Cara Davidson is a 5th year PhD candidate in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Western University. Her research examines women’s health with an emphasis on gender-based violence, health equity, and trauma- and violence-informed care. As an interdisciplinary scholar, Cara’s research spans gender studies, health sciences, psychology, and sociology.

Her doctoral research is exploring the biopsychosocial relationships between gender-based violence and breast cancer in the Canadian context. She is also developing an individualized trauma- and violence-informed tool for use in clinical breast cancer settings with patients who have experienced gender-based violence. The tool aims to empower healthcare providers to individualize patient care and prevent re-traumatization, which has strong potential to improve health equity among this patient population.