S1 E1: Why Focusing on Sex Differences is Not the Full Answer for Better Women’s Health

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Links to the resources mentioned in this episode:

“The Research Divide” https://assets.bcwomensfoundation.org/2020/11/02162501/BCWHF-The-Research-Divide-2020.pdf

“In Her Words: Women’s Experience with the Healthcare System in BC” https://www.bcwomensfoundation.org/inherwords/

"Ms.Understood: Women’s hearts are victims of a system that is ill-equipped to diagnose, treat and support them"

https://www.heartandstroke.ca/-/media/pdf-files/canada/2018-heart-month/hs_2018-heart-report_en.ashx

Biographies:

Dr. Liisa Galea is a Professor in the Department of Psychology, Health Advisor to VPRI, member of the Centre for Brain Health, Director of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience, and Lead of the Women’s Health Research Cluster at UBC. She is also a Scientific Advisor at Women’s Health Research Institute at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Galea has her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Western Ontario and was a Postdoctoral fellow from The Rockefeller University.

Dr. Galea’s research investigates how sex hormones influence brain health and disease in both females and males. The main goal of her research is to improve brain health for women and men by examining the influence of sex and sex hormones.

Dr. Victoria Gay is the Senior Director of strategy at BC Women’s Health Foundation. Victoria has a PhD from University College London and 15 years’ experience in research, strategy and innovation, across multiple sectors. Since joining the Foundation in 2018, Victoria has been instrumental in driving the BC Women's Health Foundation from a foundation that served BC Women's Hospital to a provincial foundation dedicated to improving women's health. She leads the Research, Innovation, Education + Awareness portfolios and associated strategic partnerships. She has also been heavily involved in the Foundation's advocacy efforts these past few years to encourage transformational investments in research, policy and practice.

Additional thanks to Tallinn Splinter, Alex Lukey, Dr. Travis Hodges, Katherine Moore, and UBC Medicine Digital Solutions: Ed Tech's Stephen Gillis.

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