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Nicole Prestley interviews Dr. Tara Sedlak and Dr. Natasha Prodan-Bhalla on their research, practice, and advocacy to support women's heart health.

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This episode features Karen Mason, Dr. Paul van Donkelaar, and Quinn Boyle, interviewed by Dr. Kathryn Dewar. 

TW: Please note that this episode discusses intimate partner violence and brain injury, and may be upsetting. 

Learn more about the SOAR Project

In this episode, Dr. Lori Brotto and Kate Wahl sit down with Professor Timothy Caulfield to discuss the role the research community can play in debunking pseudoscience.

ScienceUpFirst - Together Against Misinformation

Let’s Do Better: Public Representations of COVID-19 Science | The Royal Society of Canada (rsc-src.ca)

Please note that this episode contains discussion of gender based violence, which may be triggering or upsetting.

In this episode, Drs. Jila Mirlashari, Ann Pederson, and Janet Lyons discuss their work which aims to understand barriers to and develop interventions for healthcare providers to address gender based violence in the perinatal period.

Learn more about this project: Gender-based violence during perinatal care: the experience of women and healthcare providers

Dr. Jerilynn C. Prior, Dr. Shauna Correia, and Allison Macbeth discuss a recent publication from the Center for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research, examining where and if women’s interest in sex peaks at any point in the menstrual cycle.

Learn more about CeMCOR, or check out their Daily Diaries.

Read Dr. Prior and Allison's publication

"What is stopping us?"

Sarah Coutts, Alix Woldring, and Deb McLaren discuss kangaroo care, implementation science, and the future of care in British Columbia's neonatal intensive care units.

Learn more about kangaroo care: http://www.perinatalservicesbc.ca/health-professionals/professional-resources/kangaroo-care

Read about the first phase of this project: https://rdcu.be/cjK7B

What are people saying about the COVID-19 pandemic?

In this episode Nicole Prestley speaks with Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi, Dr. Julia Smith, and Maliha Saddiqi, members of the Gender + COVID-19 project at Simon Fraser University who are analyzing social media posts to get to the bottom of this question. Through machine learning and various research methods, their goal is to better understand how people discuss COVID-19 through a gendered lens.

Learn more about the Gender + COVID-19 project: https://www.sfu.ca/fhs/gendercovid.html 

How has COVID-19 impacted trainees? In this episode, Dr. Angela Kaida speaks with Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews, Kalysha Closson, Kristina Jenei, Bethel Lulie, and Punit Virk about their experiences as graduate students in public health.

Learn more about the findings of our survey on the impacts of the pandemic on trainees in women's health: http://whri.org/our-research/covid19-trainee-survey/

Read "Challenges and opportunities for graduate students in public health during the COVID-19 pandemic": https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7272105/