, she had built an extensive experience in the health care sector. She now enjoys exploring the value of presence – slowing down, seeing and feeling more and allowing the brush and oils to create paintings that are pleasing to the eye and soul.
