2023/2024
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Leveraging brain-based predictive modelling to study sex, gender, and behaviour
Speaker: Dr. Elvisha Dhamala, Assistant Professor, Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Director, Brain-Based Predictive Modeling Laboratory
Date: Mon, Sept 25, 2023
How the path to menopause shapes cardiovascular disease risk
Speaker: Dr. Glen Pyle, Professor of Molecular Cardiology & Member of IMPART Network at Dalhousie Medicine
Date: Mon, Oct 23, 2023
Studying sex differences in the human brain: Missteps, motivations, methods, maps, mechanisms and meanings
Speaker: Dr. Armin Raznahan, psychiatrist, Chief of the Section on Developmental Neurogenomics (SDN), Senior Investigator, NIH-Lasker Clinical Research Scholars Program
Date: Mon, Nov 20, 2023
No recording available.
The effects of oral contraceptives on stroke outcomes
Speaker: Dr. Ami Pravinkant Raval, Research Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
Date: Wed, Dec 13, 2023
No recording available.
Pathways from Childhood Abuse to Adulthood Mental Health Outcomes Among Women Living With HIV
Speaker: Dr. Carmen Logie, Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Adjunct Professor, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment & Health
Date: Mon, Jan 29, 2024
No recording available.
Specificity of changes and importance of maternal well-being during pregnancy
Speaker: Dr. Tina Montreuil, Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University
Date: Mon, Mar 11, 2024
Considering sex- and gender-related mechanisms in autism neuroscience
Speaker: Dr. Meng-Chuan Lai, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Staff Psychiatrist, Clinician Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Date: Mon, Apr 15, 2024
2022/2023
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Impact of Physician and Patient Sex on Outcomes after Major Surgery
Speakers: Dr. Angela Jerath, Anaesthesiologist, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia,Sunnybrook Research Institute, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and Dr. Christopher Wallis, Assistant Professor of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto and Urologic Oncologist, Mount Sinai Hospital
Date: Mon, Sept 12, 2022
No recording available.
A Big-Data Approach to Women's Health Research
Speaker: Dr. Ann-Marie de Lange, SNSF Ambizione Fellow, Département des neurosciences cliniques, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)
Date: Mon, Sep 26, 2022
Sex- and Gender-Based Analyses of Chronic Stress and Allostatic Load
Speaker: Dr. Robert-Paul Juster, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Addiction, University of Montreal
Date: Tue, Oct 11, 2022
Sex and Circuits: A Systems Approach for the Identification of Disease States and Novel Targets
Speaker: Dr. Melissa L. Perreault, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences & Adjunct Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph
Date: Mon, Oct 24, 2022
A Tale of Two Mouse Models of Menopause - How Dietary Fatty Acids and Estrogens Interact to Alter Physiology, Behavior, and the Gut Microbiome
Speaker: Dr. Troy A. Roepke, Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, Rutgers University
Date: Mon, Nov 7, 2022
No recording available.
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder: Clinical nuances and research gaps
Speaker: Dr. Benicio Frey, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
Date: Mon, Nov 21, 2022
Asthma in Women: Lessons Learned from Clinical and Animal Studies
Speaker: Dr. Patricia Silveyra, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Indiana University Bloomington
Date: Mon, Dec 5, 2022
Sex Differences in Exercise for Healthy Cognitive Aging
Speaker: Dr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity, Mobility, and Cognitive Health
Date: Mon, Jan 9, 2023
Translating the Spectrum of Sex Differences in Cancer Biology into Sex-Adapted Treatments
Speaker: Dr. Joshua B. Rubin, Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine
Date: Mon, Jan 23, 2023
Genomics of Sex-Specific Phenotypic Variation
Speaker: Dr. Judith Mank, Professor, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Canada 150 Chair
Date: Mon, Feb 6, 2023
Imaiyạchi: Transcending Historical Trauma and Living Ancestral Visions Imagined for Us as Native Women
Speaker: Dr. Karina Walters, Professor, Katherine Hall Chambers Scholar, Co-Director, IWRI, University of Washington, School of Social Work
Date: Mon, Feb 13, 2023
Measures of Success in Science- Moving Towards More Equitable Metrics
Speaker: Dr. Rulan Parekh, Professor, University of Toronto, Vice President Academics, Women's College Hospital
Date: Mon, Mar 6, 2023
Scaling up Psychological Treatments for Perinatal Women Worldwide
Speaker: Dr. Daisy Singla, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Date: Mon, Mar 20, 2023
Postpartum Harm Thoughts, OCD and Infant Safety
Speaker: Dr. Nichole Fairbrother, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Victoria
Date: Mon, Apr 3, 2023
The Impact of Sex, Age, and Stress on Cognitive Bias
Speaker: Dr. Travis Hodges, Assistant Professor at Mount Holyoke College
Date: Mon, Apr 24, 2023
2021/2022
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Substance Use and Schizophrenia: Cracking the Chicken-or-Egg Question
Speaker: Dr. Jibran Y. Khokhar, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph
Date: Mon, Sept 13, 2021
Chronic Physical Conditions and Perinatal Mental Health and Addiction
Speaker: Dr. Hilary Brown, Assistant Professor, Department of Health & Society, University of Toronto Scarborough
Date: Mon, Sept 27, 2021
Sex Differences in Metabolic and Vascular Contributions to Dementia
Speaker: Dr. Kristen Zuloaga, Assistant Professor, Albany Medical Center
Date: Tues, Oct 12, 2021
Menstrual Cycle is a Vital Sign. Period.
Speaker: Dr. Sofia Ahmed, Professor, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services
Date: Mon, Oct 25, 2021
Significance of Sex and Muscle Strength in Understanding Age-related Loss of Force Control
Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Jakobi, Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, UBCO
Date: Mon, Nov 8, 2021
Sex and Gender Differences in Response to Vaccines: Why do Women Experience Greater Adverse Reactions?
Speaker: Dr. Rosemary Morgan, Assistant Scientist, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Date: Mon, Nov 22, 2021
Economic Abuse and Women's Health Outcomes in Ghana
Speaker: Dr. Eric Y. Tenkorang, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date: Mon, Dec 6, 2021
Neuroelectric Markers of the Interaction Between Caffeine and Menstrual Cycle Phase
Speaker: Dr. Derek Fisher, Associate Vice President of Research, Mount Saint Vincent University and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology
Date: Mon, Jan 10, 2022
Insights into Placental Development: Does Genetic Sex Matter?
Speaker: Dr. Alexander Beristain, Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, UBC and an Investigator at BC Children's Hospital
Date: Mon, Jan 24, 2022
Disruptions in Neuroplasticity: When Sex and Parental Experience Collide
Speaker: Dr. Erica R. Glasper, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland
Date: Mon, Feb 7, 2022
Decolonizing Research: Collecting Two-Spirit Data in Culturally Affirming Way
Speaker: Harlan Pruden, Educator, Chee Mamuk, Indigenous Public Health Program, BC Center for Disease Control, Clinical Prevention Services
Date: Mon, Feb 22, 2022
Prenatal Stress and the Developing Brain: From Maternal Microbes to Offspring Microglia
Speaker: Dr. Tamar Gur, Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioural Health, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Date: Mon, Mar 7, 2022
How Stress Impacts the Maternal Brain
Speaker: Dr. Pilyoung Kim, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Denver
Date: Mon, Mar 21, 2022
Making Menopause Metabolic Across Multiple Memory Systems
Speaker: Dr. Donna Korol, Associate Professor, Biology Department, Syracuse University
Date: Tues, Apr 4, 2022
Walking for Brain Health: The Role of Biological Sex and Reproductive Experience on Exercise Efficacy
Speaker: Dr. Cindy Barha, PhD, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia
Date: Mon, Apr 25, 2022
2020/2021
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Microglia and Motherhood: Linking the Neuroimmune System to Plasticity of the Maternal Brain and Postpartum Depression
Speaker: Dr. Benedetta Leuner, Associate Professor of Bheavioural Neuroscience, The Ohio State University
Date: Mon, Apr 19, 2021
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Love, Life, and Family: Safer conception care for HIV sero-different couples who desire children in Uganda
Speaker: Dr. Angela Kaida, Associate Professor, Health Sciences, SFU
Date: Mon, Apr 12, 2021
A Socio-Ecological Approach to the Study of Hormones and Behaviour: Impacts for Women's Health
Speaker: Dr. Annie Duchesne, Ph.D. University of Northern British Columbia, Department of Psychology
Date: Mon, Apr 6, 2021
From Bump to Baby: Women's Sexual Health During the Transition to Parenthood
Speaker: Dr. Samantha Dawson, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of British Colubia
Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2021
Hormones, Brain and Social Cognition
Speaker: Dr. Elena Choleris, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Program, University of Guelph
Date: Mon, Mar 8, 2021
Sex, Gender, Intersectionality and Implementation Science
Speaker: Dr. Ian Graham, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Community Medicine, University of Ottawa
Date: Mon, Feb 22, 2021
Estrogenic Regulation of Memory Consolidation: Neural Mechanisms and Implications for Women's Health
Speaker: Dr. Karyn Frick, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Date: Mon, Feb 8, 2021
Partnering with Policy makers to Make an Impact in Women's Health Research
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Munro, Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, UBC and a Scientist with the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcomes Sciences, UBC
Date: Mon, Jan 25, 2021
Beyond "Women's Cancers"?: How and Why Gender Matters in the Design of Medically and Culturally Competent Cancer Research & Systems of Care
Speaker: Dr. Mary K. Bryson, Professor, Department of Language and Literacy Education (LLED), Faculty of Education, UBC
Date: Mon, Jan 11, 2021
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Intergenerational Transmission of Domestic Violence and Gender: Walking in Their Footsteps
Speaker: Dr. Nisha Malhotra, Faculty member, Vancouver School of Economics, UBC
Date: Mon, Dec 7, 2020
Issues for Adolescent Girls and Young Women with Epilepsy
Speaker: Dr. Anita Datta, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UBC
Date: Mon, Nov 30, 2020
Stress, Reproduction and Beyond
Speaker: Dr. Pablo Nepomnaschy, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU
Date: Mon, Nov 16, 2020
Sex Differences in Ischemic Stroke and the Impact of Menopause
Speaker: Dr. Farida Sohrabji, Regents Professor & Interim Department Head, Texas A&M University
Date: Mon, Oct 19, 2020
Perimenopause - Women's Misunderstood, Confusing and Long Midlife Transition
Speaker: Dr. Jerilynn Prior, Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism, UBC
Date: Mon, Sept 28, 2020
Sex Differences in Brain Aging and Memory-Related Brain Function
Speaker: Dr. Natasha Rajah-Moir, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University
Date: Mon, Sept 14, 2020
2019/2020
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When Love Hurts: Exploring the intersection of intimate partner violence and traumatic brain injury
Speakers: Dr. Paul van Donkelaar, Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, UBCO and Co-founder and Principal Investigator for SOAR (Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research) & Karen Mason, Co-founder and Director of Community Practice for SOAR (Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research) and former Executive Director of Kelowna Women’s Shelter, BC
Date: Mon, Apr 30, 2020 | Location: CBH 101 LT
What do cancer narratives do and why do they do it?
Speaker: Dr. Judy Segal, Professor, Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty Member, Science and Technology Studies Graduate Program, Faculty of Arts, UBC
Date: Mon, Mar 2, 2020 | Location: CBH 101 LT
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure, Fetal Programming and Later Life Vulnerabilities: From Basic Science to Clinical Research
Speaker: Dr. Joanne Weinberg, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, Emerita, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Date: Mon, Feb 24, 2020 | Location: CBH 101 LT
Communicating with new mothers about breastfeeding: A health promotion, health-equity, patient-centred focus
Speaker: Dr. Suzanne Hetzel Campbell, Associate Professor, Applied Science, School of Nursing, UBC
Date: Mon, Feb 3, 2020 | Location: CBH 101 LT
Beyond “Women’s Cancers”?: How and Why Gender Matters in the Design of Medically and Culturally Competent Cancer Research & Systems of Care
Speaker: Dr. Mary K. Bryson, Senior Associate Dean, Administration, Faculty Affairs & Innovation, Faculty of Education, Professor, Department of Language and Literacy Education (LLED), Faculty of Education, UBC
Date: Mon, Jan 20, 2020 | Location: CBH 101 LT
No video available.
Healthy Women, Healthy Economies: Women’s health as a determinant of long-run prosperity
Speaker: Dr. Marina Adshade, Faculty Member, Vancouver School of Economics, UBC
Date: Mon, Jan 6, 2020 | Location: CBH 101 LT
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Peripheral and Central Nervous System Contributors to endometriosis-associated Pain
Speaker: Dr. Paul Yong, Assistant Professor in the UBC Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Research Director and a Gynecologist at the BC Women’s Centre for Pelvic Pain & Endometriosis
Date: Mon, Dec 9, 2019 | Location: CBH 101 LT
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Sex Differences in Acute Coronary Syndromes
Speaker: Dr. Karin H Humphries, Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, UBC, Scientific Director, B.C. Centre for Improved Cardiovascular Health and UBC-Heart and Stroke Foundation Professor in Women’s Cardiovascular Health
Date: Mon, Dec 2,, 2019 | Location: CBH 101 LT
Depression in women: The path from stress to depression
Speaker: Dr. Joelle LeMoult, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at UBC, member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Women’s Health Research Institute, and a Registered Clinical Psychologist
Date: Mon, Nov 25,, 2019 | Location: LSC 1312
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Vitamin Adequacy in Early life for Maternal, Child, and Long-term Health
Speaker: Dr. Yvonne Lamers, Associate Professor, Food, Nutrition and Health, UBC and Canada Research Chair in Human Nutrition and Vitamin Metabolism
Date: Mon, Nov 18,, 2019 | Location: CBH 101 LT
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What can Fruit Flies tell us about the Sex-specific Control of Fat Metabolism?
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Rideout, Assistant Professor in the Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences at UBC, and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar
Date: Mon, Nov 4,, 2019 | Location: CBH 101 LT
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Women and Stroke, and Women in Stroke: Optimizing representation for the best possible outcomes
Speaker: Dr. Thalia Field, Stroke Neurologist and Associate Professor, Division of Neurology at UBC, Postgraduate Program Director and Co-director of Research, Vancouver Stroke Program
Date: Mon, Oct 28,, 2019 | Location: CBH 101 LT
The Long and Short of it: Neurobiology of Pregnancy and Motherhood
Speaker: Dr. Liisa Galea, Professor in the Department of Psychology, member of the Centre for Brain Health, Director of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience at UBC, and Scientific Advisor at Women’s Health Research Institute
Date: Wed, Oct 16,, 2019 | Location: CBH 101 LT
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Women's Sexual Health
Speaker: Dr. Lori Brotto, Executive Director of the Women’s Health Research Institute at BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre. Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, with a Joint Appointment in the Department of Psychiatry, UBC
Date: Mon, Sept 30, 2019 | Location: CBH 101 LT
Lost in Translation? The case for Women’s Health Research
Speaker: Dr. Liisa Galea, Professor in the Department of Psychology, member of the Centre for Brain Health, Director of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience at UBC, and Scientific Advisor at Women’s Health Research Institute
Date: Mon, Sept 23, 2019 | Location: CBH 101 LT