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.

Jasleen Kaur

Jasleen Kaur

Graduate Student University of Regina Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Jasleen Kaur received her BSc (Honours) from University of Calgary in 2022. Her honours research focused on examining the rates and predictors of anxiety and depression among partners of pregnant individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic, under the guidance of Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen. Currently, Jasleen is a first-year Clinical Psychology graduate...
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Jasmeen Sran

Jasmeen Sran

4th year Health Sciences undergraduate student Simon Fraser University Gender, Society, and Health
Jasmeen Sran is a Bachelor of Science student in Health Sciences at Simon Fraser Univeristy, concentrating in Public Health and Data. She is the Co-Lead of the Surrey Youth Newcomer Council (SYNC), Co-Founder of Women’s Wellness Connect, and Founder of BC’s Childhood Cancer Society, initiatives through which she has advancing...
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Javiera Navarrete

Javiera Navarrete

PhD Student University of Alberta Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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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Jaza Alam

Jaza Alam

Research Assistant University of Toronto Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
I am a recent graduate with research experience in reproductive genetics and molecular biology, currently working as a research assistant across projects focused on fertility, metabolism, and genomic regulation. My work spans both wet-lab and data-driven approaches, including genetic pathway analysis and the interpretation of clinically derived genomic datasets. I...
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Jeannie Shoveller

Jeannie Shoveller

Professor University of British Columbia 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

Clinical Assistant Professor University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Dr. Jeff Wong (he/him) is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia. He completed his Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences at McMaster University and Doctor of Medicine at the University of Toronto before moving to Vancouver for residency training in...
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Jenalene Antony

Jenalene Antony

Senior Writer CBC Gender, Society, and Health
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 (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) 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 Cooney-Quane

Jennifer Cooney-Quane

University College Cork Gender, Society, and Health
Jennifer Cooney-Quane is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the School of Applied Psychology, University College Cork. Her research explores diagnostic delays and healthcare interactions, and the use of digital symptom tracking in women’s health. Jennifer guest lectures in Health Psychology and Biological Psychology to undergraduates and postgraduates in the School of...
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Jennifer Khoury

Jennifer Khoury

Assistant Professor Mount Saint Vincent University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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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