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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.

Tristan Philippe

Tristan Philippe

PhD Student University of British Columbia Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) tristan.j.philippe@ubc.ca Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
As a data scientist I value advancements that provide more data to dissect and discover. However, as a biologist I know that it is essential to have a deep understanding of the underlying biology to gain deep insights about the value of this data. With a decade of experience on...
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Troy A. Roepke

Troy A. Roepke

Associate Professor Rutgers University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) ta.roepke@rutgers.edu
Troy’s interests focus on the interactions of hormones (estrogens), diets, aging, and endocrine disrupting compounds (EDC) on neurophysiological functions controlled by the hypothalamus and other brain circuits, which control energy balance, reproduction, stress, and homeostasis.
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Tuesday Eleazar-Alipon

Tuesday Eleazar-Alipon

Dentist Philippine Dental Association Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) dr_tuesdayddm@yahoo.com
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Umi Umar

Umi Umar

Clinical Trainee College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) ozoveheumi@yahoo.com
I am an international medical graduate from Nigeria, currently on my journey to practice here in Canada. I am a CPSBC-licensed clinical trainee doing clinical observerships in the family medicine. I am a women’s health advocate, I would love to get involved and join this beautiful community.
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Vaishnavi Cherukupalli

Vaishnavi Cherukupalli

Master's Student University of South Florida Gender, Society, and Health vaishnavicherukupalli88@gmail.com
I’m a student entering the master’s in women’s health program at the University of South Florida. I recently graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience from Smith College. I am deeply passionate about understanding the intersection between social determinants of health, sex-specific risk factors, and health outcomes in women. I...
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Valeria Garau

Valeria Garau

Trainee Clinical Psychologist University of Glasgow Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) v.garau.1@research.gla.ac.uk
I am a Trainee Clinical Psychologist on the Doctorate of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) programme at the University of Glasgow. My project involves co-developing a perinatal mental health screening measure for neurodiverse birthing people with experts by experience, as well as the initial psychometric evaluation of this measure.
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Vanessa Luk

Vanessa Luk

Medical Student The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Gender, Society, and Health vanessa.luk@medportal.ca
Vanessa is a medical student at McMaster Medical School, and is interested in psychiatry.
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Vanny Pornsinsiriruk

Vanny Pornsinsiriruk

PhD Student University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) vannyp@student.ubc.ca
I am a graduate student in the department of Microbiology and Immunology at UBC. My research focuses on vaccine development for herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), an STI that disproportionately affects women. I am interested in the connections we can make between women’s/global health, immunity, vaccinology, and public health...
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Varinder Randhawa

Varinder Randhawa

Heart Failure Transplant Cardiologist University of Toronto Gender, Society, and Health varinder.randhawa@gmail.com
Dr. Varinder Kaur Randhawa is completing her critical care fellowship training at the University of Toronto, having completed MD-PhD, internal medicine, core cardiology, heart failure-transplant cardiology and post-doctoral clinical, quality improvement and translational research training at the University of Toronto, Western University and Cleveland Clinic Foundation. She currently serves as...
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Vasileia Karasavva

Vasileia Karasavva

PhD Student University of British Columbia Gender, Society, and Health vasiakaras@gmail.com
Vasileia Karasavva is a Vanier Scholar and a PhD student in clinical psychology at the University of British Columbia. Her research program explores multiple facets of cyber aggression with a special interest in technology-facilitated sexual violence. She is passionate about understanding who is affected by it, why some choose to...
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Veronica Guadagni

Veronica Guadagni

Senior Research Scientist Cerebra Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) vguadagn@ucalgary.ca
I am a Senior Research Scientist at Cerebra. Previously, I was a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Human Cerebrovascular Physiology in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary, under Dr. Marc Poulin. Since 2017, I have been working on findings from the Brain in Motion I...
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Victoria Bernaud

Victoria Bernaud

PhD Student Arizona State University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) vwoner@asu.edu Department of Psychology
She is currently a 5th-year graduate student working towards her PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology at Arizona State University under the mentorship of Dr. Heather Bimonte-Nelson. She is interested in the role of ovarian hormone changes across the lifespan in influencing the trajectory of healthy cognitive...
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