The Einstein Lab - Cognitive Neuroscience, Gender and Health

About

We work with groups of women, men and gender-diverse individuals to explore how their brains and behaviour react and respond when they experience sex-specific health conditions, medical treatments or social practices.

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Videos

Learn more about neuroscience, cognition, gender and health in a collection of videos featuring Dr. Gillian Einstein.

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Impact

By sharing our discoveries, we can promote better research and healthier communities.

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We study how the structure and function of the brain is influenced by the context of people’s lives, especially sex and gender ⚙️🧠🔍 P.I - Dr. Gillian Einstein

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Women's Health Research Cluster @ResearchonWH·

28 Oct

@EinsteinLabUofT is hosting How to SGBA: Lessons Learned on Incorporating #Gender into #Research on Nov 17! Register to hear @SofiaAhmedMD, @Rob_Paul_Juster, @PiloteDr & Dr. Greta Bauer reveal key decisions they had to make to include #SGBA in #research. https://bit.ly/39XG6Aa

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Dr. Kristen Zuloaga @Zuloaga_Lab·

20 Oct

Join me, @LD_McCullough, @EinsteinLabUofT, and Kendra Wallace for talks on #SexDifferences in the brain and discussions led by session chairs Mark Cunningham and Fan Fan. #SABV @APSPhysiology #SexGender21 👇 https://twitter.com/OliviaGannon2/status/1450819513805574155

Olivia Gannon@OliviaGannon2

Interested in sex differences in neurogenesis? My mentor Dr. Kristen Zuloaga is giving a talk at the APS conference at 3:25 today! #SexGender21 @Zuloaga_Lab @LisaRobison86

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8 Oct

We'll be attending @APSPhysiology New Trends in Sex and Gender Medicine! How about you?

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For Study Participants

Estrogens & Cognition

New to E&C? Check out the online study info: Click here
For the in-person study in Toronto or the online study contact: estrogens.cognition@psych.utoronto.ca
For the in-person study in Montreal contact: estrogen.cognition.project@gmail.com
List of Publications: Click here
Feedback survey for the Virtual Participant Appreciation Night: Click here

List of Current Projects

In The News

Read an in-depth profile of Dr. Gillian Einstein and her research from the Toronto Star as well as other features of the lab

What do Sex and Gender have to do with Neuroscience?

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Researchers in Training

If you're passionate about exploring areas of neuroscience where research doesn't yet have good answers to important brain health questions, we want to hear from you!

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Situated Neuroscience

We created a platform to discuss our science and the philosophy behind our research. With this, we hope to make science more accessible to non-academic audiences. Welcome to the Einstein Lab blog.

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