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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.

Naseeb Bolduc

Naseeb Bolduc

Master's student University of British Columbia Gender, Society, and Health School of Population and Public Health
Naseeb is an MSc student at the UBC School of Population and Public Health. She previously completed an honours degree in philosophy at UBC, and is interested in questions related to values, justice, and health found at the intersection of public health and philosophy. Her thesis examines different perceptions of...
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Natalie Kearn

Natalie Kearn

Undergraduate Student Queen's University Gender, Society, and Health
Natalie Kearn is a third year Bachelor of Health Sciences Student at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario with a keen interest in Women’s Health. She conducts research in the Department of Medicine and Department of Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s University.
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Natalie Scime

Natalie Scime

Epidemiologist & Medical Student University of Calgary Gender, Society, and Health
Natalie Scime is an Epidemiologist with the Alberta Sex, Gender & Women’s Health Research Hub and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Calgary. Her program of research investigates the relationships between reproductive factors and women’s health and chronic disease risk across the life course. Dr. Scime...
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Natalie Szakun

Natalie Szakun

Medical Student University of British Columbia Gender, Society, and Health
Since 2020, I’ve been working as a research trainee alongside Dr. Anita Cote, focusing on cardiovascular disease in women. My research explores non-traditional sex-specific risk factors often overlooked in women’s health. Currently studying medicine at UBC’s island medical program- and absolutely loving it! In the future, I aspire to continue...
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Natalie Tronson

Natalie Tronson

Associate Professor University of Michigan Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Natalie Tronson is a behavioral and molecular neuroscientist interested in sex differences in learning and memory, and psychiatric/neurological disorders associated with alteration of memory, including post-traumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer’s Disease and depression. Dr. Tronson’s work uses mouse models to study how exposure to illness and neuroimmune activation, stress, or hormone...
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Natasa Billeci

Natasa Billeci

PhD candidate University of South Florida Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Natasa is a third year doctoral candidate in Biobehavioral Science. She holds BSN and MSN degrees and is currently a trainee in sleep science, cognitive aging, and women’s brain aging. Her training supports an emerging expertise in computational biology and neurocomputational methods in large cohort data analysis. Natasa’s research interests...
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Natasha Orr

Natasha Orr

PhD Student University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Endometriosis is a gynaecologic condition that affects 10% of women, and 50% of those women have deep dyspareunia (pelvic pain with deep penetration during sexual activity). This pain negatively affects sexual function and relationships. Factors that play a role in deep dyspareunia may be peripheral (e.g., location of endometriotic nodules)...
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Natasha Zippan

Natasha Zippan

Master's student Queen's University Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) Department of Psychology
Natasha received her BA in Psychology with High Distinction from UBC and is currently a clinical psychology grad student at Queen’s University, working under the supervision of Dr. Meredith Chivers. She is working towards becoming a clinical psychologist specializing in sex research. Her clinical interests are sexual health, sexual dysfunctions,...
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Neelam Punjani

Neelam Punjani

PhD Candidate University of Alberta Gender, Society, and Health School of Nursing
Neelam Punjani is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta. She has received her BScN and MScN at Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery from Karachi, Pakistan. Shortly after, she began working actively within the community advocating for young people’s sexual and reproductive health...
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