How to integrate sex, gender, and intersectional analysis into research

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Londa Schiebinger, PhD

Cara Tannenbaum, MD, MSc

Holly Falk-Krzesinski, PhD

Jessica Miles, PhD

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Can we harness the creative power of sex, gender, and intersectional analysis for discovery and innovation? Does considering gender add a valuable dimension to research? Does intersectional analysis take research in new directions?

In this module, experts speak on how researchers can integrate sex, gender, and intersectional analysis into the design of their research, where relevant, can lead to discovery and improved research methodology. These factors enhance excellence and can be critical to the interpretation, validation, reproducibility, and generalizability of research findings. Funding agencies and peer-reviewed journals are increasingly requiring “sex as a biological variable,” gender as a cultural variable, or intersecting social factors, such as ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, etc., in research proposals and manuscripts.

Prior to the webinar, participants are encouraged to read: Sex and Gender Analysis Improves Science and Engineering (for more details check the Tools section of this page). After the webinar, participants will get an overview of research agendas and tools for inclusive analysis.

About the presenters

Londa Schiebinger, PhD

John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science | Director, Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment

Londa Schiebinger is the John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science at Stanford University, and Director of EU/US Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering, and Environment. She is a leading international expert on gender in science and technology and has addressed the United Nations on the topic of “Gender, Science, and Technology.” She is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship. Her global project, Gendered Innovations, harnesses the creative power of sex, gender, and intersectional analysis to enhance excellence and reproducibility in science and technology.

Cara Tannenbaum, MD, MSc

Scientific Director of the Institute of Gender and Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Dr. Cara Tannenbaum was appointed Scientific Director of the Institute of Gender and Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in 2015 and currently serves as Departmental Science Advisor for Health Canada.

She is a Professor in the Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy at the Université de Montreal and is the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the May Cohen Gender Equity Award from the Association of Faculties of Medicine Canada.

Dr. Tannenbaum conducted the first-ever pan-Canadian study on older women’s and men's unmet health priorities, and led Health Canada's Health Policy Research Program on the development of gender sensitive mental health indicators. As a practicing internist/geriatrician and women's health specialist, Dr. Tannenbaum continues to treat men and women with a variety of health problems, fuelling her understanding of and passion for driving evidence-based improvements in health for men and women across the lifespan.

Dr. Tannenbaum obtained her medical degree at McGill University and subsequently obtained specialty training in geriatric medicine and older women's health. Her CIHR post-doctoral fellowship included clinical training in women's health and osteoporosis at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, a Master's degree in epidemiology and biostatistics from McGill University, and research training on sex hormones from the University of California in San Diego.

Holly Falk-Krzesinski, PhD

Vice President, Research Intelligence, Elsevier

Holly J. Falk-Krzesinski, PhD, is the Vice President, Research Intelligence on the Global Strategic Networks team at Elsevier. Actively involved in promoting women leaders in STEM, Dr. Falk-Krzesinski is co-chair of the Gender Working Group and co-author on Elsevier’s two global gender reports. While at Northwestern University she launched the Chicago Collaboration for Women in STEM and the Navigating the Professoriate and Beyond Tenure programs in support STEMM women faculty members.

Jessica Miles, PhD

Co-chair, Elsevier's Gender Equity Taskforce

Jessica Miles, PhD, is the co-chair of the Sex & Gender Dimension of Research Reporting workstream of Elsevier's Gender Equity Taskforce. She manages a cross-functional initiative to enhance Elsevier's end-to-end publishing process for authors, editors, and reviewers.

Previously, she led a team of 16 PhD-trained editors as Publisher of the Trends reviews journals, served as Interim Editor of Trends in Microbiology, supported Cell Press's society partners, and directed the high-profile Cell Cymposia conference series.

She holds a doctorate in Microbiology from Yale University.