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4 March 2025

Dr. Galea Receives Top 25 Women of Influence+ Award

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Liisa Galea, our esteemed leader and the Treliving Family Chair in Women's Mental Health at CAMH, has been honored as one of the Top 25 Women of Influence+ for 2025. This prestigious award recognizes her groundbreaking research on sex differences in brain function and her unwavering commitment to advancing women's mental health. Dr.…

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3 February 2025

Statement from Liisa Galea, Scientific Lead of the Women’s Health Research Cluster

We are so proud to have over 800 members across 32 countries in the Women’s Health Research Cluster. Our Vision is to achieve sex and gender health equity, and we strive for a future where women and girls live equitably health lives across their lifespans. We, at the Cluster, understand the importance of including girls and women, and studying unique and shared variables…

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22 January 2025

Trainee Research Presentation: Call for Abstracts

Are you a trainee eager to showcase your work and gain valuable presentation experience? Here’s your chance! We’re inviting abstract submissions for our upcoming Trainee Research Presentation this April. The Trainee Research Presentation (TRP) Series features oral presentations by trainees about their undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral research projects. The…

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17 January 2025

Dr. Liisa Galea Featured on Aging Powerfully Podcast with Melissa Grelo

Cluster lead Dr. Liisa Galea, and Women's Health Seminar Series guest Dr. Jenny Rabin, have been featured on the Aging Powerfully podcast with Melissa Grelo. In the episode, Dr. Galea and Dr. Rabin discuss Alzheimer's risk and menopause in women's brains as they age, digging deep into the statistics and the actions we can take to care for our brains. Listen below. …

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18 December 2024

There’s a New Way to Reach Us

The Women's Health Research Cluster has new email addresses! If you want to reach out about partnerships, fundraising, or operations, you can email management@womenshealthresearchcluster.com If you have questions about any of our events such as our Women's Health Seminar Series or our Trainee Research Presentations, you can email events@womenshealthresearchcluster.com …

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3 November 2024

Congratulations to our 2024 Holly Ewanyshyn Women’s Health Equity Graduate Research Award Recipient!

Congratulations to our 2024 Holly Ewanyshyn Women’s Health Equity Graduate Research Award recipient! We are thrilled to announce that Bonnie Lee, a Ph D candidate in Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of British Columbia, has been awarded the Holly Ewanyshyn Women’s Health Equity Graduate Research Award. This award recognizes outstanding research…

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