Why does Canada need a national women's health strategy? I'll be discussing this tomorrow on The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn at 7:20 am PST/10:20 am EST. Tune in & listen 👇🏼 www.cbc.ca/listen/live-... #HerHealthMatters #WomensHealth #Research

Happy holidays!

#poinsettia #Christmas #chinampas #Xochimilco

Dr Mashouri did an excellent job advancing women's health through research & public engagement. Here are the core studies for her PhD👇🏼. Email for PDF copies ([email protected]). www.maturitas.org/article/S037... physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/... cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

Sharing this here at the request of Dr. Florian Krammer: semmelweisinstitute.ac.at/training-car...

The data are clear: COVID-vaccination protects against severe disease during pregnancy & reduces preterm birth. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Come work with us. Huge strengths in MRI, neuroscience and musculoskeletal health and their intersections such as pain, child development or ageing. Preclinical and clinical research and translation are also big opportunities. Shoot me a note if you have questions.

Took this picture for my band's first album cover. On a related note: anyone want to start a mariachi band?

Kudos to Life Sciences Ontario for putting together a fantastic panel discussion & networking event focusing on #WomensHealth. From business leaders to clinicians & policy makers, it's always inspiring to learn from & engage with such a diversity of voices. #HerHealthMatters

I am happy to announce that starting in January, I will be joining the board of Interval House Hamilton. From support to advocacy & education, Interval House is at the forefront of efforts to fight the public health epidemic of intimate partner & family abuse. intervalhousehamilton.org

To those who say Canadians are exaggerating when we say living next to the US is like living in an apartment above a meth lab: They are literally giving alligators methamphetamines.

Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz #December6 #EndGenderBasedViolence

Back from a fantastic trip to Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. It was great to see a campus full of activities focused on women's health & health equity. An inspiring start to #16DaysOfActivism. #WomensRights #HealthEquity #HerHealthMatters #EndGBV

Just when you thought these loons couldn't get any dumber....

Anti-vaxxers bear some responsibility for low HPV vaccination rates, but so too do the governments & academic institutions who refuse to speak up about misinformation. A well made point by @theglobeandmail.com. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...

Excited to post kid #1's first peer-reviewed paper 🧑‍🔬 What started as a 4th year project to design a biosensor to disease markers turned into a review article🧬 Next step, grad school applications. www.mdpi.com/2673-3293/6/...

Autumn night in Hamilton

🍁5138 people have contracted measles in Canada this year 🍁4550 of them were unvaccinated or under-vaccinated 🍁16 cases were newborn babies congenitally infected 🍁2 people died No, immigrants are not to blame. Yes, anti-vaxxers are. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

Women's health is unnoticed, unfunded, & unappreciated. It's time for Canada to develop a national women's health strategy. Dr Sofia Ahmed & I present a plan to increase women's health research in this @healthydebate.bsky.social article. healthydebate.ca/2025/11/topi...

Yes, medical schools should increase content & training about women's health, but so should universities in general & school boards. Women's health isn't a niche. It should be part of the curriculum across the spectrum of education. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

It was a great night celebrating Royal City Science's 5th anniversary w/ Nobel Laureate Dr. Donna Strickland & Quirks & Quarks' Bob McDonald. From a call to ⬆️ basic science funding to inspiring stories about overcoming obstacles, it was an evening of great discussion & amazing stories.

If you know an anti-vaxxer, you can congratulate them on this hard-earned "win". Honourable mentions to the universities & political leaders who have been so instrumental in making it easier for them to succeed. This was truly a team effort. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

What is there to do in #Guelph on a Monday night in November? How about enjoying volcanic infused beer with 2 🇨🇦 science icons: Dr Donna Strickland & Bob McDonald. 3 if you count Orbax. Still tickets left to celebrate Royal City Science's 5th anniversary!👇🏼 www.eventbrite.ca/e/light-soun...

So, it turns out that the "experts" who said COVID was harmless for kids & that the vaccines were dangerous were wrong. Who could have predicted that these grifting charlatans could be so off-base? Oh yeah...anyone with a basic understanding of science. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

How great is the HPV vaccine? It can even ⬇️ the risk of cervical cancer when given after precancerous cells are found. I wonder why RFK Jr isn't talking about this study.🤔 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Only 3 women have won the Nobel Prize in Physics, & Canadian Dr Donna Strickland is one of them. On November 10, come & hear Dr Strickland at Royal City Science's 5th Anniversary celebration at the Guelph Youth Music Centre. #STEM #NobelPrize #Guelph www.eventbrite.ca/e/light-soun...

A fantastic 3 days of #WomensHealth at the @apsphysiology.bsky.social #APSSexDiff2025 meeting. We were excited to share our work on #IPV & #CVD in women, & the discussions were so engaging. Finally, New Orleans (specifically @tulaneu.bsky.social & @tulanemedicine.bsky.social) were great hosts.

Seriously?

Per @chicagotribune.com, the pajama-pants-guy is a former county prosecutor. And he had some things to say. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/25/c...

Why yes I did wear my Blue Jays jersey to #APSSexDiff2025.

Kicking off day 2 of #APSSexDiff2025 in #NOLA.

Checking out the sights of New Orleans before the start of #APSSexDiff2025.

Oh look: another study showing mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are safe. 🔹1 585 883 people 🔹no ⬆️ among 29 adverse events jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

📅 Save the Date for our next Cardiac Rehabilitation Rounds: Nov. 24, 2025. Please join us in-person (for big screen viewing) or virtually to welcome Dr. Ollie Jay from the University of Sydney for "Safeguarding Health from Extreme Heat Across the Human Lifespan" To register: 🔗 : shorturl.at/4tHKy

#WantItAll #LetsGoBlueJays #PlayBall #ALCS2025

A great evening to support Indigenous health in Hamilton & to celebrate the new Biindigen Wellbeing Centre.

Bamboo forest

#HappyThanksgiving #Harvest #FarmersFeedCities

The countdown is on. #WantItAll #ALCS #LetsGoBlueJays

Between blaming "promiscuous" women for cervical cancer & thinking that a fetus develops in the placenta, it is clear that women should not be taking medical advice from RFF Jr & his anti-vaxx minions. On second thought, no one should follow the advice of these buffoons.

SARS-CoV-2 reinfection of children & adolescents increases the risk of Long COVID. Vaccination decreases the risk of reinfection. This study shows that COVID isn't harmless in kids & that vaccines protect. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Back to the lab after a week at Dalhousie University, connecting & reconnecting with researchers & collaborators, & talking about women's health.

I'm not missing @bluejays.com baseball for anything. #GoJaysGo #MLBPlayoffs

Switched offices for today. I prefer this view.

Checking out some of Canada's best soccer players at the @hfxtidesfc.bsky.social @nsl.ca match.

In case you thought President Trump's misinformation about Tylenol, autism, & pregnancy was unusual, it wasn't. Misinformation about women's health is spreading & it's dangerous. www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/art...

The biggest threat to women's heart health is a lack of knowledge, of their biology & their risks. @heartandstroke.bsky.social has supported women's health research & now they have a tool that empowers women to gain the knowledge to understand their risks. www.heartandstroke.ca/healthy-livi...

How does menopause impact skeletal muscle? Our latest collaboration with Paris Mashouri of @geoffpower.bsky.social's lab uses a unique mouse model of menopause to track postmenopausal changes in muscle performance. #WomensHealth #Menopause #BasicScience cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

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