SEX CELLS! A conversation on sex- and gender-based analysis plus (SGBA+) in research
Join us for an engaging event featuring researchers Liisa Galea and Robert-Paul Juster, who will discuss the importance of sex- and gender-based analysis plus (SGBA+) in neuroscience research. This event will include a Q&A session and a networking reception.
This session is open to all McGill trainees and researchers—don’t miss this opportunity to learn, discuss and network!
Why Attend?
- Learn how SGBA+ can enhance neuroscience research and lead to more equitable outcomes
- Hear from researchers who successfully integrate SGBA+ into their work
- Discuss methods for incorporating SGBA+ in your own research
- Connect with fellow researchers and trainees interested in SGBA+
Speakers
Liisa Galea
Senior Scientist and Leader of the Women’s Health Research Cluster at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Dr. Liisa Galea is a senior scientist and the inaugural womenmind™ Treliving Family Chair in Women’s Mental Health, and she also leads the Women’s Health Research Cluster at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Dr. Galea comes to CAMH after being a professor at University of British Columbia. Her PhD in neuroscience (Western University) was followed by postdoctoral training at the Rockefeller University. She was a distinguished university scholar, a two-time NSERC Discovery Accelerator Award holder, a fellow at the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society and a Mortyn Jones Prize and Vancouver YWCA Women of Distinction award winner. She is the principal editor of Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology, the President of Organization for the Study of Sex Differences and co-Vice-President of the Canadian Organization for Sex and Gender Research. She serves on advisory boards, editorial boards and peer review panels internationally and nationally. Dr. Galea is a tireless advocate for women’s health research and for sex- and gender-based analyses to improve mental health for all.
Robert-Paul Juster
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Addiction at Université de Montréal
Dr. Robert-Paul Juster, PhD, is an IPN graduate (McGill) and currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Addiction at the University of Montreal. Dr. Juster leads the Center on Sex*Gender, Allostasis, and Resilience (CESAR) based at the Research Centre of the Montreal Mental Health University Institute. Dr. Juster’s research focuses on stress and resilience using a sex and gender lens. Dr. Juster has expertise in the measurement of allostatic load, the ‘wear and tear’ of chronic stress. In much of Dr. Juster’s research, he and his team of aim to better understand how stigma, stress and strain influence the health of equity deserving groups. His research program has also included studying allostatic load among many diverse groups across lifespan development with a particular focus on using allostatic load as a marker of accelerated aging in biological psychiatry.
