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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”.

Shie Rinat

Shie Rinat

PhD Student University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Shie is a PhD student in the Brain Behaviour Lab, under the supervision of Dr. Lara Boyd. Shie’s passion for stroke research began while working as an occupational therapist in an inpatient neurological rehabilitation unit in Tel-Aviv. Her doctoral work aims to investigate stroke in women, and specifically, the effect...
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Shilpa Rao

Shilpa Rao

PhD Candidate Lerner Research Institute Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) Neuroscience
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

Shirin Kalyan

Adjunct Professor University of British Columbia Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) Medicine
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

Full-time Student University of Regina Gender, Society, and Health
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

Shreeyaa Ramana

Graduate Student Toronto Metropolitan University Gender, Society, and Health
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

Shunya Yagi

PhD Candidate University of British Columbia Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms) Neuroscience
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

Simel Masood

Research Associate Aga Khan University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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

Simone Vigod

Professor University of Toronto Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) Department of Psychiatry
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

PhD Candidate University of Toronto Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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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Sofia Kim

Sofia Kim

Undergraduate Student University of Toronto Gender, Society, and Health
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 Vidal Almela

Postdoctoral Fellow University of Granada Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
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

Sonia Cristovao

PhD Student Gothenburg University Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications) Sahlgrenska Academy
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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