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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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.

Evelina Pituch

Evelina Pituch

Postdoctoral Fellow University of Toronto Gender, Society, and Health
Evelina Pituch is a CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Health and Society at the University of Toronto Scarborough, supervised by Dr. Hilary Brown. Dr. Pituch is an occupational therapist by training and her program of research aims to improve the perinatal supports for parents with disabilities. She holds...
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Evita Papathoma

Evita Papathoma

MD, PhD Gender, Society, and Health
I am a Neurologist and Movement Disorders Specialist with a particular focus on Parkinson’s disease. In parallel with clinical practice, I am a Postdoctoral Researcher specializing in translational research, with a strong interest in exploring sex and gender differences in Parkinson’s disease. I hold a PhD in Epidemiology and Medical...
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Faith Jabs

Faith Jabs

PhD Student University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) Department of Psychology
Faith Jabs is a PhD student in Clinical Psychology at the University of British Columbia. She is also a research study coordinator in the UBC Sexual Health Laboratory and currently works on a randomized control trial for testing the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based group therapy treatment for women with Sexual...
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Farah Dehmouni

Farah Dehmouni

Founder IAMENO
Passionate about women’s better health and its impact on communities, Farah is an entrepreneur with a mission. Bringing 20+ years of experience in top-level positions in the technology and digital media sectors in Europe and the Middle East, Farah is now the founder of IAMENO, a femtech company and platform...
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Farah Shroff

Farah Shroff

Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Gender, Society, and Health
Dr Farah M Shroff is a Canadian public intellectual with expertise in public health research and education who focuses on gender equity, reproduction, midwifery, HIV, sexuality, mental well-being and so forth. Her research, knowledge translation and implementation work envisions and develops Health for All through integrative health approaches, and social/environmental...
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Felicia Boma Lazaridou

Felicia Boma Lazaridou

Post-Doc Free University Berlin Gender, Society, and Health
I completed my doctorate in transcultural psychiatry at Charité University of Medicine in Berlin. I am a Post-Doc in the Building Bridges project – an empowerment and mentoring project for BPoC girls* – at the Free University in Berlin.
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Fernanda Barros-Aragão

Fernanda Barros-Aragão

Postdoctoral fellow Queen's University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
I am a neuroscientist with over eleven years of experience studying the mechanisms of neuroinfectious and neurodegenerative disorders, including molecular and cellular pathways that drive cognitive and mood alterations. My broad-scope, multidisciplinary training has granted me expertise in pharmacology, biochemistry, imaging (optical microscopy), advanced models of disease, rodent behavioral analysis,...
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Firat Kara

Firat Kara

Research Associate University of British Columbia Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Dr. Firat Kara has been studying biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in human and animal models for more than 13 years. He obtained his Doctorate at Leiden University in the Netherlands, in the field of Chemistry where he studied magnetic resonance imaging markers of Alzheimer’s disease in a mouse model of...
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