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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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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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10 September 2025

Dr. Jennifer Williams Receives OBI-Banting Discovery Award for Brain Health Research

Dr. Jennifer  Williams, a former postdoctoral fellow in clinical cardiovascular physiology at the University of Toronto and incoming Assistant Professor at Wilfrid  Laurier  University, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 Ontario Brain Institute – Banting Discovery Award. This accolade supports outstanding early-career researchers tackling critical brain and heart…
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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.

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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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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Claire de Oliveira

Claire de Oliveira

Senior Scientist The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) de.oliveira.claire@gmail.com
Dr. Claire de Oliveira is an associate professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, a senior scientist/senior health economist at the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, a senior adjunct scientist...
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Claire Lunde

Claire Lunde

PhD Student University of Oxford Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) claire.lunde@spc.ox.ac.uk
I am a Ph.D. student in the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health at the University of Oxford, and I work closely with the Biobehavioral Pain Innovations Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital to collect data on individuals with pain. My professional aspirations involve women’s health education and advocacy. I...
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Clara Gallay

Clara Gallay

PhD Student BarcelonaBeta Brain Research Center Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) cgallay@barcelonabeta.org
I am a PhD student at the BarcelonaBeta Brain Research Center, a research center located in Barcelona which focuses on investigating neurodegenerative diseases. My project examines the impact of female reproductive history on Alzheimer’s disease risk and trajectory. I am particularly interested in understanding how pregnancy and childbirth can interact...
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Clare Heggie

Clare Heggie

PhD Student University of New Brunswick Gender, Society, and Health clare.heggie@unb.ca
Clare Heggie is a PhD student at the University of New Brunswick and the Research Coordinator for Wellness Within, an organization that supports women and gender diverse people who have experienced criminalization. She has been involved in a number of research projects focusing on the sexual and reproductive health experiences,...
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Claudia Barth

Claudia Barth

Researcher Diakonhjemmet Hospital Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) claudia.barth@medisin.uio.no
Dr. Claudia Barth is a biologist by training who majored in neurobiology. During her PhD studies at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science in Leipzig (Germany), she started working at the front-line of women’s health research by exploring the effects of hormonal transition states on mental illnesses and the brain...
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Claudia Calleja

Claudia Calleja

Journalist Woman Unclouded Gender, Society, and Health hello@womanunclouded.com
I am a journalist with a passion for women’s issues all-round. Why? Because I was raised surrounded by women, I am a woman and I am now raising one. Over the years I have seen issues impacting women that range from physical, psychological and emotional. This is why I set...
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Claudia Paarmann-Chien

Claudia Paarmann-Chien

Principal Investigator Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) claudia.chien@charite.de
Dr. Claudia Paarmann-Chien (née Chien) is a Neuroscientist and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) PI at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center, NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, and Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at the Charité- University Hospital Berlin, Germany. Her research is focused on imaging correlates of long-term disability in neuroinflammatory...
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