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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.

Allison Campbell

Allison Campbell

PhD Student University of British Columbia Gender, Society, and Health allison.campbell@ubc.ca
I am a Registered Midwife and an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Midwifery Program at UBC, where I teach, develop curriculum, and support the learning of aspiring midwives through a social justice, anti-colonial and anti-capitalist lens. My PhD work in the Institute for Studies in Gender, Race, Sexuality and...
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Allison Campbell

Allison Campbell

PhD Candidate Simon Fraser University Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) allison_campbell_5@sfu.ca
Allison is currently completing her Ph.D. working under the co-supervision of Dr. Anita Cote (TWU) and Dr. Victoria Claydon (SFU). Allison completed a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology at the University of Maryland and Master of Science in Kinesiology majoring in Exercise Physiology at Indiana University. As a former athlete,...
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Ally Villeneuve

Ally Villeneuve

Research Assistant Carleton University Gender, Society, and Health allyvilleneuve@cmail.carleton.ca
Ally is a research assistant working in the McQuaid, trying to better our understanding of hormonal contraceptives, mental health processes and stress. Twitter: @AllyVilleneuve
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Alysha Deslippe

Alysha Deslippe

PhD Student University of British Columbia Gender, Society, and Health alyshade@student.ubc.ca Food, Nutrition and Health
Alysha is a first year PhD student in Human Nutrition at UBC under the supervision of Dr. Tamara Cohen. Her research focuses on understanding the role biological sex and gender norms have on teens’ dietary habits to create more inclusive food literacy program for youth. By creating more inclusive programs,...
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Alyssa Smith

Alyssa Smith

PhD Candidate University of Waterloo Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) alyssa.smith@uwaterloo.ca
I completed my undergraduate work in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour at McMaster University. Before that, I worked briefly as an analyst at a bank, and completed a degree in English literature. Today, I am a part of the Vision and Attention Lab at the University of Waterloo working with Dr....
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Amanda Acauan Goes

Amanda Acauan Goes

Undergraduate Student Douglas College Gender, Society, and Health amandaacauan@hotmail.com
Amanda Acauan, a 2nd-year Psychology student at Douglas College in British Columbia has always been interested in women’s physical and mental health. This fascination was solidified after experiencing a Health Psychology course, when she made the decision to pursue her career as a Health Psychologist. Amanda’s intention is to focus...
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Amandine Senequier

Amandine Senequier

PhD Student Queen Mary University of London Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) a.m.s.senequier@qmul.ac.uk
Amandine graduated as an osteopath (M.Ost) from the British College of Osteopathic Medicine (BCOM, London) in 2021, before completing an MSc in Sport and Exercise Medicine at the University of Exeter in 2022. Currently, Amandine is pursuing a Ph.D. at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), where she is looking...
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Amané Halicki-Asakawa

Amané Halicki-Asakawa

Graduate Student University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) amaneha@student.ubc.ca Department of Psychology
Amané is a first-year M.A. student in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of British Columbia-Okanagan, supervised by Dr. Maya Libben. Her undergraduate thesis, completed at McGill University, examined the effects of voluntary emotion regulation on the postauricular reflex, a psychophysiological measure of the appetitive response. Amané’s Master’s research...
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Amber Ruigrok

Amber Ruigrok

Research Associate University of Cambridge ar560@cam.ac.uk Department of Psychiatry
Amber Ruigrok is a researcher at the Autism Research Centre, Dept of Psychiatry. Amber’s PhD research investigated how testosterone and variation in the androgen receptor may be involved in the development of sex differences in human brain white matter in the typically developing population. Based on these findings and previous...
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Ami Tint

Ami Tint

Assistant Professor University of Calgary Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) ami.tint@ucalgary.ca
Dr. Ami Tint is an Azrieli Accelerator Assistant Professor in Neurodiversity & Intersectionality in the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary. She completed her graduate training at York University, her pre-doctoral residency at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for Addiction and...
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Amrita Kumar-Ratta

Amrita Kumar-Ratta

PhD Candidate University of Toronto Gender, Society, and Health amrita.kumar.ratta@mail.utoronto.ca
Amrita Kumar-Ratta is a PhD Candidate in Human Geography at the University of Toronto. She is also pursuing collaborative specializations in South Asian Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and in Global Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Amrita’s doctoral research explores...
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Amy Hobbs

Amy Hobbs

Epidemiologist University of New Hampshire hobbs.aj@gmail.com
Amy Hobbs is a Registered Nurse and an epidemiologist with ten years of monitoring and evaluation experience in maternal and newborn health (MNH) within local, national, and international contexts. She has expertise in clinical and non-clinical research methods, including the development and coordination of research studies and the collection, compilation,...
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