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List of reference websites

Links to institutions or projects dealing with sex and gender issues in medical sciences or health research

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Sex and gender specific health

Numerous resources (slides, video, e-learning modules, tutorials, templates) to support the integration of sex and gender into existing healthcare curricula.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health
United States

Women's College Research Institute

The Health Researcher’s Toolkit: Why Sex & Gender Matter
To produce robust and useful findings, it is critical to integrate considerations of Sex- and Gender- Based Analysis+ in health research studies. The modules included in this toolkit introduce key concepts, definitions, and short video lectures from research experts on integrating SGBA+ into research methodologies.

Women's College Hospital
Canada

Plateforme en étude genre PlaGe

La PlaGe est un réseau interdisciplinaire de l'Université de Lausanne.
Favorise la collaboration, l’organisation d’activités scientifiques, la diffusion et l’intégration des études genre au sein des différentes disciplines.
Université de Lausanne
Switzerland

Gendercampus

Gender Campus is a platform for Gender Studies, Equality and Diversity at Swiss Universities.
It informs about activities and news about these topics and links persons and institutions at Swiss Universities and beyond.
Gender Campus
Switzerland

Kilden gender research.no

Norwegian national knowledge centre for gender perspectives and gender balance in research.
Promotion of research on gender, and hub for gender researchers and all others interested in research on gender and equality.
Kilden
Norway

Office of Research on Women's Health

Much is known about the influences of sex and gender on health and disease; however, much more is unknown.
ORWH’s resources and research programs provide important information in this area that help to bridge critical gaps.
National Institutes of Health
United States

American Medical Women’s Association

Integration of sex and gender knowledge into medical and other health professions education and practice to improve healthcare for all.
Curriculum and Teaching Tools, Power Point Slide Sets, Case Studies, Journal Articles for Teaching, National Policies and Guidelines, Recommended Links
American Medical Women’s Association
United States

Gendered innovation

Provides practical methods of sex and gender analysis for scientists and engineers and case studies as concrete illustrations of how sex and gender analysis leads to innovation.
Gendered innovations in Science, Health and Medicine, Engineering, and Environment
Stanford university, CA
United States

Center of Excellence for Women’s Health

Closing the loop between research and practice in all of projects in order to bring about social change and health improvement
Well known for its sex- and gender-based analyses on a range of health and social issues, and its leadership in gender and health.
Center of Excellence for Women's Health
Canada

CIHR

The mission is to foster research excellence regarding the influence of sex and gender on health and to apply these findings to identify and address pressing health challenges facing men, women, girls, boys and gender-diverse people.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research

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