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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.

Sabrina Luke

Sabrina Luke

Epidemiologist Provincial Health Services Authority Gender, Society, and Health
Sabrina Luke is an Epidemiologist in the Research and Surveillance group at Perinatal Services British Columbia. She holds a doctoral degree in public health from the University of South Florida with a focus in perinatal epidemiology and has co-authored publications in the areas of tobacco and cannabis use in pregnancy....
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Sabrina Vander Wiele

Sabrina Vander Wiele

Graduate Student University of Delaware Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
I am a second-year Ph.D. candidate in the Biomedical Engineering department at the University of Delaware, specializing in quantifying brain mechanics with magnetic resonance elastography (MRE), a noninvasive imaging technique. My research focuses on the relationship between mechanical properties of the brain and neurobiological processes. Currently, we are investigating how...
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Sadaf Sediqi

Sadaf Sediqi

Undergraduate Student University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Sadaf is an undergraduate student at the University of British Columbia working as a research assistant at the Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis Lab supervised by Dr. Paul Yong. Her research interests explore the symptoms of endometriosis-associated pain affecting women’s health. Current standard treatments for endometriosis are limited in their effectiveness...
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Sahar Ahmadi

Sahar Ahmadi

Midwife Mousavi Hospital Gender, Society, and Health
I’m Sahar Ahmadi. I’m from Iran. I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in midwifery from Zanjan University of Medical Sciences. Since I was a child, I wanted to be able to help women when I grew up. At the age of 18, I decided to study the beautiful field of...
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Saima Hirani

Saima Hirani

Assistant Professor University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) School of Nursing
Dr. Saima Hirani is an Assistant Professor at the UBC, School of Nursing. Her research experience includes working with multidisciplinary teams to promote mental health among socioeconomically disadvantaged and vulnerable populations in Canada and Pakistan. Her research focuses on what factors and interventions can enhance the capacity of individuals, families,...
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Saleena Zedan

Saleena Zedan

Graduate Student Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Gender, Society, and Health
Saleena is a 2nd Year MSc student at the University of Toronto in the Institute of Medical Sciences. Her research is primarily focused on understanding how gender identity and socioenvironmental variables influence outcomes in individuals with psychosis. Grounded in an equity and inclusion lens, Saleena’s work reflects the belief that...
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Samantha Dawson

Samantha Dawson

Assistant Professor University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) Department of Psychology
Dr. Samantha Dawson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia and a Michael Smith for Health Research Scholar. She is the Director of the Sexuality and Well-being Lab (SWELL Lab), an affiliate member of the Women’s Health Research Institute, and is in...
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Samantha Levang

Samantha Levang

PhD Candidate Queen's University Gender, Society, and Health
Samantha L. Levang (she/her) is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Clinical Psychology program at Queen’s University. Under the supervision of Dr. Caroline F. Pukall, Levang’s Master’s research focused on vulnerability and resilience processes associated with sexual distress and sexual satisfaction in the endometriosis population. Her Ph.D. program of research applies...
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Samantha McGuinness

Samantha McGuinness

PhD student University of Toronto Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
Samantha McGuinness is a PhD student in the laboratory of Dr. Meghan Chenoweth at the University of Toronto. Her current work utilizes bioinformatic approaches to explore how genetic variation interacts with environmental risk factors to influences risk for psychiatric disorders. She aims to uncover potential biological bases for prevalence differences...
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