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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.
Shilpa Rao
Currently pursuing a PhD in Molecular Medicine in Dr. Antoine Louveau’s lab, dept of Neurosciences at Lerner Research Institute. Our lab specializes in Parkinson’s Disease in minority populations, specifically in the Latin American population. My thesis investigates the association between female health factors and the severity of Parkinson’s disease in...
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Shirin Kalyan
Dr. Shirin Kalyan – Adjunct Professor (Medicine, University of British Columbia), Lead Scientist (Clinical Research Development Laboratory, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute), Chief Scientific Officer (Rare Disease Foundation), and Director of Scientific Innovation (Qu Biologics) Dr. Shirin Kalyan is an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Medicine at the University...
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Shiza Hirani
Shiza Hirani is an award-winning youth advocate, public speaker, philanthropist, and mental health and education rights activist committed to advancing equity for children and youth worldwide. Shiza is Founder of the social initiative “Youth MentorNet Café” that is grounded in the mission to advance education and health equity through digital...
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Shreeyaa Ramana
I am a graduate student in Clinical Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University, with research interests in identifying factors that contribute to risk and resilience for cognitive impairment and other forms of psychopathology. My work aims to leverage these factors to design and implement lifestyle interventions that improve health outcomes, with...
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Shunya Yagi
Overall objective of my research project will focus on sex difference and the effect of estrogens on adult neurogenesis and hippocampus-related cognition in rodents. Firstly, I am looking at sex differences in cognitive flexibility and the effect of estrogens on the ability of memory encoding with examining neural plasticity and...
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Simel Masood
Emerging public and reproductive health researcher from Pakistan working on SRHR, PCOS screening, PCOS & Reproducive Cancer Biomarkers, and youth health equity. Passionate about data-driven reforms, community education, and disability-inclusive reproductive care.
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Simone Vigod
Dr. Simone Vigod is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Women’s College Hospital. Her background includes an Honours BSc in Psychology from McGill University (1999), an MD from the University of Toronto, U of T (2003)...
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Simran Sandhu
Simran Sandhu is a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto, under the supervision of Dr. Meghan Chenoweth. Her current work focuses on utilizing bioinformatic tools to explore the biological liability to migraine and anxiety in women.
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Siqi Xue
Dr. Siqi Xue is a psychiatrist and associate scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and an assistant professor at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Dr. Xue’s academic interests include upstream, structural, and ecological determinants of mental health, global mental health, and women’s...
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Sofia Kim
Sofia is an undergraduate psychology student at the University of Toronto. As the daughter of a Korean immigrant couple, raised in Italy before moving to Canada, she has navigated multiple cultural environments and social norms throughout her life. These experiences shape her research interests in impression management, identity coherence, and...
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Sol Vidal Almela
Sol is an emerging research leader in the fields of clinical exercise physiology, cardiac rehabilitation (CR), and sex and gender considerations. She has published over 20 manuscripts with co-authors from more than 10 countries. Her novel work has significantly benefited the cardiovascular disease and CR communities. For instance, five of...
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Sonia Cristovao
PhD student and physiotherapist specializing in women’s pelvic health, with a focus on physical activity and pelvic floor health during and after pregnancy. My research integrates clinical expertise with behavioural science to understand how digital interventions can support prevention and management of pelvic floor dysfunction. I have international experience and...
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