Dr. Liisa Galea

A Rant: I am getting so tired of my grants being rejected because I don't study males. The WHOLE point of #SABV #SGBA is because we didn't know enough about how things work in females...now we can only study females if we study them with males? 1/

at #AAIC2025? please check out our talks & poster. We want ALL the feedback. 😉 PLUS Bonnie Lee won the “Publication of Year” from the PIA on Sex & Gender Differences 🎉🎉for her pub on how parity history influences brain health depending on APOE sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

As chair of the @ACNPorg Global Outreach Committee, I am happy to answer any questions about the Global Scholarship! Please share with your networks! Excellent opportunity to attend what might be the best science meeting in this space!

Why would any woman report sexual assault? Only 6% currently trust the criminal legal system enough to make a police report. Only 1/10 police reports result in any form of criminal sanction for the accused. #HockeyCanada

I say “this is why women don’t report” because it’s a horrific experience. You all can debate hour pseudo-legal hot takes. Women don’t report because no matter what, we are never the perfect victim. It will never be enough. #HockeyCanada

Canada hasn’t seen this many measles cases since 1991. We’ve put together a resource page with clear answers, vetted science & shareable content: scienceupfirst.com/measles 🔗 #ScienceUpFirst

🚨For the first time in their entire history, BBC, Reuters, AP & AFP say their journalists on the ground face death by starvation

"After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence."

Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K. thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt-a…

Frank also helped me in many ways & I wasn’t even in his department or university. He was always so giving of his time. I find it difficult to believe he is truly gone. The world is a little bleaker without him.

Vaccines save 2-3 million lives every year. They are incredibly safe. Risk of serious adverse event after vaccination is ~1 in 1,000,000. Context: Risk of dying in a car crash: 1 in 100. Risk of peanut allergy: 1 in 200,000. Risk of dying from choking on food: 1 in 2500. 1/

Great first day at #SBN2025 . We had a wonderful panel on sex & gender — thanks everyone for attending! 🙏⁦@LiisaGalea⁩ for great discussion! Plus enjoyed the night out catching up with ⁦@DrGlitterbear⁩ & ⁦@MegMassa⁩ ⁦⁦@SBNTweets⁩

In Vancouver for ⁦@SBNTweets⁩ meeting! If you are here, don’t miss our panel on Sex & gender at 5 pm today Panelists: Marija Kundakovic, Art Arnold, Liisa Galea, Kristina Smiley, Jacques Balthazart Moderator: Kathleen Casto See you there! w/ ⁦@LiisaGalea⁩ #SBN2025

I’ll be at #ENDO2025 July 14 at 111 AM talking about the importance of going beyond SGBA to study female specific factors on mental health in a symposium with @FSohrabji and Nirao Shah

While I’m a big fan of new technologies that help us study human biology…there’s still no replacement for animal research! I wrote an article outlining this in @GENbio genengnews.com/topics/transla…

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 wks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. forbes.com/sites/kimelses…

New Research @BMJMentalHealth 👇🏼 In women at early #Depression onset (unmedicated), wrist actigraphy shows more 'wake-like' movement before waking Higher #FractalActivity linked to symptom severity + #Melatonin 💡 Possible early #MentalHealth biomarker? @PengLiBME #MDD…

I’m not certain what type of whale just passed by …