Liisa Galea
@liisagalea.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, Treliving Family Chair in Women’s Mental Health, Prof U Toronto (formerly UBC), Mom, Senior Scientist CAMH
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Liisa Galea
@liisagalea.bsky.social
· Feb 5
Statement from Liisa Galea, Scientific Lead of the Women's Health Research Cluster - Women's Health Research Cluster
We are so proud to have over 800 members across 32 countries in the Women’s Health Research Cluster. Our Vision is to achieve sex and gender health equity, and we strive for a future where women...
womenshealthresearchcluster.com
Here’s my statement as Lead for @whrcluster.bsky.social on the importance of studying women’s health- (& the importance of within & across sex & gender investigations) for our best chance at precision medicine womenshealthresearchcluster.com/learn/womens...
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When people argue that renewable energy sources are too expensive, remember that we don’t invade countries to seize wind farms and there are no solar cartels. Fossil fuels have enormous geopolitical, public health, and climate externalities.
January 4, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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Non-scientists truly do not know - I've been told that "the government throws money at scientists" and they still think Elon did something to help us (had to correct someone about this just today). It's exasperating
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 3, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Non-scientists truly do not know - I've been told that "the government throws money at scientists" and they still think Elon did something to help us (had to correct someone about this just today). It's exasperating
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Science 🤝 Democracy.
The Trump admin's fight against science harms our 1st Amendment rights.
Flipping a complicit Congress is critical in the fight against unpatriotic anti-science, and where the Science Fight Club comes in.
Find out how to join the fight here: zurl.co/fa315
#standupforscience
The Trump admin's fight against science harms our 1st Amendment rights.
Flipping a complicit Congress is critical in the fight against unpatriotic anti-science, and where the Science Fight Club comes in.
Find out how to join the fight here: zurl.co/fa315
#standupforscience
October 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Science 🤝 Democracy.
The Trump admin's fight against science harms our 1st Amendment rights.
Flipping a complicit Congress is critical in the fight against unpatriotic anti-science, and where the Science Fight Club comes in.
Find out how to join the fight here: zurl.co/fa315
#standupforscience
The Trump admin's fight against science harms our 1st Amendment rights.
Flipping a complicit Congress is critical in the fight against unpatriotic anti-science, and where the Science Fight Club comes in.
Find out how to join the fight here: zurl.co/fa315
#standupforscience
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This is an excellent thread that really does show how we are in the long game - and in Canada for some grants there is only 1 application deadline per year. Can be brutal to get funding.
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
This is an excellent thread that really does show how we are in the long game - and in Canada for some grants there is only 1 application deadline per year. Can be brutal to get funding.
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Flu cases in Canada rise above three-season high. There have been at least 74 flu deaths since August, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
Flu cases in Canada rise above three-season high
There have been at least 74 deaths since August
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Flu cases in Canada rise above three-season high. There have been at least 74 flu deaths since August, by @alannasmith.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Yes, my wedding has a website
Yes, I have also included modelling of the expected temperature on the day
Yes, I did this by fitting a Bayesian model to 45 years of temperature data
Yes, the wedding website has an easter egg with a little link to find a writeup of how I got the numbers
Yes, I have also included modelling of the expected temperature on the day
Yes, I did this by fitting a Bayesian model to 45 years of temperature data
Yes, the wedding website has an easter egg with a little link to find a writeup of how I got the numbers
December 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Yes, my wedding has a website
Yes, I have also included modelling of the expected temperature on the day
Yes, I did this by fitting a Bayesian model to 45 years of temperature data
Yes, the wedding website has an easter egg with a little link to find a writeup of how I got the numbers
Yes, I have also included modelling of the expected temperature on the day
Yes, I did this by fitting a Bayesian model to 45 years of temperature data
Yes, the wedding website has an easter egg with a little link to find a writeup of how I got the numbers
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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
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
The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn | Live Radio | CBC Listen
The Early Edition is Vancouver's connection to the latest breaking local news, interviews that cut through the spin, and community stories and personalities that surprise and delight.
www.cbc.ca
December 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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
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
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BREAKING: The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.
December 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
BREAKING: The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.
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GLOBAL TV FOR THE WIN, dropbox link in thread
December 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
GLOBAL TV FOR THE WIN, dropbox link in thread
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Wonderful opportunity to attend #ICN2026 - see you there! 🤩 @infneuroendo.bsky.social
Attend #ICN2026 in Japan with our new grant covering:
💷 Registration fee
💷 Abstract submission fee
💷 Up to £1k for travel
Apply by 30 Jan 26: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
💷 Registration fee
💷 Abstract submission fee
💷 Up to £1k for travel
Apply by 30 Jan 26: www.neuroendo.org.uk...
December 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Wonderful opportunity to attend #ICN2026 - see you there! 🤩 @infneuroendo.bsky.social
💔 Koko (2008?-2025) who survived a hard early life on the streets in Gabon to her forever home (first in North Van & then in Toronto). She loved hiking, chasing squirrels, popcorn. steak nights & snuggling by the fire on cold nights. We will miss our sweet good dog. 💔
December 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
💔 Koko (2008?-2025) who survived a hard early life on the streets in Gabon to her forever home (first in North Van & then in Toronto). She loved hiking, chasing squirrels, popcorn. steak nights & snuggling by the fire on cold nights. We will miss our sweet good dog. 💔
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Great opportunity to come our way and do some cool science with us. It's not just neuroscience - see the posting for the key research areas.
www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/a...
www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/a...
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs
www.sfu.ca
December 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Great opportunity to come our way and do some cool science with us. It's not just neuroscience - see the posting for the key research areas.
www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/a...
www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/a...
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Yup
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Yup
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This year has been brutal for science, especially early career researchers and those working with communities further marginalized by this administration. Please read the experiences of these scientists.
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers reflect on how 2025’s science cuts have changed their lives
US science lost a great deal in 2025, including tens of billions of dollars of federal funding, entire research agencies and programs, and a generation of researchers.
theconversation.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This year has been brutal for science, especially early career researchers and those working with communities further marginalized by this administration. Please read the experiences of these scientists.
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
And when you’re done reading, find a way to fight back.
theconversation.com/this-year-ne...
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Global study of 641 women journalists, activists & human rights defenders finds 70% experienced online violence; 24% of which was generated or amplified by AI tools. 41% experienced offline attacks, abuse or harassment that they linked to online violence.
theconversation.com/ai-tools-are...
theconversation.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are being used to subject women in public life to online violence
As digital technology becomes ever more sophisticated, AI tools are increasingly being used to target woment with abusive and misogynistic onine content.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Global study of 641 women journalists, activists & human rights defenders finds 70% experienced online violence; 24% of which was generated or amplified by AI tools. 41% experienced offline attacks, abuse or harassment that they linked to online violence.
theconversation.com/ai-tools-are...
theconversation.com/ai-tools-are...
The Canadian scientific community owes a great deal to Dr Kristy Duncan & I was thrilled to get a chance to talk to her about her new book, how to advocate government for more science funding, the imp of diversity to propel scientific discovery, leading a trek to Norway & imp of sharing our stories.
In the season finale, Dr. Liisa Galea speaks with the Honourable Dr. Kirsty Duncan, former Minister of Science and author of The Exclusion Effect.
📸 Swipe to see a photo from the first time they met.
🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/I50H50XKRwL
#WomensHealth #EDI #ResearchFunding
📸 Swipe to see a photo from the first time they met.
🎧 Listen here: ow.ly/I50H50XKRwL
#WomensHealth #EDI #ResearchFunding
December 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The Canadian scientific community owes a great deal to Dr Kristy Duncan & I was thrilled to get a chance to talk to her about her new book, how to advocate government for more science funding, the imp of diversity to propel scientific discovery, leading a trek to Norway & imp of sharing our stories.
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A new study says the COVID-19 vaccine protects pregnant women from getting severely ill or giving birth prematurely.
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COVID shot reduces risk of severe illness, premature birth in pregnancy, study finds
A new study says the COVID-19 vaccine protects pregnant women from getting severely ill or giving birth prematurely.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A new study says the COVID-19 vaccine protects pregnant women from getting severely ill or giving birth prematurely.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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New episode 🎙️
Psychiatrist and researcher Dr. @katewomersley.com joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social to talk policy change, pregnancy, and why sex- and gender-informed science benefits everyone.
Listen now: ow.ly/fFIb50XJAO1
#WomensHealth #Pregnancy #SexAndGenderResearch #HealthEquity
Psychiatrist and researcher Dr. @katewomersley.com joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social to talk policy change, pregnancy, and why sex- and gender-informed science benefits everyone.
Listen now: ow.ly/fFIb50XJAO1
#WomensHealth #Pregnancy #SexAndGenderResearch #HealthEquity
December 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New episode 🎙️
Psychiatrist and researcher Dr. @katewomersley.com joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social to talk policy change, pregnancy, and why sex- and gender-informed science benefits everyone.
Listen now: ow.ly/fFIb50XJAO1
#WomensHealth #Pregnancy #SexAndGenderResearch #HealthEquity
Psychiatrist and researcher Dr. @katewomersley.com joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social to talk policy change, pregnancy, and why sex- and gender-informed science benefits everyone.
Listen now: ow.ly/fFIb50XJAO1
#WomensHealth #Pregnancy #SexAndGenderResearch #HealthEquity
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Does #Tylenol use during pregnancy cause autism?
Short answer: current evidence does not support a causal link.
Our latest Behind the Science blog breaks down what studies actually show, and why nuance matters.
🔗 Read more on the Women’s Health Blog: ow.ly/Tip550XIoPg
Short answer: current evidence does not support a causal link.
Our latest Behind the Science blog breaks down what studies actually show, and why nuance matters.
🔗 Read more on the Women’s Health Blog: ow.ly/Tip550XIoPg
December 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Does #Tylenol use during pregnancy cause autism?
Short answer: current evidence does not support a causal link.
Our latest Behind the Science blog breaks down what studies actually show, and why nuance matters.
🔗 Read more on the Women’s Health Blog: ow.ly/Tip550XIoPg
Short answer: current evidence does not support a causal link.
Our latest Behind the Science blog breaks down what studies actually show, and why nuance matters.
🔗 Read more on the Women’s Health Blog: ow.ly/Tip550XIoPg
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This is happening more and more…it’s not good for anyone including patients waiting for new cutting edge treatments
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist who is trying to cure breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
After NIH grant cuts, breast cancer research at Harvard slowed, and lab workers left
Amid NIH funding delays, reversals and uncertainty, a scientist at Harvard who studies breast cancer has lost one-third of her lab employees and wonders if she can continue her research experiments.
www.npr.org
December 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This is happening more and more…it’s not good for anyone including patients waiting for new cutting edge treatments
Thanks @aircanada.bsky.social it’s the little things.
December 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Thanks @aircanada.bsky.social it’s the little things.
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In this episode, Dr. Daisy Singla joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social to discuss the SUMMIT trial, talk therapy, and how task-sharing and telemedicine can change perinatal mental health.
🎧Listen: ow.ly/UIcj50XGOaA
#WomensHealth #PerinatalMentalHealth
🎧Listen: ow.ly/UIcj50XGOaA
#WomensHealth #PerinatalMentalHealth
December 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In this episode, Dr. Daisy Singla joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social to discuss the SUMMIT trial, talk therapy, and how task-sharing and telemedicine can change perinatal mental health.
🎧Listen: ow.ly/UIcj50XGOaA
#WomensHealth #PerinatalMentalHealth
🎧Listen: ow.ly/UIcj50XGOaA
#WomensHealth #PerinatalMentalHealth
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“Violence against women is a toxic online culture that allows young men to feel entitled to women's attention and to react with violence when they don't get it, leading to a 14-year-old girl in NDG recently being stabbed in the face for rejecting a boy's advances.”
#16DaysOfActivism
#16DaysOfActivism
Gender-based violence is an everyday reality, and it starts with minimizing misogyny
As we highlight 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence and the upcoming anniversary of the Montreal massacre, can we take a moment to reflect on all the different forms this violence takes?
cultmtl.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“Violence against women is a toxic online culture that allows young men to feel entitled to women's attention and to react with violence when they don't get it, leading to a 14-year-old girl in NDG recently being stabbed in the face for rejecting a boy's advances.”
#16DaysOfActivism
#16DaysOfActivism
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Only 1 week until Dr. Deena Walker joins us to discuss how thyroid hormone signaling contributes to sex differences in addiction.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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