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Emily Anne Opala2025-09-10 12:00:442025-09-10 10:32:41Dr. Jennifer Williams Receives OBI-Banting Discovery Award for Brain Health ResearchLet us Feature Your Work
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Becky Donelon
Becky has worked and developed educational governance frameworks and regulatory legislation at provincial and national levels and currently holds a Manager role in licensing and compliance with Alberta Health. Obtaining her first paramedic credentials in 1980 as an EMT-A followed by Advanced Care Paramedic in 1997 she worked clinical practice...
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Becky Underwood
I am a PhD student at Aberystwyth university. I am researching: Domestic toxicity: a critical analysis of risk, knowledge and behaviour in relation to female household chemical use, the demographic is peri-menopausal women and the research wishes to understand how best to communicate risk and delivery strategies and tools to...
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Benedetta Leuner
Dr. Leuner’s research investigates experience and hormone driven changes in the brain and behavior with a specific focus on brain regions regulating emotional and cognitive function and questions of relevance to the female brain and women’s brain health.
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Bernard Le Foll
Dr Bernard Le Foll, MD PhD MCFP (AM), is a clinician scientist specialized in drug addiction. He did specialized training in addiction and cognitive behavioural therapy in France. He obtained a PhD in Pharmacology at University of Paris Sud in France and has performed post-doctoral training in behavioral pharmacology and...
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Bernd Lenz
Full Professor of Addiction Research, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University (Germany) Deputy Head, Department of Addictive Behavior and Addiction Medicine Head of the Research Group Integrative Neuroscience of Addictive Behaviors (INA) Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) Dr. Lenz’s scholarship centers on three intersecting themes: (1) how sex and gender...
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Bethany Sander
Bethany Sander is currently completing her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Regina. In her current research, she aims to uncover the biopsychosocial mechanisms contributing to mood disorders during reproductive transitions. Her current project is focused on the role of reproductive hormones in the etiology of perimenopausal depression....
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Beverly-Ann Hoy
Beverly-Ann Hoy is a PhD Candidate at Western University in School and Applied Child Psychology. Beverly-Ann is passionate about lifestyle based interventions that enhance brain health and well-being. Her PhD research focuses on hormonal fluctuations in women with ADHD and effective interventions during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle.
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Bhairavi Warke
Bhairavi Warke is a PhD Student in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University. Her doctoral work focuses on Designing Interactive Self-care tools for Women experiencing Perimenopause and Menopause aimed towards real-time tracking and management of symptoms which may help in possible early detection or prevention...
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Bhavya Arya
Bhavya is a fourth-year undergraduate student of Psychology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She is broadly interested in the neurobiological mechanisms and sex differences associated with perinatal and infant mental health, and parent-child relationships more generally. She is currently working on her Honours thesis, which is focused on sources of...
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Bianca Ribeiro de Souza
Dr. Bianca Ribeiro de Souza is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OVCARE), Vancouver, BC, Canada. Her research is focused on Gynecological Cancers, Immunology, and Biomarker Discovery. Dr. Ribeiro is mainly researching the least studied...
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Bibiana Kemerer
Bibiana is a current masters student in UBC’s Reproductive and Developmental Sciences program. She works under the supervision of Dr. Lori Brotto for UBC’s Sexual Health Lab. She is currently studying how mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy can help couples improve their sexual health after prostate cancer. She is also...
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Bonnie Lee
Bonnie Lee is the Lead, Research and Advocacy at the Women’s Health Research Cluster. She is a Neuroscience PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia studying with Dr. Liisa Galea in the Laboratory of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology. Her research is focused on understanding how sex and sex-linked factors, including previous...
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