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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 1000 members across more than 43 countries worldwide, our members are driving change by conducting cutting-edge research, influencing policy, and fostering collaborations that improve health outcomes for women globally.

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10 December 2025

Perinatal Mental Health Pioneer: Dr. Nichole Fairbrother Honoured with 2025 PWHR Mid Career Excellence Award

Dr. Nichole Fairbrother, Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia and lead of the UBC Perinatal Anxiety Research Lab (PARLab), has been awarded the 2025 PWHR Mid Career Excellence in Women’s Health Research Award. This recognition celebrates her influential contributions to understanding perinatal anxiety and…
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12 November 2025

Recognizing Excellence: Dr. Bernard Le Foll Elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Dr. Bernard Le Foll, clinician scientist, addictions researcher, and member of the Women’s Health Research Cluster, has been elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS), one of the highest honours in Canadian health research. This prestigious recognition celebrates his leadership in advancing evidence-based approaches to addiction medicine,…
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8 October 2025

Advancing Women’s Mental Health: Dr. Simone Vigod Appointed Family Chair of Psychiatry

Dr Simone Vigod, WHRC member and senior scientist at Women’s College Hospital was recently named Labatt Family Chair of Psychiatry at The University of Toronto.  Dr. Vigod’s research aims to address disparities in health and health care for individuals with psychiatric disorders, with a specific focus on women across the lifespan and on equity in access to treatment…
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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.

Chinmayi Balusu

Chinmayi Balusu

Master's student Columbia University Gender, Society, and Health chinmayi.balusu@columbia.edu
Chinmayi is a student pursuing neuroepidemiology and medical humanities at Columbia University in New York City. She is a researcher at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Stanford Medicine with interests in cognitive neuroscience, brain injury, and stroke. Chinmayi serves as the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Simply Neuroscience,...
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Chloe Guinaudie

Chloe Guinaudie

Manager The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) chloe.guinaudie@camh.ca
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Chloe White

Chloe White

PhD Student University of British Columbia Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) chloew99@student.ubc.ca
I am currently pursuing my PhD in Dr. Tom Velenosi’s lab in the UBC faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. My work focuses on the use of analytical techniques to guide the development of precision therapeutics for triple negative breast cancer in preclinical models. I am passionate about women’s health and science...
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Christie MacLeod

Christie MacLeod

PhD Student McMaster University Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) maclec15@mcmaster.ca Department of Psychology
Christie MacLeod is a doctoral student in clinical psychology at McMaster University. Her clinical and research work takes place at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton in the Women’s Health Concerns Clinic and Mood Disorders Clinic. Her research aims to explore potential neural mechanisms for the sex-related difference in prevalence of depression....
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Christina Kolios

Christina Kolios

Doctor of Pharmacy Aaronson's Pharmacy chk982@usask.ca
Clinical Pharmacist with a special interest in contraceptive choice, managing side effects, and patient education
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Christina Ragan

Christina Ragan

Professor Georgia Institute of Technology Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) christina.ragan@gmail.com
I earned my PhD in Neuroscience in 2011 from Penn State University, and then I went on to do Postdoctoral research in Dr. Joseph Lonstein’s lab at Michigan State University. After that, I became a Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Colgate University. In 2017, I took a...
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Christine Ou

Christine Ou

Assistant Professor University of Victoria Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) christineou@uvic.ca School of Nursing
Dr. Christine Ou (RN, PhD) is an Assistant Professor at the UVic School of Nursing. As a pediatric registered nurse, she continues to support children and families with a program of research focused on the sleep and psychosocial well-being of families with infants and young children. She is also a...
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Cindy Barha

Cindy Barha

Assistant Professor University of Calgary Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) cindy.barha@ucalgary.ca School of Kinesiology
Dr. Cindy Barha is an assistant professor at the University of Calgary. She is a translational neuroscientist with training in behavioural neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, evolutionary biology, epidemiology, and neuroendocrinology. Her research examines how genetics and hormone-related life events interact to alter cognitive and brain trajectories across the lifespan and to...
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Cindy Kalenga

Cindy Kalenga

PhD Student University of Calgary Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) cindy.kalenga1@ucalgary.ca Medicine
Cindy Kalenga is PhD student within the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary with a focus on women’s cardiovascular health. Her research project investigates the role of the route of administration of exogenous estrogen – in the form of contraceptives and hormone therapy – and cardiovascular risk...
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Cindy Nguyen

Cindy Nguyen

PhD Candidate University of Toronto Gender, Society, and Health cindyl.nguyen@mail.utoronto.ca
Cindy Nguyen is a PhD student at RSI where her thesis focuses on the intersection of sex, mental health, and traumatic brain injury. She holds an M.Sc in Rehabilitation Sciences and M.Eng in Biomedical Engineering. She is actively involved in academic leadership, serving as a program lead for research initiatives...
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Cindy-Lee Dennis

Cindy-Lee Dennis

Professor University of Toronto Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) cindylee.dennis@utoronto.ca
Cindy-Lee Dennis is a Professor in the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. She holds the Heather Reisman Chair in Perinatal Research at Mount Sinai Hospital and is a senior scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tannenbaum Research Institute at...
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Clair Enthoven

Clair Enthoven

Postdoctoral research fellow University of British Columbia Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) clair.enthoven@psych.ubc.ca
Dr. Clair Enthoven is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She has a background in Health Sciences and earned her PhD in Epidemiology from the Erasmus Medical Center in 2021. Clair continued her research through postdoctoral fellowships at both Erasmus University and...
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