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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.
Sara Afjeh
Sara is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychiatric Genetics at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto, Canada, under the supervision of Dr. James Kennedy. Her research is supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the womenmind initiative. With a deep interest in advancing women’s...
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Sara Rodrigues
Dr. Sara Rodrigues is Director, Applied Research at the Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families. Her current program of research focuses on the social determinants of mental health of CAF and RCMP Veterans, with a focus on women’s mental health and aging. She is a co-founder of The Athena Project...
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Sarah Anne Howard
Sarah Anne is a final-year PhD Candidate studying Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics at UNC Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on the development of novel non-hormonal contraceptive technologies for both women and men. @SarahAnneSci
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Sarah Cuschieri
Dr. Sarah Cuschieri graduated as a medical doctor in 2011. After completing her medical training, she took up a full-time academic and research career at the University of Malta in 2013. In 2023, she was appointed as an Adjunct Research Professor with the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, within the...
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Sarah Harris
Sarah Harris is an endometriosis researcher and freelance journalist. She has done her BA in Journalism & Sociology from Cardiff University and is currently completing her Masters in Public Health at the University of Nottingham. She is soon to begin her PhD which will examine factors that contribute towards delayed...
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Sarah Kirkhope
I am a fourth-year medical student with a strong interest in obstetrics and gynecology and a passion for advancing women’s health through research. I am particularly interested in improving patient care through evidence-based practice and contributing to research that addresses important issues in women’s health. I also have a strong...
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Sarah Munro
Dr. Sarah Munro is an Assistant Professor with the Health Systems and Population Health at the University of Washington School of Public Health. Using qualitative and knowledge translation methods, she investigates the factors that influence implementation of evidence-based innovations in health services and systems, with a focus on improving equity...
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Sarah Purcell
The ultimate goal of my research is to identify evidence-based nutrition strategies to mitigate the burden of obesity and chronic disease. My research builds upon key concepts of nutrition, energy balance regulation, and body composition to: 1) Characterize energy intake requirements and the determinants of such 2) Assess how perturbations...
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Sarah Vincent
Sarah R. Vincent is an MD/MPH candidate at the CUNY School of Medicine and the CUNY School of Public Health and Health Policy, where she concentrates in Sexual and Reproductive Justice and Health. Her academic and research interests center on maternal health equity, perinatal mental health, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy,...
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Sarah Wong
Sarah is currently a medical student at UBC and continues to advocate for women’s health through medical student initiatives including the Women’s Health Initiative and the Community Women’s Initiative. Sarah completed her BSc in Behavioural Neuroscience at UBC and worked in the Galea lab (2015-2019) throughout undergrad and prior to...
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Sarina Wallace
Sarina aspires to advance perinatal mental health equity for Black women. She is presently a doctoral student at Virginia Commonwealth University, clinical-child concentration. Her 3 years managing a prenatal research study at Montefiore’s Pediatric Behavioral Health Integration Program in the Bronx, NY, exposed her to the additional burdens low-income Black...
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Selene Mitchell
I am a Master’s student at the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. I am interested in understanding how female-specific experiences, particularly menopause, influence Alzheimer’s disease risk, pathology, and progression. My research aims to uncover how different types of menopause and menopausal hormone therapies affect Alzheimer’s disease...
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