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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 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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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.

Kanak Gupta

Kanak Gupta

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
I’m a Master’s student in Dr. Liisa Galea’s lab at the Institute of Medical Science at University of Toronto. I’m passionate about increasing our scientific knowledge of women’s health issues and better understanding the underlying neuroendocrine mechanisms of neurological disorders, like depression, that affect women at much higher rates than...
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Karen Courtney

Karen Courtney

Professor University of Victoria Gender, Society, and Health
Dr. Karen Courtney [she/her] (PhD Nursing, Missouri-Columbia, 2006; MSN Nursing Administration/Informatics, Duke, 2002; BSN Nursing with Honors, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996; BA Psychology, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990) held a National Library of Medicine Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Health Informatics Research while completing her PhD in Nursing. She...
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Karen Lok Yi Wong

Karen Lok Yi Wong

Assistant Professor Chinese University of Hong Kong Gender, Society, and Health Department of Social Work
Karen Lok Yi Wong is a PhD candidate and sessional lecturer at UBC School of Social Work. Her research interests include the intersection of aging, dementia, and different social locations, including gender, race, and culture; healthcare and social services, policies, and systems; ageing technologies; lived experiences and participatory action research....
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Karen Mason

Karen Mason

Co-Founder and Executive Director Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research (SOAR)
Karen Mason is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research (SOAR), the only non-profit organization in Canada with a singular focus on brain injury (BI) from intimate partner violence (IPV). SOAR explores the incidence and effects of IPV-BI, and works to develop, disseminate...
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Karline Wilson-Mitchell

Karline Wilson-Mitchell

Associate Professor Toronto Metropolitan University Gender, Society, and Health
Karline Wilson-Mitchell is passionate about reproductive justice that informs midwifery education, practice and global partnerships. Since 1992, Karline’s clinical work grew from the U.S. (urban and rural) to Canada (Ontario, remote Quebec) and then to midwifery education and leadership building in the Global South (Jamaica, Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi, South Sudan)....
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Karolina Skibicka

Karolina Skibicka

Professor University of Calgary Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Dr. Karolina P Skibicka is a Professor and Canada Research Chair at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary. She previously held the position of Professor of Molecular Medicine at the Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Associate Professor in the Department of Nutritional...
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Kassa Maksudi

Kassa Maksudi

PhD Candidate University of Cape Town Gender, Society, and Health
I am a researcher and activist with a background in Psychology, Criminology, and Health Promotion.  I am originally from Burundi and moved to South Africa as a refugee in the late 1990s. My work focuses on violence against women and children in disadvantaged and marginalized communities in South Africa. Specifically,...
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Kate Kennedy

Kate Kennedy

Postdoctoral Fellow McMaster University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Kate is a CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow investigating the critical role of host-microbe interactions in maternal and neonatal health within a Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) framework. Her research focuses on how the microbiome influences maternal adaptations during pregnancy, neonatal microbial colonization patterns, and infection susceptibility across the perinatal...
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Kate Shannon

Kate Shannon

Professor University of British Columbia Academic Collaborator; Gender, Society, and Health Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Shannon (she/her) is a Professor of Social Medicine and Associate Faculty in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. She holds an inaugural CIHR Sex and Gender Science Chair aimed at advancing more inclusive and equitable sexual health research, policy, practice. Her research...
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Kate Wahl

Kate Wahl

PhD Student University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Kate Wahl is a researcher interested in new strategies for moving evidence into health policy and practice. As a PhD student in the Reproductive and Developmental Sciences program at the University of British Columbia, she uses qualitative methods to develop and evaluate approaches for sharing research evidence with stakeholders including...
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Katerina Rnic

Katerina Rnic

Postdoctoral Fellow University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) Department of Psychology
Dr. Katerina Rnic received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Western Ontario and completed her clinical internship at the Calgary Clinical Psychology Residency. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Joelle LeMoult’s Depression, Anxiety, and Stress (DAS) Lab and in Dr. Raymond Lam’s Lab in the...
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