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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.

C. Neill Epperson

C. Neill Epperson

Professor University of Colorado Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) Medicine
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 Buchholz

Caitlin Buchholz

Clinical Research Coordinator University of Kansas Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Caitlin Buchholz, MS, is a Clinical Research Assistant at the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She’s interested in how menopause and other women’s health domains relate to Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive aging.
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Caitlin MacRae

Caitlin MacRae

PhD Student University of Otago Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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 Federico

Graduate Student University of Toronto Gender, Society, and Health
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

Master's student McMaster University Gender, Society, and Health School of Nursing
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

PhD Student Western University Gender, Society, and Health
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 Heller

Postdoctoral Fellow Friedrich Schiller University Jena Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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

Postdoctoral Fellow Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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

MD/PhD Candidate Western University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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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Carlin Miller

Carlin Miller

Professor, Researcher University of Windsor Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
As a Professor at the University of Windsor, I am proud to mentor, teach, research, and serve my department and community. I firmly believe I have the most remarkable students who will go on to make substantial differences in the lives of those around them. My longest standing interest is...
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Carling Smith

Carling Smith

Graduate Student University of British Columbia Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Carling Smith’s research interests revolve around understanding sex differences in the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. Pursuing her graduate studies in the Rideout Lab at the University of British Columbia, Carling aims to elucidate how insulin producing cells of the endocrine pancreas in male and female mice respond differently to...
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Carly La Berge

Carly La Berge

Gender, Society, and Health
Carly La Berge (she/her) is a Senior Policy Analyst at the First Nations Health Authority. She has a Master of Public Health (MPH) in social policy from the University of Victoria (UVic) and a Bachelor of Science from UBC Okanagan. Carly worked as a medical office assistant for over five...
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