Women's Health Interrupted with Dr. Liisa Galea
Episodes
S3E12: Making Women's Health Political with Former Minister of Science Dr. Kirsty Duncan
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Honourable Dr. Kirsty Duncan, former Minister of Science, geographer, and author of The Exclusion Effect: Why Women Are Underrepresented in Scienc...
S3E11: How Sex and Gender Bias Skews Medical Research with Dr. Kate Womersley
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Kate Womersley, psychiatrist, Research Fellow at The George Institute for Global Health, and leader of the MESSAGE project (Medical Science Sex an...
S3E10: How Training Non-Specialists Can Fill the Perinatal Mental Health Gap with Dr. Daisy Singla
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Daisy Singla, clinical psychologist, researcher, and global leader in perinatal mental health, joins us on this episode to discuss perinatal menta...
S3E9: How Studying Women Led to an Effective Vaccine for Cancers with Dr. Gina Ogilvie
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Gina Ogilvie, clinician-scientist, global women’s health leader, and Professor at the University of British Columbia, joins us on this episode t...
S3E8: Why Women's Health Needs a Strategy with Jennifer Gillivan
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Gillivan, President and CEO of the IWK Foundation, joins us on this episode to discuss why Canada needs a national women’s health strategy ...
S3E7: How Your Gut Impacts Your Hormones and Mood with Prof Siobhain O'Mahony
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Siobhain O’Mahony, neurobiological scientist and microbiome researcher, joins us to discuss how your microbes talk to your hormones and yo...
S3E6: Why Your Period is a Vital Sign with Dr. Sofia Ahmed
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sofia Ahmed, nephrologist, clinician scientist, and Academic Lead of Women’s Health Research at the Women and Children’s Health Research Insti...
S3E5: How Birth Control Impacts Our Mood with Dr. Inger Sundström Poromaa
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Inger Sundström Poromaa, gynecologist and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Uppsala University, joins us on this episode to unpack how ho...
S3E4 Why Women Have More Severe Strokes Than Men with Dr. Farida Sohrabji
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Farida Sohrabji, Professor and Director of Women’s Health in Neuroscience at Texas Agricultural & Mechanical University, joins us on this episod...
S3 E3 Menopause Myths That Keep Women Suffering with Shirley Weir
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shirley Weir, founder of Menopause Chicks, joins us on this episode to discuss why menopause is still so misunderstood, and how we can replace confusi...
S3E2 How to Turn Women's Health Research Into Reality with Rachel Bartholomew
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Bartholomew, founder and CEO of Hyivy Health and founder of Femtech Canada, joins us on this episode to discuss how femtech innovation is redef...
S3E1 How Medical Research Ignores Half the Population with Dr. Cat Bohannon
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Cat Bohannon, researcher and author, joins us on this episode to unpack how default assumptions in science have sidelined female bodies and what’...
S2 E11: Breaking the Stigma Around Pelvic Floor Dysfunction - Kiran Mann
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kiran Mann joins us on this episode to discuss pelvic floor dysfunction and breaking stigmas. She explains what pelvic floor dysfunction is, how commo...
S2 E10: Domperidone for Low Milk Supply: Is it Safe? - Dr. Janet Currie & Dr. Suzanne Hetzel Campbell
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Domperidone is a dopamine blocker that is being increasingly prescribed off-label in British Columbia and other provinces to treat low milk supply. In...
S2 E9: This is How You Can Improve Your Quality of Life - Dr. Debra Anderson
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Women’s Health Interrupted, we are joined by Dr. Debra Anderson to discuss how you can improve your quality of life. Dr. Anderson...
S2 E8: How Does Menopause Affect the Brain? - Dr. Claudia Barth
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Claudia Barth is joining us to discuss the possible link between your brain health and menopause. She addresses how changes to your estrogen level...
S2 E7: Mommy Brain: It’s Not Just in Your Head - Dr. Ann-Marie de Lange
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of Women’s Health Interrupted, we are joined by Dr. Ann-Marie De Lange, to discuss pregnancy and brain health, also referre...
S2 E6: Exclusion of Women from Health Research: Then and Now - Amanda Namchuk & Tallinn Splinter
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Namchuk and Tallinn Splinter will join us in this episode to discuss the exclusion of women from health research and how that has impacted us i...
S2 E5: Housing and Health Barriers Faced by 2SLGBTQ+ Youth - Dr. Alex Abramovich
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Alex Abramovich will be highlighting the barriers that 2SLGBTQ+ youth face when accessing housing and health services. He will di...
S2 E4: Abortion Rights with Precarious Immigration Status - Dr. Lindsay Larios
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Women’s Health Interrupted we are joined by Dr. Lindsay Larios to discuss reproductive care in Canada when you have a precarious ...
S2 E3: All You Need to Know about Gynecological Cancer
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are joined by Nicole Keay and Stephanie Lam from The Gynecologic Cancer Initiative. Nicole and Stephanie co-host the Gynecologic O...
S2 E2: Why are Women's Cardiovascular Concerns Often Downplayed?
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we spoke to Dr. Najah Adreak, who brought her expertise to discuss the knowledge gaps in women’s heart health. In this episode, she...
S2 E1: Cultivating Female Sexual Desire through Mindfulness - Dr. Lori Brotto
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Lori Brotto joins us in the first episode of Season 2 to discuss cultivating female sexual health and empowerment. She addresses myths, sex rese...
Field Trip EP 5: How Women’s Socio-Economic Status Correlates with IPV?
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Siwan Anderson talks about how women’s socio-economic status strongly correlates with their health outcomes, especially Intimat...
Field Trip EP 4: Social and Behavioural Epidemiology
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth episode of our mini series, we talk to Dr. Kiffer Card about social and behavioural determinants of health and how healthcare researcher...
Field Trip EP 3: How Migration Status Impacts Health and Healthcare of Refugees?
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of our mini-series, we talk to Dr. Elif Sari about how the notion of “becoming sick” is related to people’s migration experience...
Field Trip EP 2: The Impacts of Gender and Intersectionality on Health Policy
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of our mini series, we talk to Dr. Veena Sriram about the role of power structures, such as gender, in global healthcare systems...
Field Trip EP 1: What Does Justice Mean for Women who Seek Reparations?
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of our mini-series, we talk to Dr. Ketty Anyeko about how economic barriers prevent many women from seeking justice and reparatio...
Field Trip mini-series Trailer
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’re taking a field trip away from our regular Women’s Health Interrupted content to bring you a special mini series!Hosted by Dr. Marina Adshade...
How do Oral Contraceptives Impact Your Brain Health?
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode, we sit down with Dr. Emily Jacobs and Dr. Cailtin Taylor to discuss how oral contraceptives (OC) impact women’s brain heal...
The Must-Knows of Dense Breasts & Cancer Screening
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please rate, review, subscribe, and share our podcast.In this week’s episode, Rebecca sits down with researcher, Dr. Paula Gordon, and breast cancer...
Endometriosis - What We Know and Don’t Know
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for listening. Please subscribe, rate, and review our show on your podcast platform of choice. Content Warning: Mentions of suicide/self ha...
The Gendered Impacts of Drug Policy on Women
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Please subscribe, rate, and review our podcast on your favourite streaming platform.In this week’s episode, Rebecca and Sidney sit down to talk with...
Advocating for a National Perinatal Mental Health Strategy
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Rebecca sits down with Jaime Charlebois and Patricia Tomasi, co-Founders of the Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative, which...
How Does Intimate Partner Violence Impact Women's Brain Health?
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Content Warning: discussions of partner violence and traumatic brain injury.In this episode, Sidney and Rebecca sit down with Karen Mason and Dr. Paul...
The Lack of Information on Perimenopause and Menopause
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sidney and Rebecca sit down with personal trainer, nutrition coach, and best-selling author, Amanda Thebe, to talk about all things m...
What You Didn't Know About Women's Brain Health
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sidney speaks to Dr. Sherri Hayden, a clinical neuropsychologist and assistant professor at the University of British Columbia. Dr. H...
How Has COVID-19 Impacted Women's Health?
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Sidney and Rebecca sit down with gender, intersectionality, and health systems expert, Dr. Rosemary Morgan. We dig into how the COVID...
Why Focusing on Sex Differences is Not the Full Answer for Better Women’s Health
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Links to the resources mentioned in this episode:“The Research Divide” https://assets.bcwomensfoundation.org/2020/11/02162501/BCWHF-The-Research-D...
Women's Health Interrupted debuts Wed Aug 11th
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Women’s Health Interrupted explores women’s health across four overarching and multidisciplinary themes: general health and wellness, brain health...