Andrew J. McGovern
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"In an era where debates over the number of genders or sexes have sparked significant public discourse, why, if there has always been an acknowledgment of at least two genders or sexes, have we not fully committed to studying both in depth?"
doi.org/10.1111/1471...
🧪🧬 #ObGynSky #MedSky
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🧪🧬 #ObGynSky #MedSky
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Can birth control really change your mood?
This week on the podcast, Dr. Inger Sundström Poromaa & Dr.
@liisagalea.bsky.social discuss how hormones shape mental health, and why women deserve better answers.
🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify
🔗https://ow.ly/x0Iq50Xn3fz
#Hormones #PMDD
This week on the podcast, Dr. Inger Sundström Poromaa & Dr.
@liisagalea.bsky.social discuss how hormones shape mental health, and why women deserve better answers.
🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify
🔗https://ow.ly/x0Iq50Xn3fz
#Hormones #PMDD
November 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Can birth control really change your mood?
This week on the podcast, Dr. Inger Sundström Poromaa & Dr.
@liisagalea.bsky.social discuss how hormones shape mental health, and why women deserve better answers.
🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify
🔗https://ow.ly/x0Iq50Xn3fz
#Hormones #PMDD
This week on the podcast, Dr. Inger Sundström Poromaa & Dr.
@liisagalea.bsky.social discuss how hormones shape mental health, and why women deserve better answers.
🎧 Listen: Apple | Spotify
🔗https://ow.ly/x0Iq50Xn3fz
#Hormones #PMDD
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While you are all waiting for treat or treaters & the blue jay game … take a look at our newest from
@bonniee-leee.bsky.social where we look at neural networks in middle aged female rats based on APOE genotype and parity history www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@bonniee-leee.bsky.social where we look at neural networks in middle aged female rats based on APOE genotype and parity history www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sex-specific factors and APOEε4 genotype alter functional connectivity at middle age
Cognitive aging is influenced by sex and sex-specific factors. Indeed, research has shown that parity (pregnancy and parenthood) uniquely alters bioma…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
While you are all waiting for treat or treaters & the blue jay game … take a look at our newest from
@bonniee-leee.bsky.social where we look at neural networks in middle aged female rats based on APOE genotype and parity history www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@bonniee-leee.bsky.social where we look at neural networks in middle aged female rats based on APOE genotype and parity history www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Farida (one of my fav people) also talks about how to make lemonade when the science gives you 🍋🍋🍋 (hint it’s also why she went from brain to gut to ovary) follow where the science takes you because it can be a glorious- though lemony - journey!
Why do women often have more severe strokes than men? 🧠
Dr. Farida Sohrabji joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to unpack sex differences, estrogens, & gut health in stroke.
ow.ly/zFSJ50XjGLT
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Stroke
Dr. Farida Sohrabji joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to unpack sex differences, estrogens, & gut health in stroke.
ow.ly/zFSJ50XjGLT
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Stroke
October 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Farida (one of my fav people) also talks about how to make lemonade when the science gives you 🍋🍋🍋 (hint it’s also why she went from brain to gut to ovary) follow where the science takes you because it can be a glorious- though lemony - journey!
Reposted by Andrew J. McGovern
Why do women often have more severe strokes than men? 🧠
Dr. Farida Sohrabji joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to unpack sex differences, estrogens, & gut health in stroke.
ow.ly/zFSJ50XjGLT
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Stroke
Dr. Farida Sohrabji joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to unpack sex differences, estrogens, & gut health in stroke.
ow.ly/zFSJ50XjGLT
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Stroke
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Why do women often have more severe strokes than men? 🧠
Dr. Farida Sohrabji joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to unpack sex differences, estrogens, & gut health in stroke.
ow.ly/zFSJ50XjGLT
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Stroke
Dr. Farida Sohrabji joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to unpack sex differences, estrogens, & gut health in stroke.
ow.ly/zFSJ50XjGLT
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Stroke
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Menopause. Not a secret. Not a sentence. A stage — and it deserves support.
🎧 Shirley Weir joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to bust myths & spark better conversations.
ow.ly/x3hR50XgeFP
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Menopause
🎧 Shirley Weir joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to bust myths & spark better conversations.
ow.ly/x3hR50XgeFP
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Menopause
October 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Menopause. Not a secret. Not a sentence. A stage — and it deserves support.
🎧 Shirley Weir joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to bust myths & spark better conversations.
ow.ly/x3hR50XgeFP
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Menopause
🎧 Shirley Weir joins Dr. @liisagalea.bsky.social on Women’s Health Interrupted to bust myths & spark better conversations.
ow.ly/x3hR50XgeFP
#WomensHealthInterrupted #Menopause
I am so proud to be producing this podcast. The first episode has absolutely smashed our expectations. Thank you all for the interest in women’s health!!
Just dropped Episode 1 of our new Season (my first time hosting). Up first the incredible Dr Cat Bohannon author of Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 M years of Human Evolution. Let us know what you think.
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How Medical Research Ignores Half the Population with Dr. Cat Bohannon
Podcast Episode · Women's Health Interrupted with Dr. Liisa Galea · 2025-10-15 · 51m
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October 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I am so proud to be producing this podcast. The first episode has absolutely smashed our expectations. Thank you all for the interest in women’s health!!
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Cell Type-Specific Remodelling of the Female Hippocampus by Reproductive Experience and Age https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676894v1
September 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Cell Type-Specific Remodelling of the Female Hippocampus by Reproductive Experience and Age https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676894v1
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New preprint showcasing @mcgovernaj.bsky.social ‘s work. Using single cell deconvolution on bulk RNAseq from hippocampi of previously parous rats we found 3 cell types with independent parity effects decreases in CA3 pyramidal & SST interneurons but increases in astrocytes. Let us know your thoughts
Cell Type-Specific Remodelling of the Female Hippocampus by Reproductive Experience and Age https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.17.676894v1
September 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
New preprint showcasing @mcgovernaj.bsky.social ‘s work. Using single cell deconvolution on bulk RNAseq from hippocampi of previously parous rats we found 3 cell types with independent parity effects decreases in CA3 pyramidal & SST interneurons but increases in astrocytes. Let us know your thoughts
📢 PhD opening at @uoft.bsky.social in the @liisagalea.bsky.social Lab! Work on women’s brain health & Alzheimer’s risk prediction as part of the global CARE initiative. 🧠 🧪
Apply: forms.gle/Lxf5Li5d6wcm...
Apply: forms.gle/Lxf5Li5d6wcm...
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June 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
📢 PhD opening at @uoft.bsky.social in the @liisagalea.bsky.social Lab! Work on women’s brain health & Alzheimer’s risk prediction as part of the global CARE initiative. 🧠 🧪
Apply: forms.gle/Lxf5Li5d6wcm...
Apply: forms.gle/Lxf5Li5d6wcm...
"In an era where debates over the number of genders or sexes have sparked significant public discourse, why, if there has always been an acknowledgment of at least two genders or sexes, have we not fully committed to studying both in depth?"
doi.org/10.1111/1471...
🧪🧬 #ObGynSky #MedSky
doi.org/10.1111/1471...
🧪🧬 #ObGynSky #MedSky
OBGYN
Click on the article title to read more.
obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"In an era where debates over the number of genders or sexes have sparked significant public discourse, why, if there has always been an acknowledgment of at least two genders or sexes, have we not fully committed to studying both in depth?"
doi.org/10.1111/1471...
🧪🧬 #ObGynSky #MedSky
doi.org/10.1111/1471...
🧪🧬 #ObGynSky #MedSky
Really excited for this to be out: "Neural Metabolic Networks: Key Elements of Healthy Brain Function"🧪
Deep dive into how brain cells cooperate through metabolic networks to power cognition - and what breaks down Alzheimer's, Parkinson's & ALS 🧬
#neuroscience #alzheimers #neurodegeneration
Deep dive into how brain cells cooperate through metabolic networks to power cognition - and what breaks down Alzheimer's, Parkinson's & ALS 🧬
#neuroscience #alzheimers #neurodegeneration
Neural Metabolic Networks: Key Elements of Healthy Brain Function
This review originated from the Fourth International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) and Journal of Neurochemistry (JNC) Flagship School (2022). Here, we describe how the specific bioenergetic profi...
doi.org
June 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Really excited for this to be out: "Neural Metabolic Networks: Key Elements of Healthy Brain Function"🧪
Deep dive into how brain cells cooperate through metabolic networks to power cognition - and what breaks down Alzheimer's, Parkinson's & ALS 🧬
#neuroscience #alzheimers #neurodegeneration
Deep dive into how brain cells cooperate through metabolic networks to power cognition - and what breaks down Alzheimer's, Parkinson's & ALS 🧬
#neuroscience #alzheimers #neurodegeneration
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Always a good day when you get good news on funding. I am thrilled on many levels but also because I really believe in this call & the project! My eternal thanks to our group @mcgovernaj.bsky.social @matejaperovic.bsky.social @jennyrabin.bsky.social S Frangou L Gravelsins
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wellcomeleap.org/care/
CARE Program Details | Wellcome Leap: Unconventional Projects. Funded at Scale.
NEW $50M Program in Women's Health care Cutting Alzheimer's Risk through EndocrinologyWe are pleased to announce the selected performers.Kaarin Anstey & Kristine Yaffe: University of South Wales...
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May 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Always a good day when you get good news on funding. I am thrilled on many levels but also because I really believe in this call & the project! My eternal thanks to our group @mcgovernaj.bsky.social @matejaperovic.bsky.social @jennyrabin.bsky.social S Frangou L Gravelsins
wellcomeleap.org/care/
wellcomeleap.org/care/
Proud day for the Irish! ☘️
May 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Proud day for the Irish! ☘️
The White House treats rising diagnoses like failure, not progress. Fine. Science should just rename disorders every decade. They get their “cure,” we get reality 🧪
May 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The White House treats rising diagnoses like failure, not progress. Fine. Science should just rename disorders every decade. They get their “cure,” we get reality 🧪
This is so important- somehow pregnancy both 'improves' brain ageing, yet increases our risk of Alzheimer's disease?! This data shows that pregnancy and Alzheimer's disease genotype changes the brain, reducing the activity of some regions whilst compensating with new networks!
#ReproSky #dementia 🧪
#ReproSky #dementia 🧪
I’m behind on sharing preprints because of …the rise of fascism but we need to celebrate wins. Here is @bonniee-leee.bsky.social ‘s last (but not least) paper of her PhD! On functional connectivity differences in middle-aged females based on parity and genotype! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Parity and APOEε4 genotype contribute distinct changes to functional connectivity across the middle-aged brain
Cognition and its underlying neurobiology change throughout the trajectory of aging, with prominent sex differences and influences of sex-specific factors. Research has shown that parity (pregnancy an...
www.biorxiv.org
April 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Nomad Passport Index 2025 is out.
Ireland is number 1.
Canada is tied for 40th place.
United States is tied for 43rd place.
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/iris...
Ireland is number 1.
Canada is tied for 40th place.
United States is tied for 43rd place.
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/iris...
Irish passport named the strongest in the world in 2025 | BreakingNews.ie
The Nomad Passport Index has placed us in the top spot, followed by Switzerland, Greece and Portugal.
www.breakingnews.ie
April 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Nomad Passport Index 2025 is out.
Ireland is number 1.
Canada is tied for 40th place.
United States is tied for 43rd place.
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/iris...
Ireland is number 1.
Canada is tied for 40th place.
United States is tied for 43rd place.
www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/iris...
Just finished Everything is Tuberculosis by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social. Brilliantly detailed non-fiction under the guise of one man’s story dealing with it today. Everything really is Tuberculosis coded, it’s wild.
March 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Just finished Everything is Tuberculosis by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social. Brilliantly detailed non-fiction under the guise of one man’s story dealing with it today. Everything really is Tuberculosis coded, it’s wild.
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Missed the #WHSS talk with Dr. @jennyrabin.bsky.social ? Catch up now! She breaks down how early #menopause, genetics, vascular health, and lifestyle factors create a “perfect storm” for #cognitivedecline — and what we can do about it.
📺 Watch the full talk here: ow.ly/MXqO50Vmx82
📺 Watch the full talk here: ow.ly/MXqO50Vmx82
March 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Missed the #WHSS talk with Dr. @jennyrabin.bsky.social ? Catch up now! She breaks down how early #menopause, genetics, vascular health, and lifestyle factors create a “perfect storm” for #cognitivedecline — and what we can do about it.
📺 Watch the full talk here: ow.ly/MXqO50Vmx82
📺 Watch the full talk here: ow.ly/MXqO50Vmx82
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
It gives me great peace that this is a popular opinion.
The Irish typically think we have a really good country, but are frustrated with bits of mismanagement that get in the way of it being a great country, whilst you guys, uh...
March 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It gives me great peace that this is a popular opinion.
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Congratulations to Dr. Liisa Galea, Treliving Family Chair in Women's Mental Health & the Scientific Lead for CAMH's #womenmind™, on being recognized as one of the 2025 Top 25 Women of Influence+ for her global leadership in driving change & #research in women’s #brain health.
March 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Liisa Galea, Treliving Family Chair in Women's Mental Health & the Scientific Lead for CAMH's #womenmind™, on being recognized as one of the 2025 Top 25 Women of Influence+ for her global leadership in driving change & #research in women’s #brain health.
I am so proud to have graduated with my PhD in @unioflimerick.bsky.social in biostatistics and women’s health 🧪🧬
Thank you so much to the brilliant @gesbarreto.bsky.social for his guidance and excellent supervision, and to everyone else in the department!! 🎉
Thank you so much to the brilliant @gesbarreto.bsky.social for his guidance and excellent supervision, and to everyone else in the department!! 🎉
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I am so proud to have graduated with my PhD in @unioflimerick.bsky.social in biostatistics and women’s health 🧪🧬
Thank you so much to the brilliant @gesbarreto.bsky.social for his guidance and excellent supervision, and to everyone else in the department!! 🎉
Thank you so much to the brilliant @gesbarreto.bsky.social for his guidance and excellent supervision, and to everyone else in the department!! 🎉
One of the best science communications I have seen in a while, PERFECT public designed comms!
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Fine, I'll Talk About the Drones...
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December 21, 2024 at 9:36 PM
One of the best science communications I have seen in a while, PERFECT public designed comms!
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