Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis Plus Resources

Sex and Gender Method Resources 

CIHR: Strengths to Solutions Advancing Sex and Gender Science for Healthy Futures 

CIHR Online Training Modules

Stanford Gendered Innovations

Women’s Health Research Cluster Website

Sex and Gender Questions 

Unité de Soutien (SSA) Quebec, Questionnaire for Measuring Human Gender in Research

Readings 

• Joel, D. Beyond the binary: Rethinking sex and the brain. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 122, 165–175 (2021). 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.11.018 
• Kheloui, S. et al. Sex/gender differences in cognitive abilities. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 152, 105333 (2023). 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105333 
• Vosberg, D. E. et al. Sex continuum in the brain and body during adolescence and psychological traits. Nat Hum Behav 5, 265–272 (2021). 10.1038/s41562-020-00968-8 
• Cipriani, E. et al. A step-by-step and data-driven guide to index gender in psychiatry. PLOS ONE 19, e0296880 (2024). 10.1371/journal.pone.0296880 
• Lee BH, Eid RS, Hodges TE, Barth C, Galea LAM. Leveraging research into sex differences and steroid hormones to improve brain health. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2025 Apr;21(4):214-229. doi: 10.1038/s41574-024-01061-0. 
• Wierenga LM, Ruigrok A, Aksnes ER, Barth C, Beck D, Burke S, Crestol A, van Drunen L, Ferrara M, Galea LAM, Goddings AL, Hausmann M, Homanen I, Klinge I, de Lange AM, Geelhoed-Ouwerkerk L, van der Miesen A, Proppert R, Rieble C, Tamnes CK, Bos MGN. Recommendations for a Better Understanding of Sex and Gender in the Neuroscience of Mental Health. Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sci. 2023 Dec 30;4(2):100283. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2023.100283. Erratum in: Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sci. 2024 Apr 16;4(4):100319. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2024.100319. 
• Subramaniapillai S, Am Galea L, Einstein G, de Lange AM. Sex and gender in health research: intersectionality matters. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2023 Oct 28:101104. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2023.101104. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39492521. 
• Sanchis-Segura C, Wilcox RR. From means to meaning in the study of sex/gender differences and similarities. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2024 Apr;73:101133. doi: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2024.101133. Epub 2024 Apr 9. PMID: 38604552. 
• Liisa A.M. Galea, Bonnie H. Lee, Romina Garcia de leon, M. Natasha Rajah, Gillian Einstein, Chapter 45 - Beyond sex and gender differences: The case for women's health research, Editor(s): Marianne J. Legato, Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine (Fourth Edition), Academic Press, 2023, Pages 699-711, ISBN 9780323885348, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-88534-8.00045-6