Women's Health Research Cluster
@whrcluster.bsky.social
We are a multidisciplinary network of researchers & stakeholders that catalyzes, expands and promotes impactful research to advance women's health.
Canada hasn’t updated its national women’s health strategy since 1999.
In our new episode, Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social talks with
Jennifer Gillivan about bias in research, and why it’s time to mobilize to equalize.
🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/tsrw50Xy8q9
In our new episode, Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social talks with
Jennifer Gillivan about bias in research, and why it’s time to mobilize to equalize.
🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/tsrw50Xy8q9
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Canada hasn’t updated its national women’s health strategy since 1999.
In our new episode, Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social talks with
Jennifer Gillivan about bias in research, and why it’s time to mobilize to equalize.
🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/tsrw50Xy8q9
In our new episode, Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social talks with
Jennifer Gillivan about bias in research, and why it’s time to mobilize to equalize.
🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/tsrw50Xy8q9
A new report from the McKinsey Health Institute shows the women’s health gap isn’t closing.
Want to help push for change?
📣 Use our Advocacy Toolkit to take action today: womenshealthresearchcluster.com/advocacy/
#WomensHealth #HealthEquity
Want to help push for change?
📣 Use our Advocacy Toolkit to take action today: womenshealthresearchcluster.com/advocacy/
#WomensHealth #HealthEquity
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A new report from the McKinsey Health Institute shows the women’s health gap isn’t closing.
Want to help push for change?
📣 Use our Advocacy Toolkit to take action today: womenshealthresearchcluster.com/advocacy/
#WomensHealth #HealthEquity
Want to help push for change?
📣 Use our Advocacy Toolkit to take action today: womenshealthresearchcluster.com/advocacy/
#WomensHealth #HealthEquity
This week on the podcast, Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social talks to Prof Siobhain O'Mahony about gut health, and why it should matter to women.
🎧 Listen now to Episode 7
ow.ly/QeYw50Xu32Z
#WomensHealth #Microbiome #GutHealth
🎧 Listen now to Episode 7
ow.ly/QeYw50Xu32Z
#WomensHealth #Microbiome #GutHealth
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This week on the podcast, Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social talks to Prof Siobhain O'Mahony about gut health, and why it should matter to women.
🎧 Listen now to Episode 7
ow.ly/QeYw50Xu32Z
#WomensHealth #Microbiome #GutHealth
🎧 Listen now to Episode 7
ow.ly/QeYw50Xu32Z
#WomensHealth #Microbiome #GutHealth
Did you miss the Nov 14th presentations on Hormonal Contraceptives? Want to catch up on the latest trainee research? The recording is up on our YouTube channel!
Watch now: ow.ly/pr5h50Xt27F
#HormonalContraceptives #BirthControl
Watch now: ow.ly/pr5h50Xt27F
#HormonalContraceptives #BirthControl
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Did you miss the Nov 14th presentations on Hormonal Contraceptives? Want to catch up on the latest trainee research? The recording is up on our YouTube channel!
Watch now: ow.ly/pr5h50Xt27F
#HormonalContraceptives #BirthControl
Watch now: ow.ly/pr5h50Xt27F
#HormonalContraceptives #BirthControl
Looking forward to Dr. Srivastava’s (@ncndgroup.bsky.social) talk for today’s #WHSS on the latest research from his group on using #brain #organoids to study #sexdifferences and effects of #estradiol during human #neurodevelopment 🤩 Follow along for some highlights!
How do our brains develop differently depending on sex — and what role do estrogens play? 🧠
Join Dr. Deepak Srivastava (King's College London) Nov 18 for our next Women’s Health Seminar!
7am PDT / 10am EDT
🔗 Register: ow.ly/aXWX50Xl4nO
#womenshealthresearch #neuroscience
Join Dr. Deepak Srivastava (King's College London) Nov 18 for our next Women’s Health Seminar!
7am PDT / 10am EDT
🔗 Register: ow.ly/aXWX50Xl4nO
#womenshealthresearch #neuroscience
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Looking forward to Dr. Srivastava’s (@ncndgroup.bsky.social) talk for today’s #WHSS on the latest research from his group on using #brain #organoids to study #sexdifferences and effects of #estradiol during human #neurodevelopment 🤩 Follow along for some highlights!
⏳ One week left!
Apply for WHRC’s $250 Trainee Travel Award to support your conference travel.
Deadline: Nov 21, 2025
🔗 ow.ly/uqNb50XjWiO
Apply for WHRC’s $250 Trainee Travel Award to support your conference travel.
Deadline: Nov 21, 2025
🔗 ow.ly/uqNb50XjWiO
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
⏳ One week left!
Apply for WHRC’s $250 Trainee Travel Award to support your conference travel.
Deadline: Nov 21, 2025
🔗 ow.ly/uqNb50XjWiO
Apply for WHRC’s $250 Trainee Travel Award to support your conference travel.
Deadline: Nov 21, 2025
🔗 ow.ly/uqNb50XjWiO
Triple-negative breast cancer is the deadliest subtype, and it needs new solutions.
A promising tactic: remove the “oil” that fuels tumour growth.
Read the blog: ow.ly/zhjU50XrNma
#CancerResearch #WomensHealth
A promising tactic: remove the “oil” that fuels tumour growth.
Read the blog: ow.ly/zhjU50XrNma
#CancerResearch #WomensHealth
November 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Triple-negative breast cancer is the deadliest subtype, and it needs new solutions.
A promising tactic: remove the “oil” that fuels tumour growth.
Read the blog: ow.ly/zhjU50XrNma
#CancerResearch #WomensHealth
A promising tactic: remove the “oil” that fuels tumour growth.
Read the blog: ow.ly/zhjU50XrNma
#CancerResearch #WomensHealth
Congratulations to Dr. Bernard Le Foll (@camhnews.bsky.social), newly elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences! 🎉
His research is transforming addiction care and revealing how sex & gender shape substance use & treatment outcomes.
#CAHSFellow
His research is transforming addiction care and revealing how sex & gender shape substance use & treatment outcomes.
#CAHSFellow
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Bernard Le Foll (@camhnews.bsky.social), newly elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences! 🎉
His research is transforming addiction care and revealing how sex & gender shape substance use & treatment outcomes.
#CAHSFellow
His research is transforming addiction care and revealing how sex & gender shape substance use & treatment outcomes.
#CAHSFellow
Your period is more than a monthly event, it’s a vital sign.
In our latest episode, Dr. Sofia Ahmed explains how menstrual cycles reveal deeper insights into women’s health.
🎧 Listen now: Women’s Health Interrupted
🔗https://ow.ly/o5XG50Xqv95
#WomensHealth #MenstrualHealth
In our latest episode, Dr. Sofia Ahmed explains how menstrual cycles reveal deeper insights into women’s health.
🎧 Listen now: Women’s Health Interrupted
🔗https://ow.ly/o5XG50Xqv95
#WomensHealth #MenstrualHealth
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Your period is more than a monthly event, it’s a vital sign.
In our latest episode, Dr. Sofia Ahmed explains how menstrual cycles reveal deeper insights into women’s health.
🎧 Listen now: Women’s Health Interrupted
🔗https://ow.ly/o5XG50Xqv95
#WomensHealth #MenstrualHealth
In our latest episode, Dr. Sofia Ahmed explains how menstrual cycles reveal deeper insights into women’s health.
🎧 Listen now: Women’s Health Interrupted
🔗https://ow.ly/o5XG50Xqv95
#WomensHealth #MenstrualHealth
1 week to go! 🗓️
Join us Nov 14 at 1PM EST for Trainee Research Presentations: Hormonal Contraceptives — Insights from Across the Field.
Fresh insights from emerging contraception researchers 👉 ow.ly/PCq850XgSq2
Join us Nov 14 at 1PM EST for Trainee Research Presentations: Hormonal Contraceptives — Insights from Across the Field.
Fresh insights from emerging contraception researchers 👉 ow.ly/PCq850XgSq2
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
1 week to go! 🗓️
Join us Nov 14 at 1PM EST for Trainee Research Presentations: Hormonal Contraceptives — Insights from Across the Field.
Fresh insights from emerging contraception researchers 👉 ow.ly/PCq850XgSq2
Join us Nov 14 at 1PM EST for Trainee Research Presentations: Hormonal Contraceptives — Insights from Across the Field.
Fresh insights from emerging contraception researchers 👉 ow.ly/PCq850XgSq2
How do our brains develop differently depending on sex — and what role do estrogens play? 🧠
Join Dr. Deepak Srivastava (King's College London) Nov 18 for our next Women’s Health Seminar!
7am PDT / 10am EDT
🔗 Register: ow.ly/aXWX50Xl4nO
#womenshealthresearch #neuroscience
Join Dr. Deepak Srivastava (King's College London) Nov 18 for our next Women’s Health Seminar!
7am PDT / 10am EDT
🔗 Register: ow.ly/aXWX50Xl4nO
#womenshealthresearch #neuroscience
November 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How do our brains develop differently depending on sex — and what role do estrogens play? 🧠
Join Dr. Deepak Srivastava (King's College London) Nov 18 for our next Women’s Health Seminar!
7am PDT / 10am EDT
🔗 Register: ow.ly/aXWX50Xl4nO
#womenshealthresearch #neuroscience
Join Dr. Deepak Srivastava (King's College London) Nov 18 for our next Women’s Health Seminar!
7am PDT / 10am EDT
🔗 Register: ow.ly/aXWX50Xl4nO
#womenshealthresearch #neuroscience
Can birth control really change your mood?
This week on the podcast, Dr. Inger Sundström Poromaa & Dr.
@liisagalea.bsky.social discuss how hormones shape mental health, and why women deserve better answers.
🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify
🔗https://ow.ly/x0Iq50Xn3fz
#Hormones #PMDD
This week on the podcast, Dr. Inger Sundström Poromaa & Dr.
@liisagalea.bsky.social discuss how hormones shape mental health, and why women deserve better answers.
🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify
🔗https://ow.ly/x0Iq50Xn3fz
#Hormones #PMDD
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Can birth control really change your mood?
This week on the podcast, Dr. Inger Sundström Poromaa & Dr.
@liisagalea.bsky.social discuss how hormones shape mental health, and why women deserve better answers.
🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify
🔗https://ow.ly/x0Iq50Xn3fz
#Hormones #PMDD
This week on the podcast, Dr. Inger Sundström Poromaa & Dr.
@liisagalea.bsky.social discuss how hormones shape mental health, and why women deserve better answers.
🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify
🔗https://ow.ly/x0Iq50Xn3fz
#Hormones #PMDD
Need funding to attend your next conference? 🎓
Trainees can apply for a $250 Travel Award to support women’s health and sex/gender research travel.
Apply by Nov 21, 2025
🔗 ow.ly/4a1z50XjVO6
Trainees can apply for a $250 Travel Award to support women’s health and sex/gender research travel.
Apply by Nov 21, 2025
🔗 ow.ly/4a1z50XjVO6
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Need funding to attend your next conference? 🎓
Trainees can apply for a $250 Travel Award to support women’s health and sex/gender research travel.
Apply by Nov 21, 2025
🔗 ow.ly/4a1z50XjVO6
Trainees can apply for a $250 Travel Award to support women’s health and sex/gender research travel.
Apply by Nov 21, 2025
🔗 ow.ly/4a1z50XjVO6
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While you are all waiting for treat or treaters & the blue jay game … take a look at our newest from
@bonniee-leee.bsky.social where we look at neural networks in middle aged female rats based on APOE genotype and parity history www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@bonniee-leee.bsky.social where we look at neural networks in middle aged female rats based on APOE genotype and parity history www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sex-specific factors and APOEε4 genotype alter functional connectivity at middle age
Cognitive aging is influenced by sex and sex-specific factors. Indeed, research has shown that parity (pregnancy and parenthood) uniquely alters bioma…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
While you are all waiting for treat or treaters & the blue jay game … take a look at our newest from
@bonniee-leee.bsky.social where we look at neural networks in middle aged female rats based on APOE genotype and parity history www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@bonniee-leee.bsky.social where we look at neural networks in middle aged female rats based on APOE genotype and parity history www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How do we change this? 📷
- Invest in dedicated funding for women’s health
- Go beyond SGBA to integrate sex, gender & 2S/LGBTQI+ research
- Highlight women’s health through special journal issues and collaborations
- Invest in dedicated funding for women’s health
- Go beyond SGBA to integrate sex, gender & 2S/LGBTQI+ research
- Highlight women’s health through special journal issues and collaborations
October 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
How do we change this? 📷
- Invest in dedicated funding for women’s health
- Go beyond SGBA to integrate sex, gender & 2S/LGBTQI+ research
- Highlight women’s health through special journal issues and collaborations
- Invest in dedicated funding for women’s health
- Go beyond SGBA to integrate sex, gender & 2S/LGBTQI+ research
- Highlight women’s health through special journal issues and collaborations
Women experience delayed diagnoses, more adverse drug effects, and spend 25% more time in poor health than men. Yet only 4.5% of CIHR-funded projects over 15 yrs addressed major health burdens affecting women.
📚 Learn more: ow.ly/Cqjx50XkANC
📚 Learn more: ow.ly/Cqjx50XkANC
October 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Women experience delayed diagnoses, more adverse drug effects, and spend 25% more time in poor health than men. Yet only 4.5% of CIHR-funded projects over 15 yrs addressed major health burdens affecting women.
📚 Learn more: ow.ly/Cqjx50XkANC
📚 Learn more: ow.ly/Cqjx50XkANC
No jump scares here—just the unsettling truth. 👻
Endometriosis is understudied, misunderstood, and may affect the brain.
Read more: ow.ly/EQf750XjRXB
#WomensHealth #Endometriosis #Research
Endometriosis is understudied, misunderstood, and may affect the brain.
Read more: ow.ly/EQf750XjRXB
#WomensHealth #Endometriosis #Research
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
No jump scares here—just the unsettling truth. 👻
Endometriosis is understudied, misunderstood, and may affect the brain.
Read more: ow.ly/EQf750XjRXB
#WomensHealth #Endometriosis #Research
Endometriosis is understudied, misunderstood, and may affect the brain.
Read more: ow.ly/EQf750XjRXB
#WomensHealth #Endometriosis #Research
“My goal for this award is to encourage research in women’s health and help women live healthier and happier lives.” – Holly Ewanyshyn
Tomorrow is the final day to apply for the $2,000 Women’s Health Equity Graduate Research Award!
ow.ly/5hgx50X9lu3
#WomensHealth
Tomorrow is the final day to apply for the $2,000 Women’s Health Equity Graduate Research Award!
ow.ly/5hgx50X9lu3
#WomensHealth
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“My goal for this award is to encourage research in women’s health and help women live healthier and happier lives.” – Holly Ewanyshyn
Tomorrow is the final day to apply for the $2,000 Women’s Health Equity Graduate Research Award!
ow.ly/5hgx50X9lu3
#WomensHealth
Tomorrow is the final day to apply for the $2,000 Women’s Health Equity Graduate Research Award!
ow.ly/5hgx50X9lu3
#WomensHealth
🚨 Applications are open!
WHRC members can apply for a $250 Trainee Travel Award to attend or present at a women’s health or sex/gender conference.
Deadline: Nov 21, 2025
🔗 ow.ly/KnpP50XjVyA
WHRC members can apply for a $250 Trainee Travel Award to attend or present at a women’s health or sex/gender conference.
Deadline: Nov 21, 2025
🔗 ow.ly/KnpP50XjVyA
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🚨 Applications are open!
WHRC members can apply for a $250 Trainee Travel Award to attend or present at a women’s health or sex/gender conference.
Deadline: Nov 21, 2025
🔗 ow.ly/KnpP50XjVyA
WHRC members can apply for a $250 Trainee Travel Award to attend or present at a women’s health or sex/gender conference.
Deadline: Nov 21, 2025
🔗 ow.ly/KnpP50XjVyA
Why do women often have more severe strokes than men? 🧠
Dr. Farida Sohrabji joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to unpack sex differences, estrogens, & gut health in stroke.
ow.ly/zFSJ50XjGLT
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Stroke
Dr. Farida Sohrabji joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to unpack sex differences, estrogens, & gut health in stroke.
ow.ly/zFSJ50XjGLT
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Stroke
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Why do women often have more severe strokes than men? 🧠
Dr. Farida Sohrabji joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to unpack sex differences, estrogens, & gut health in stroke.
ow.ly/zFSJ50XjGLT
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Stroke
Dr. Farida Sohrabji joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to unpack sex differences, estrogens, & gut health in stroke.
ow.ly/zFSJ50XjGLT
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Stroke
Hormonal contraception—from brain to policy.
Join us Nov 14 | 1 PM EST for “Hormonal Contraceptives: Insights from Across the Field” featuring emerging researchers on access, mental health & more.
💻 Free | Register: ow.ly/JX9L50XfOpW
#WomensHealthResearch #Contraception
Join us Nov 14 | 1 PM EST for “Hormonal Contraceptives: Insights from Across the Field” featuring emerging researchers on access, mental health & more.
💻 Free | Register: ow.ly/JX9L50XfOpW
#WomensHealthResearch #Contraception
October 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Hormonal contraception—from brain to policy.
Join us Nov 14 | 1 PM EST for “Hormonal Contraceptives: Insights from Across the Field” featuring emerging researchers on access, mental health & more.
💻 Free | Register: ow.ly/JX9L50XfOpW
#WomensHealthResearch #Contraception
Join us Nov 14 | 1 PM EST for “Hormonal Contraceptives: Insights from Across the Field” featuring emerging researchers on access, mental health & more.
💻 Free | Register: ow.ly/JX9L50XfOpW
#WomensHealthResearch #Contraception
💡 Can menopausal #hormonetherapy (MHT) and #statins be safely used together? 💡
A new study led by Dr. Alex Lukey found that when started before age 60, MHT did not increase the risk of heart events or death in people using statins for primary prevention 🫀
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5TQ28...
A new study led by Dr. Alex Lukey found that when started before age 60, MHT did not increase the risk of heart events or death in people using statins for primary prevention 🫀
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5TQ28...
October 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
💡 Can menopausal #hormonetherapy (MHT) and #statins be safely used together? 💡
A new study led by Dr. Alex Lukey found that when started before age 60, MHT did not increase the risk of heart events or death in people using statins for primary prevention 🫀
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5TQ28...
A new study led by Dr. Alex Lukey found that when started before age 60, MHT did not increase the risk of heart events or death in people using statins for primary prevention 🫀
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5TQ28...
Menopause. Not a secret. Not a sentence. A stage — and it deserves support.
🎧 Shirley Weir joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to bust myths & spark better conversations.
ow.ly/x3hR50XgeFP
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Menopause
🎧 Shirley Weir joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to bust myths & spark better conversations.
ow.ly/x3hR50XgeFP
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Menopause
October 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Menopause. Not a secret. Not a sentence. A stage — and it deserves support.
🎧 Shirley Weir joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to bust myths & spark better conversations.
ow.ly/x3hR50XgeFP
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Menopause
🎧 Shirley Weir joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to bust myths & spark better conversations.
ow.ly/x3hR50XgeFP
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Menopause
It’s #MenopauseMonth, and we’re back with part 2 of our myth-busting series on #menopause! 🌸
💬 Myth: Natural remedies are better than menopausal hormone therapy (MHT).
📚 Truth: They may ease stress, but don't match the benefits of MHT.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/oZ3c50XfRUe
💬 Myth: Natural remedies are better than menopausal hormone therapy (MHT).
📚 Truth: They may ease stress, but don't match the benefits of MHT.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/oZ3c50XfRUe
October 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It’s #MenopauseMonth, and we’re back with part 2 of our myth-busting series on #menopause! 🌸
💬 Myth: Natural remedies are better than menopausal hormone therapy (MHT).
📚 Truth: They may ease stress, but don't match the benefits of MHT.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/oZ3c50XfRUe
💬 Myth: Natural remedies are better than menopausal hormone therapy (MHT).
📚 Truth: They may ease stress, but don't match the benefits of MHT.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/oZ3c50XfRUe
Missed Dr. Tory Eisenlohr-Moul’s #WHSS talk?
The recording is now up on YouTube! 🎥
💡 Dimensional Affective Sensitivity to Hormones across the Menstrual Cycle
Watch here ⬇️ https://ow.ly/XG2K50Xf7MN
#MenstrualCycle #HormoneResearch
The recording is now up on YouTube! 🎥
💡 Dimensional Affective Sensitivity to Hormones across the Menstrual Cycle
Watch here ⬇️ https://ow.ly/XG2K50Xf7MN
#MenstrualCycle #HormoneResearch
October 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Missed Dr. Tory Eisenlohr-Moul’s #WHSS talk?
The recording is now up on YouTube! 🎥
💡 Dimensional Affective Sensitivity to Hormones across the Menstrual Cycle
Watch here ⬇️ https://ow.ly/XG2K50Xf7MN
#MenstrualCycle #HormoneResearch
The recording is now up on YouTube! 🎥
💡 Dimensional Affective Sensitivity to Hormones across the Menstrual Cycle
Watch here ⬇️ https://ow.ly/XG2K50Xf7MN
#MenstrualCycle #HormoneResearch