Dr. Liisa Galea
@liisagalea
Mom, Neuroscientist, Scientific Truth Advocate. CAMH, Treliving Family Chair, U Toronto, Pres OSSD, Ed FIN, Women's Health Cluster She/her #BlackLivesMatter
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Yes this work was 100% funded by NSERC! ❤️❤️❤️ NSERC’s support for basic research is so appreciated (& IMHO vital to the 🇨🇦 research ecosystem! I’m so thankful for NSERC / CRSNG support throughout my career.
oohhh can't wait to dive into this paper with the always brilliant Cognitive Neuroendocrinology 2 quick lessons 4 neuroimagers: 1) stop controlling for sex & 2) sex hormone status matters for human brain microstructure particularly paralimbic areas & hippocampus: nature.com/articles/s4146…
Hot from the lab oven♨️ Long-term effects of peripubertal #stress on thalamic reticular nucleus of male & female 🐭. Spoiler: Females more vulnerable. doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.… So happy to collaborate again w Carmen Sandi 😀 CIBERSAM INCLIVA UCC+i UV Red Española de Investigación en Estrés
📢Mark your calendars and help us spread the word for the next speaker in the Bowers WBHI Seminar Series! Prof. Adrienne Beltz joins us from University of Michigan on Monday, Sept 9 at 8am PST/11am EST to discuss her rigorous body of work on hormonal contraceptives.
Fantastic that world leading research groups now focus on #Heart #Health in #women. So important for reducing #cvd in #women. Congratulations Philippe Pibarot Femaleheart
It’s finally September✨ Which means in a few short weeks, I’ll be hosting these brilliant #BlackInNeuro Scientists for the first #BlackExcellenceInNeuroScience symposium 🎉 This two-day in-person event is a labor of love 💗 Thrilled to see it come to fruition 😍 University of Minnesota Neuroscience 🧠
Does being pair-bonded keep you young ? Lindsay Sailer 🧠🇭🇳 et al explored this question in #PrairieVoles in our recent paper in Scientific Reports In short: Not really. BUT we did establish a VoleClock and found several genes strongly associated with bonding! nature.com/articles/s4159….
Calling all postdocs with a focus on women’s health - the 2025 #womenmind award is now taking applications! Lots of other great opportunities here at CAMH Research too 🧐🧠👩🎓
Join us & register at Women's Brain Health Rounds utoronto.zoom.us/j/88605187329 Meeting ID: 886 0518 7329 Friday Sept 20th 12pm ET to hear about #bigdata & #womensbrainhealth UK Biobank with Dr. Claudia Barth (Dr. Claudia Barth) on #aging #femalebrain #cognitive & Dr. Dongshan Zhu on
So excited to receive Kirsty Duncan‘s new book - The Exclusion Effect: How The Sciences Discourage Girls & Women & What To Do About It. Such a compelling and personal read, an important book for our time written by one of Canada’s true champions of science and equity.
Our #WHSS features timely topics in #womenshealth research from international experts like Drs. Dana Ross, Susana Carmona (neuromaternal), Jennifer Rabin, PhD, and Arpana Church 🤗 Check out our complete program and register to secure your spot here: ow.ly/HRQA50T4GhH
I was honoured to share the stage with Justin Matheson, PhD (he/they) 🏳️🌈 at CAN ACN in Vancouver. Justin has such an imp message it needs to be heard. Women's Health Research Cluster is thrilled to spotlight Justin & their work👏🏼👏🏼