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 48 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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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.

Tess Carswell

Tess Carswell

PhD Candidate University of Victoria Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Tess is a PhD candidate in mechanical engineering at the University of Victoria. She works in the Orthopaedic Technologies & Biomechanics Lab under the supervision of Dr. Josh Giles. Her work investigates sex differences in people with lower limb amputations for the consideration of prosthesis design optimization using musculoskeletal modelling....
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Tessa Woodside

Tessa Woodside

Undergraduate Student Queen's University Gender, Society, and Health
My name is Tessa Woodside, and I am an undergraduate student going into my third year of life sciences at Queens University! I am spending my second summer as a research trainee working with Drs. Sandra Dumanski and Sofia Ahmed in their lab at the University of Calgary, with the...
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Thalia Field

Thalia Field

Associate Professor Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) Medicine
Dr. Thalia Field is a stroke neurologist and clinician-researcher with a focus on clinical trials. She has a particular interest in process improvement in clinical trials, which includes optimizing strategies for participant recruitment and retention, investigating strategies for efficient use of resources, and selecting outcomes that are of relevance to...
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Thea Cacchioni

Thea Cacchioni

Associate Professor University of Victoria Gender, Society, and Health
Joined UVic Gender Studies in 2011 My research examines the medicalization of sex, gender, and sexuality, broadly, as well as through specific diagnoses such as Female Sexual Dysfunction and Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. I am interested in the ways in which doctors, psychiatrists, and more recently, drug companies shape understandings of...
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Thish Rajapakshe

Thish Rajapakshe

Undergraduate Student University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Thish is a senior undergraduate student studying Molecular Biochemistry and Philosophy at UBC Okanagan. She is passionate about health equity, policy, and leveraging quality improvement science for the enhancement of women’s health. Her research areas of interest include the study of interpersonal factors affecting smoking cessation in young women and...
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Thuy-vy Nguyen

Thuy-vy Nguyen

Associate Professor Durham University Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Dr. Thuy-vy T. Nguyen is the Principal Investigator of the Solitude Lab and an Associate Professor of Psychology at Durham University, UK. Her research examines how solitude contributes to emotional well-being and stress regulation. She is currently leading a three-year ESRC-funded project investigating women’s experiences of solitude during the transition...
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Tiffany Kuku

Tiffany Kuku

Undergraduate Psychology Student University of Northern British Columbia Gender, Society, and Health
Tiffany Kuku is a psychology student at the University of Northern British Columbia, pursuing a major in psychology with a potential minor in women’s studies. She is deeply passionate about mental health, social equity, and fostering inclusive practices in research. Tiffany’s academic interests center on exploring the intersections of mental...
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Tim Oberlander

Tim Oberlander

Professor University of British Columbia Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Tim Oberlander is a physician-scientist whose work bridges developmental neurosciences and community child health. He is a developmental pediatrician and works as the medical lead for the Complex Pain Service at BC Children’s Hospital. Since 1996, Dr Oberlander has led a research program seeking to understand how early life...
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Tina Kabir

Tina Kabir

Graduate Student Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; University of Toronto Gender, Society, and Health
I am pursuing a PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Toronto. My research in Dr. Laurie Zawertailo’s lab at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health investigates the effects of ovarian hormones on tobacco smoking treatment and cessation.
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Tina Montreuil

Tina Montreuil

Associate Professor McGill University Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Dr. Tina C. Montreuil is an Associate Professor in the department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and an Associate Member of the Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at McGill University, as well as the director of Childhood Anxiety and Regulation of Emotions Laboratory C.A.R.E.Research Group. She is a Scientist at...
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Tiscar Graells

Tiscar Graells

Postdoctoral researcher Karolinska Institutet Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
I am a bioinformatician and a clinical microbiologist (PhD in Microbiology (2018),MSc in Bioinformatics (2023), MSc in Applied Microbiology (2012) and BSc in Clinical Biology and Microbiology (2011)). Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm (Sweden) where I work with microbiome and multi-omics studies using data...
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