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Christina Ragan
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
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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Christy Nguyen
Christy Nguyen is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Irvine studying how RNA splicing in the ovary contributes to metabolic dysfunction in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
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Cindy Barha
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 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 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 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
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
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
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
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 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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