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Badal (Brandon) Pattar

Badal (Brandon) Pattar

MD/PhD Candidate University of Calgary Gender, Society, and Health Medicine
Badal (Brandon) Pattar (He/Him) is a CIHR-funded MD/PhD candidate in the Leaders in Medicine Program at the University of Calgary. His research, supervised by Drs. Sofia Ahmed and Tyrone Harrison, focuses on improving the understanding, management, and prevention of chronic kidney disease in transgender individuals. Drawing on methods from epidemiology,...
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Beatriz Brandao

Beatriz Brandao

Graduate Student Rice University Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
Beatriz Brandao is a Ph.D. candidate in Cognitive Neuroscience and Health Psychology at Rice University. Her research focuses on understanding how sex hormones, both naturally fluctuating across the menstrual cycle and exogenous through hormonal contraceptive use, influence emotion regulation, emotional memory, and stress-related biological processes. She integrates behavioral methods with...
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Becky Donelon

Becky Donelon

Advanced Care Paramedic
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

Becky Underwood

PhD Aberystwyth University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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

Benedetta Leuner

Associate Professor The Ohio State University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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

Bernard Le Foll

Chair The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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

Bernd Lenz

Professor of Addiction Research Heidelberg University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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

PhD Student University of Regina Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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

PhD Student Western University Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
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

PhD Student Simon Fraser University Applied (Clinical and Engineering Applications)
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 Arya

Undergraduate Student Nanyang Technological University Discovery (Biological & Genetic Mechanisms)
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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