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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.

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8 April 2026

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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11 March 2026

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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14 January 2026

Trailblazing Scientist and Educator: Dr. Denise Belsham Honoured as a 2025 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner

Dr. Denise Belsham, Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Toronto and a distinguished leader in neuroendocrine research and science education, has been recognized as one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award winners by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). This prestigious honour celebrates women whose leadership, innovation, and impact…
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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.

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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Cory Pedersen

Cory Pedersen

Faculty Kwantlen Polytechnic University Gender, Society, and Health cory.pedersen@kpu.ca
Cory Pedersen earned her Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 2004. After teaching many years as a graduate student at UBC and adjunct instructor at Kwantlen, Cory was hired as a Faculty member in the Department of Psychology at KPU in 2005. Her interest in human sexuality began...
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Crystal Snow

Crystal Snow

Registered Nurse Nova Scotia Health Authority Gender, Society, and Health
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Crystal Trull

Crystal Trull

Registered Nurse Dalhousie University Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) crystal.trull@dal.ca
I have been a registered nurse working in rural and remote communities since 2005. I have worked in Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut; Red Lake, Ontario; Prince Rupert and Bella Coola, BC; and now Bridgewater, Nova Scotia since 2012. I have worked in perinatal and emergency medicine my whole career and have...
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Dana Elliot

Dana Elliot

Physiotherapist Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) danaelliottphysio@hotmail.com
FB & IG: @danaelliottphysio
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