Our Expert Database is designed to connect you with multidisciplinary women’s health researchers, professors, post-doctoral fellows, and more. Use this platform to find a collaborator for your research project, identify an expert to comment on current events or discover a supervisor for your graduate work. On top of that, if you’re seeking trainees to support your work you can find them here too.

You may find experts by name, career type, and/or by entering keywords in the “area of research expertise” to narrow your search. For instance, if your research focus is brain health and understanding progressive disease, you can find experts with knowledge in these areas by entering keywords like “Alzheimer’s” or “Dementia”.

Natalie Kearn

Undergraduate Student Queen's University Gender, Society, and Health natalie.kearn.ca@gmail.com

Natalie Kearn is a third year Bachelor of Health Sciences Student at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario with a keen interest in Women’s Health. She conducts research in the Department of Medicine and Department of Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s University.

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Natalie Ng

Grant Writing Assistant

Natalie is looking into joining the faculty of School of Population and Health with the Faculty of Medicine for a graduate program at the University of British Columbia. Currently working in a community pharmacy through the pandemic, Natalie has interest in public health with emphasis on women’s health, healthcare for LGBTQ+ populations...

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Natalie Szakun

Medical Student University of British Columbia Gender, Society, and Health nszakun@student.ubc.ca

Since 2020, I’ve been working as a research trainee alongside Dr. Anita Cote, focusing on cardiovascular disease in women. My research explores non-traditional sex-specific risk factors often overlooked in women’s health. Currently studying medicine at UBC’s island medical program- and absolutely loving it! In the future, I aspire to continue...

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Natalie Tronson

Associate Professor University of Michigan Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) ntronson@umich.edu

Natalie Tronson is a behavioral and molecular neuroscientist interested in sex differences in learning and memory, and psychiatric/neurological disorders associated with alteration of memory, including post-traumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer’s Disease and depression. Dr. Tronson’s work uses mouse models to study how exposure to illness and neuroimmune activation, stress, or hormone...

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Natasa Billeci

PhD candidate University of South Florida Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) natasabilleci@usf.edu

Natasa is a third year doctoral candidate in Biobehavioral Science. She holds BSN and MSN degrees and is currently a trainee in sleep science, cognitive aging, and women’s brain aging. Her training supports an emerging expertise in computational biology and neurocomputational methods in large cohort data analysis. Natasa’s research interests...

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Natasha Orr

PhD Student University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) natasha.orr@cw.bc.ca Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Endometriosis is a gynaecologic condition that affects 10% of women, and 50% of those women have deep dyspareunia (pelvic pain with deep penetration during sexual activity). This pain negatively affects sexual function and relationships. Factors that play a role in deep dyspareunia may be peripheral (e.g., location of endometriotic nodules)...

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Natasha Zippan

Master's student Queen's University Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) natashazippan@gmail.com Department of Psychology

Natasha received her BA in Psychology with High Distinction from UBC and is currently a clinical psychology grad student at Queen’s University, working under the supervision of Dr. Meredith Chivers. She is working towards becoming a clinical psychologist specializing in sex research. Her clinical interests are sexual health, sexual dysfunctions,...

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Neelam Punjani

PhD Candidate University of Alberta Gender, Society, and Health npunjani@ualberta.ca School of Nursing

Neelam Punjani is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta. She has received her BScN and MScN at Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery from Karachi, Pakistan. Shortly after, she began working actively within the community advocating for young people’s sexual and reproductive health...

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Negin Nia

Events & Communications Specialist University of British Columbia womenshealth.coms@ubc.ca

Negin was our first ever Events & Communications Specialist who was in charge of leading all our knowledge translation initiatives including overseeing the Women’s Health Blog, producing the Women’s Health Interrupted podcast, newsletter, social media, conferences, and events. Before she took on this role, she was our Blog Co-coordinator. Negin...

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Neha Pattar

Graduate Trainee University of Calgary Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) neha.pattar@ucalgary.ca

Neha Pattar recently graduate from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences. She is now pursuing a Master’s in Medical Science at the Cumming School of Medicine under the supervision of Dr. Sandra Dumanski. Her research focuses on women’s health, examining how both cardiovascular and kidney...

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Neil Vasdev

Professor Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; University of Toronto Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) neil.vasdev@utoronto.ca

Prof. Neil Vasdev is the Director and Chief Radiochemist of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Brain Health Imaging Centre, and the Director of the Azrieli Centre for Neuro-Radiochemistry at CAMH. He is also the endowed Azrieli Chair in Brain and Behaviour, and a Tier 1 Canada Research...

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