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Our members are dedicated to advancing women’s health and do so through their roles as scientists, students, patient advocates, journalists, nonprofit professionals, healthcare practitioners, civil servants, and more. With over 1200 members across more than 46 countries worldwide, our members are driving change by conducting cutting-edge research, influencing policy, and fostering collaborations that improve health outcomes for women globally.

Member News

Rising Researcher Advancing Women’s Brain Health: Dr. Pia Campagna Receives Elizabeth Young New Investigator Award

Dr. Pia Campagna, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a member of the Women’s Health Research Cluster, has been named a recipient of the Elizabeth Young New Investigator Award by the Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (OSSD). This award recognizes promising early-career researchers advancing innovative research on…
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Rising Researcher and Advocate: Dr. Bonnie Lee Advancing Women’s Brain Health

Dr. Bonnie Lee, Lead of Research and Advocacy at the Women’s Health Research Cluster and Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, is emerging as a powerful voice in women’s brain health and Alzheimer’s disease research. Her work is helping to uncover critical sex-specific factors that shape how neurodegenerative diseases develop and progress.…
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Trailblazing: Dr. Neill Epperson Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Dr. Neill Epperson, Robert Freedman Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Anschutz School of Medicine, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine. This distinction recognizes individuals whose outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service have made a profound impact on the advancement of medical science…
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Connect With Our Members

Our Expert Database connects you with multidisciplinary women’s health researchers, professors, and trainees. Use this platform to find a collaborator for your research project, identify an expert to comment on current events, discover a supervisor for your graduate work and more. Alternatively, browse the profiles below to get to know our members.

Bianca Serio

Bianca Serio

PhD student Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Bianca is a neuroscience PhD student at the Max Planck School of Cognition, based at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig (Germany), under the supervision of Dr. Sofie Valk in the Cognitive Neurogenetics lab. Her research uses computational methods to study fundamental principles of...
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Bibiana Kemerer

Bibiana Kemerer

Master's student University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Bibiana is a current masters student in UBC’s Reproductive and Developmental Sciences program. She works under the supervision of Dr. Lori Brotto for UBC’s Sexual Health Lab. She is currently studying how mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy can help couples improve their sexual health after prostate cancer. She is also...
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Bonnie Lee

Bonnie Lee

Postdoctoral Researcher Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Bonnie Lee is the Lead, Research and Advocacy at the Women’s Health Research Cluster. She is a Neuroscience PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia studying with Dr. Liisa Galea in the Laboratory of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology. Her research is focused on understanding how sex and sex-linked factors, including previous...
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Brady Greening

Brady Greening

Head Athletic Therapist Edge School for Athletes Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Brady’s entire athletic therapy career has focused on youth athletes in hockey, dance, soccer, figure skating and basketball. Her experience, professionalism, and knowledge as the Head Athletic Therapist of Edge School is wide ranging. Between working on the bench with hockey and basketball, spending hours to understand the world of...
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Brandi Williams

Brandi Williams

Student George Mason University Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
I am a PhD candidate in environmental and analytical chemistry with public health applications. My dissertation research focuses on wastewater-based and environmental epidemiology where I quantify molecular and chemical markers to represent a community health status.
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Brenna Whalley

Brenna Whalley

Community Member University of British Columbia Gender, Society, and Health
I studied at the University of British Columbia, where I graduated with a BSc in Global Resource Systems and a Minor in Science. I specialized in public health and genetics, combining my passion for health sciences and human biology with my desire to dismantle current systems and mitigate the ever-growing...
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Brian Christie

Brian Christie

Professor University of Victoria Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Dr. Christie obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Otago, where he worked in the world-renowned Graham Goddard laboratory complex with Dr. Cliff Abraham and studied long-term depression of Synaptic efficacy. Dr. Christie then completed post-doctoral training at the University of Otago as a Health Research Fellow before moving to...
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Brianna Bristow

Brianna Bristow

Lab Technician University of British Columbia
She is currently a lab technician in the Cembrowski lab at UBC, where she performs circuit-mapping and molecular techniques on rodent and human brain tissue to characterize new cell subtypes and explore cell-type heterogeneity in regions associated with memory. Before graduating with a BSc in biochemistry at UBC in 2020,...
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Brianna Kennelly

Brianna Kennelly

PhD Student McMaster University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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

PhD Candidate McGill University Gender, Society, and Health
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

Bryna Goeckner

PhD Candidate Medical College of Wisconsin Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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

Burcu Zeydan

Assistant Professor Mayo Clinic Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
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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