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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 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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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.

Valerie Moran

Valerie Moran

Social Worker & Psychotherapist Shift Collab Gender, Society, and Health
Valerie Kristen Moran, MSW, RSW is a Registered Social Worker & Psychotherapist with 7+ years of experience across healthcare and non-profit sectors in Canada. She specializes in supporting women, young adults and early career professionals navigating ADHD, financial stress/trauma, and relationship challenges at one of Canada’s top virtual mental health...
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Vanina Veeraragoo

Vanina Veeraragoo

Medical Student University of Nicosia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
I am a medical student based in Cyprus with a strong interest in obstetrics and gynecology, particularly endometriosis, chronic pelvic pain, and gynecologic oncology. I have been involved in developing evidence-based patient education resources to improve awareness and accessibility in women’s health. I also have experience contributing to research projects,...
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Vanny Pornsinsiriruk

Vanny Pornsinsiriruk

PhD Student University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
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
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
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)
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) 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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Victoria Paller

Victoria Paller

Master's student University of British Columbia Gender, Society, and Health
Victoria is an MSc student in the WACH program at UBC. She graduated from the University of Ottawa with an Honours Bachelor of Health Sciences Degree in 2022. During this time, she completed an Honours thesis with Dr. Angel Foster. This research used a mixed-methods approach to explore how COVID-19...
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Victoria Riehl-Tonn

Victoria Riehl-Tonn

Master's student University of Calgary Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) Medicine
Victoria is a MSc student in Medical Science at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine. Under the supervision of Dr. Sofia Ahmed, her research focuses on the association between sex related differences and dialysis adequacy in both peritoneal dialysis and the home hemodialysis population. She recently graduated in...
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Vivian Su

Vivian Su

Graduate Student Johns Hopkins University Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Vivian Su is a Materials Science and Engineering PhD student at Johns Hopkins University researching the role of chemomechanics in the cervix.
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Wansu Qiu

Wansu Qiu

PhD Student University of British Columbia Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) Neuroscience
My thesis investigates the effects of maternal postpartum antidepressant exposure, and how this pharmacological treatment affects both the mother and offspring in a rat model of postpartum depression. And whether there are dietary interventions (such as folate/folic acid) can be an effective treatment for PPD. My expertise includes knowing a...
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