Rady Faculty of Health Sciences | Women must be equitably included in health research, WISDOM speakers say – UM Today News
November 10, 2025
Women’s health continues to be negatively affected by the fact that most medical research is conducted on men, experts said at a recent UM symposium.
The field of neuroscience has a particularly male-centric track record, two speakers said in their presentations to about 85 attendees at the 2025 Equity Symposium organized by Women in Science: Development, Outreach and Mentorship (WISDOM).
“Over the past 50 years, neuroscience has exploded with discovery,” said Dr. Jennifer Rabin, a clinical neuropsychologist and scientist at the University of Toronto.
“Most of this research has been carried out on the male brain, including male cells, male animals and male human participants.”
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