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Brianna Kennelly
I am a PhD student in the laboratory of Dr. Deborah Sloboda. My research is in the field of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. Specifically, my research investigates how exposure to maternal obesity impacts future immune responses to infection.
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Brittany Schwende
Brittany Schwende is a PhD candidate at McGill University under the supervision of Dr. Charlotte Usselman in the Cardiovascular Health and Autonomic Regulation Laboratory. Her doctoral research focuses on the autonomic regulation of blood pressure in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Specifically, she is interested in how biological features...
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Bryna Goeckner
I am a graduate student researching sport-related concussion in female athletes through neuroimaging and clinical outcomes with consideration of hormonal contraception and hormone levels. @BrynaGoeckner
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Burcu Zeydan
Dr. Burcu Zeydan is an assistant professor of radiology and neurology at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Zeydan received her M.D. degree and completed her residency training in the Department of Neurology at Istanbul University. Her research focuses on imaging and epidemiology of neurodegenerative and demyelinating diseases and, particularly...
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C. Neill Epperson
C. Neill Epperson, MD, is the Robert Freedman Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado School of Medicine Anschutz Medical Campus (CU-AMC) where she is also senior faculty at the Ludeman Family Center for Women’s Health Research. Before being recruited to CU Anschutz,...
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Caitlin MacRae
Caitlin is a new PhD student in the Centre for Neuroendocrinology at The University of Otago, New Zealand. She completed her Master of Biomedical Science at The University of Auckland, investigating sex differences in novel weight loss therapeutics, before making the move to study the mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of...
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Caitriona Federico
Caitriona is a graduate student studying a variety of areas of women’s health. Her introduction to the field was field work in rural Kenya where she studied the impacts of menstrual health management on education for young girls there. She has also studied patterns on obstetric diagnoses in insured and...
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Candace Oghide
Candace Oghide is a 2nd year Masters student in Nursing from McMaster University. She has a clinical background in community women’s health, HIV inpatient, and sexual assault/domestic violence. Candace is passionate about health equity and working with marginalized women. Candace’s research interest is in sexual and reproductive health, with a...
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Cara Davidson
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...
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Carina Heller
Carina was trained in psychology and holds a PhD from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany, in which she focused on white and gray matter brain alterations in patients with the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, a syndrome associated with a 30% risk to develop schizophrenia in adult life. In this and...
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Carla Elena Mezo Gonzalez
Carla Elena Mezo Gonzalez holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience and Nutrition from the University of Nantes in France, and she is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Neurobiology of Depression and Aging Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada. Driven by her passion for understanding how...
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Carla Maduta
Carla Maduta is an MD/PhD Candidate under the supervision of Dr. John McCormick at the University of Western Ontario, pursuing her degree in Microbiology and Immunology. Her research investigates how immune cells respond to the staphylococcal toxin that causes menstrual toxic shock syndrome (mTSS). She previously completed her Honours Bachelor’s...
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