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January 15, 2021

Women's Health in Review: 2020

Authors: Arrthy Thayaparan and Alex Lukey (Blog Coordinators)

With the dawn of a new year, many are hoping to move past the tumultuous events of 2020. But who can blame them? 2020 will be memorialized in future history books as the year the world came crashing...
December 25, 2020

Behind the Science with Bonnie Lee

Authors: Arrthy Thayaparan and Alex Lukey (Blog Coordinators) Interviewing: Bonnie Lee, PhD Student, UBC 

At the Women’s Health Research Cluster, we strive to close the gaps in communication and knowledge between the public and...
December 14, 2020

Women's Brain Health Series: Symposium 2 Summary

Author: Alex Lukey (@AlexandraLukey) - Registered Nurse, Master of Science in Nursing (UBC) and WHRC Blog Coordinator

This past year has been a time of unprecedented change and constant adjustments. For the Women’s Health Research Cluster (WHRC) a lot of our...
November 25, 2020

The pandemic is taking women’s breath away: Intimate partner violence and strangulation on the rise during Covid-19

Author: Karen Mason, Co-founder of SOAR (Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research)

Since Covid-19 and its lockdowns first threw a giant wrench in our collective lives more than eight months ago, news headlines around the world have echoed a...
November 12, 2020

Sex Differences Are No Afterthought

Authors:  Jolande Fooken, Xiuyun Wu, & Doris Chow

In recent years more scientists have advocated an increased focus on the role of sex and gender differences in neuroscience research. Specifically, it is important to study sex-related mechanisms in the...
October 29, 2020

Barriers in Transgender Research

Author: Keila Turino Miranda, BSc Honours in Pharmacology, University of Alberta, Twitter: @keila_turino

The transgender community is a growing and underserved population estimated to reach over one million in the USA alone.[1] In comparison to their cis-...
August 12, 2020

Sex/Gender Research: Resources for the Early Integrator to the Advanced Champion

Author: Jennifer Williams, PhD Candidate, McMaster University | Twitter: @jennyswilliams

The importance of integrating sex/gender in health research has been evident in the calls for action by researchers, funding organizations, and peer-reviewed journals alike. Especially in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, this remains at the forefront of study design, illuminated recently by the first of the Women's Health Research Cluster blogs...
July 22, 2020

Violence against women escalates as we flatten the curve for the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors: Nisha Malhotra (PhD, School of Economics, UBC) & Karen Mason (Co-Founder, SOAR)

Every day, headlines of violence broadcast news from around the globe...
July 7, 2020

Pregnancy and Mental Health: New Research Paves the Way for Better Treatment

Authors: Wansu Qiu (Ph.D. candidate), Liisa A.M. Galea (PhD, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Department of Psychology. Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia) & Katherine Moore (Adv. Dip., BA)

Pregnancy and...
June 25, 2020

Diversity in Academia: Personal Experience & Advice from a Post Doctoral Fellow

Hi everyone! My name is Dr. Travis E. Hodges and I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself to you and share a little of my personal journey in my academic career. I was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where I also did my undergraduate studies. I completed graduate...
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