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 48 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.

Heather Bimonte-Nelson

Heather Bimonte-Nelson

President's Professor Arizona State University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Heather Bimonte-Nelson is a President’s Professor in the Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology program in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University. For more than three decades, she has conducted preclinical evaluations of multiple domains of cognitive function as related to aging, with a special focus on transitional and...
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Heather Edgell

Heather Edgell

Associate Professor York University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
I am an Associate Professor at York University, Toronto, Canada. My research has a focus on women’s cardiovascular and autonomic health. I investigate physiological mechanisms that have been shown to have sex differences and I investigate the roles of the menstrual cycle and/or oral contraceptive use. Further, I have a...
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Heather Hollman

Heather Hollman

PhD Student University of Alberta Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Program for Pregnancy & Postpartum Health at the University of Alberta. My postdoctoral research will focus on generating evidence to help inform whether postpartum physical activity recommendations should differ by mode of delivery. I completed my PhD in June, 2026. During my graduate...
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Heather Noga

Heather Noga

Research Manager Women's Health Research Institute
Heather Noga has a Master’s Degree in International and Comparative Criminal Justice from the University of Leeds. She works as a Research Manager at the Women’s Health Research Institute.
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Helen Brown

Helen Brown

Associate Professor University of British Columbia Gender, Society, and Health School of Nursing
Dr. Brown’s program of research brings critical perspectives to studies aimed at improving health and social equity for rural and remote Indigenous communities. Using community-based and participatory methods she has worked with First Nations communities across Western Canada on projects that align with community priorities around health, wellness, cultural continuity...
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Helen Okoye

Helen Okoye

PhD Student University of British Columbia Gender, Society, and Health School of Nursing
I am a Lecturer at Department of Nursing Sciences, University of Nigeria. I am currently in a PhD program at University of British Columbia School of Nursing. My dissertation is focusing on adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
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Helen Tremlett

Helen Tremlett

Professor University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Professor Helen Tremlett, PhD is the Canada Research Chair in Neuroepidemiology and Multiple Sclerosis and Professor at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada in the Faculty of Medicine, Division of Neurology and Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. Dr Tremlett’s research program is funded through operating and foundation grants...
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Helena Rodriguez Caro

Helena Rodriguez Caro

SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow University of Lausanne Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
I am an early-career researcher interested in women’s health and the vascular system. Currently, I am working at The University of Lausanne thanks to an SNSF Postdoctoral Fellowship. During my fellowship I am investigating the plasticity of the vascular system in the maternal gastrointestinal tract during pregnancy, under the mentorship...
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Hermandeep Deo

Hermandeep Deo

PhD Student University of British Columbia Gender, Society, and Health Nursing
 I am currently a PhD student at the University of British Columbia. My research focuses on the social, political, and economic intersections in women’s health.
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Hibah Mehvish

Hibah Mehvish

Student Researcher University of Toronto Gender, Society, and Health
Hibah Mehvish is a final-year Neuroscience and Human Biology student at the University of Toronto Scarborough. She currently serves as a Research Assistant at CAMH and is the incoming Communication Assistant for the Women’s Health Research Cluster. Her work focuses on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, clinical research, and gender-specific...
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Hilary Brown

Hilary Brown

Assistant Professor University of Toronto Gender, Society, and Health Department of Health and Society
Hilary Brown, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, in the Department of Health & Society (Scarborough Campus) and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. She is cross-appointed to the Temerty Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and is an Adjunct Scientist at Women’s College Hospital...
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Holly Dempster

Holly Dempster

Medical Student
Holly Anne Dempster, BSc (Hon), MSc, is a medical student at Memorial University of Newfoundland (graduating class of 2021). She completed her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science from University of Ottawa in 2016 and contributed to the publication, “COX2 is Induced in the Ovarian Epithelium During Ovulatory Wound Repair...
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