We’re taking a field trip away from our regular Women’s Health Interrupted content to bring you a special mini series! Hosted by Dr. Marina Adshade and Damara Featherstone, this miniseries aims to find out what every women’s health researcher should know about socioeconomic status. Socioeconomic status is a combination of economic factors—like income, education and occupation—and social factors including gender, race, country of origin, and much more. By talking with experts in the arts and humanities, we will get to the bottom of this question, and show how important it is that we all work together, to improve women’s health.
Join us every second Wednesday of the month for 5 information packed episodes!
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17 December 2025
S3E12: Making Women’s Health Political with Former Minister of Science Dr. Kirsty Duncan
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15 December 2025
S3E11: How Sex and Gender Bias Skews Medical Research with Dr. Kate Womersley
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10 December 2025
S3E10: How Training Non-Specialists Can Fill the Perinatal Mental Health Gap with Dr. Daisy Singla
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3 December 2025
S3E9: How Studying Women Led to an Effective Vaccine for Cancers with Dr. Gina Ogilvie
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19 November 2025
S3E7: How Your Gut Impacts Your Hormones and Mood with Prof Siobhain O’Mahony
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Field Trip Mini-series Podcast Co-Host | University of British Columbia
Dr. Marina Adshade is a faculty member at the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia. She is one of Canada’s foremost economics experts on the role of women in society and a major advocate for inclusive cultural reform, with the goal of increasing safety, competitiveness, and leadership.
Her unique approach to research applies a mix of economic, sociological, biological, and psychological theories and evidence to a wide range of social issues. She is a sought-after speaker, writer, and social commentator and has published over sixty opinion pieces and feature articles in the Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times (UK), Daily Mail (UK), Globe and Mail, Time Magazine, Psychology Today, the Daily Beast, and Buzzfeed.
Field Trip Mini-series Podcast Co-Host | University of British Columbia
Damara Featherstone (she/her) holds a B.Sc in Global Health, Nutrition, and Sustainable Food Systems from the University of British Columbia. Damara is the podcast coordinator and co-host of Women’s Health Interrupted: Field Trip. In this role, she co-hosts with Dr. Marina Adshade as well as researches, develops, and edits the mini series. Damara joined this project as she is passionate about knowledge translation and disseminating scientific knowledge beyond academia in an accessible way.
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