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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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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.

Javiera Navarrete

Javiera Navarrete

PhD Student University of Alberta Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) javiera@ualberta.ca
Javiera (she/her) is a PhD student in Health Services and Policy Research at the University of Alberta in Canada. She is interested in the scope of pharmacy practice, health services, access to care, tailored healthcare approaches for equity-deserving populations, and community-based health research. Her current research explores the role of...
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Jeannie Shoveller

Jeannie Shoveller

Professor University of British Columbia Academic Collaborator jean.shoveller@ubc.ca School of Population and Public Health
Dr. Jeannie Shoveller, PhD, is a Professor at UBC’s School of Population & Public Health and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. She is also the Associate Director and Director of Research at the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity and the Director of Research at...
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Jeffrey Man Hay Wong

Jeffrey Man Hay Wong

Postdoctoral Fellow University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) jeffreymh.wong@alumni.ubc.ca
Jeff is the current Reproductive Infectious Diseases Clinical Fellow and CTN Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia. After obtaining his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, he completed his Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency at the University of British Columbia. He graduated with the Yamuna Kalyanpur...
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Jellina Prinsen

Jellina Prinsen

Postdoctoral Fellow Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) prinsen@cbs.mpg.de
Twitter: @JellinaP
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Jenalene Antony

Jenalene Antony

Senior Writer CBC Gender, Society, and Health jenalene.antony@gmail.com
Jenalene Antony opened a design studio in Saskatchewan with a focus on rural issues. As a designer she has worked on teams with Environment Canada, the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Calgary telling stories about sustainability and social change. She previously worked on a largely Ukrainian settlement that...
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Jenalyn Ormita

Jenalyn Ormita

PhD Student University of Toronto Gender, Society, and Health jenalyn.ormita@mail.utoronto.ca
Jenalyn (she/her) is a PhD student in Psychology at the University of Toronto and a Research Associate at The Immigrant Education Society Centre for Immigrant Research. Her PhD research focuses on the aging experiences of African immigrant women in Canada, including an exploration of their risk and resilience factors for...
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Jennifer (Jia Yu) Zhang

Jennifer (Jia Yu) Zhang

Undergraduate Student University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) jennifer.zhang@ubc.ca School of Kinesiology
Jennifer is an undergraduate student at UBC currently completing her BKIN. She is currently a research study coordinator at UBC Sexual Health Research for the JUNIPER project, which is examining the differences in neural correlates of sexual response between women with and without sexual interest and arousal disorder (SIAD). She...
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Jennifer Khoury

Jennifer Khoury

Assistant Professor Mount Saint Vincent University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) jennifer.khoury@msvu.ca
Jennifer Khoury, PhD, R.Psych, is an Assistant Professor and Tier II Canada Research Chair in Interdisciplinary Studies in Neuroscience, in the Department of Psychology at Mount Saint Vincent University. Her research program adopts a multi-method approach to understand how early life stress impacts parents and children, from the prenatal period...
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Jennifer Monaghan

Jennifer Monaghan

Patient Partner in Stroke & Heart Research Canadian Women's Heart Health Alliance Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) jejmonaghan@gmail.com
She was only 43 when, without any risk factors or symptoms, Jennifer Monaghan’s stroke and discovery of cardiomyopathy happened.  After relearning her ABC’s and 123’s as well as regaining use of her right side, she turned to volunteering and found a meaningful path forward.  A lawyer by training, she is...
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Jennifer Richard

Jennifer Richard

Postdoctoral Fellow University of British Columbia Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) jennifer.richard@gu.se
My research focuses on the effects of diet and metabolic status on learning and memory and sex differences in these effects. I finished my BSc and MSc in Pharmacology at the University of Gothenburg (Gothenburg, Sweden) and completed my PhD at the Institution for Neuroscience and Physiology and the University...
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Jennifer Williams

Jennifer Williams

Assistant Professor Wilfred Laurier University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) jenniferwilliams@wlu.ca
Jennifer Williams (she/her) is an Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Kinesiology, focusing on women’s cardiovascular physiology and health research. Previously, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto studying clinical cardiovascular physiology. Her research focuses on improving heart and artery health outcomes through lifestyle interventions (diet,...
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Jenny Rabin

Jenny Rabin

Assistant Professor Sunnybrook Research Institute Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) jennifer.rabin@sri.utoronto.ca
Dr. Jenny Rabin is a Scientist at Sunnybrook Research Institute, an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, and a registered neuropsychologist. Her research focuses on optimizing brain health and exploring innovative treatments for neurological and psychiatric conditions, with a particular emphasis on sex differences in brain aging and disease....
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