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  • The Galea Lab is moving to Toronto!

      We are happy to share that Dr. Liisa Galea has been appointed as the inaugural Treliving Chair in Women’s Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, ON. Dr. Galea will also serve in a leadership role to womenmind, ‘a community of philanthropists committed to closing the gender gap in […]

  • New Paper Alert: Not enough papers investigate sex differences effectively

    The Galea lab recently published a paper “An analysis of neuroscience and psychiatry papers published from 2009 to 2019 outlines opportunities for increasing discovery of sex differences” in Nature Neuroscience. The following interview was conducted by the Djavad Mowafaghian Center for Brain Health, and has been taken from their website here. “Male and female bodies are […]

  • Our Recent Blogs for the Women’s Health Research Cluster

    Sharing scientific research in a clear and accessible manner to a lay audience is an important part of the work we do. Members of our lab regularly contribute to the blog run by the Women’s Health Research Cluster. The Women’s Health Research Cluster is a multidisciplinary network of researchers & stakeholders that catalyzes, expands, and […]

  • Sex Differences in Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis

    Like many areas of science, neurogenesis is one where little work has been done looking at sex differences. Neurogenesis is the process where new neurons are formed in the brain, which happens in the adult hippocampus. Previous research in this area has largely focused on male subjects, which has prevented researchers from understanding how this […]

  • Dr. Galea’s article in VICE

    “I should be allowed to leave men out my studies” On July 31, Dr. Liisa Galea published an article in VICE titled “I Should Be Allowed to Leave Men Out of My Studies”, stating that “there is a much-needed push for gender equality in science, but the government’s inclusion mandates can backfire. This article, born […]

  • Dr. Liisa Galea on Maternal Mental Health and more

    In this article, Dr. Galea discusses her overarching goals for her research, how she hopes her work will impact women, and what the future of maternal care will look like. Read the entire interview here! On April 29, 2019, Dr. Liisa Galea was interviewed by Mommy Brain EDU for World Maternal Mental Health Day (May […]

  • Galea lab, Summer 2019

  • 100 Years into the Future with Liisa Galea

  • Immunohistochemistry

    Labelling different cell types by specific protein expression

  • 2015 YWCA Women of Distinction Awards

    On May 26, 2015, Liisa Galea received an award in Technology, Science and Research at the 32nd annual YWCA Women of Distinction Awards.

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Our laboratory is interested in how hormones affect brain and behaviour. As anyone who has gone through puberty, menopause or pregnancy can attest, hormones have a profound impact on our mind. We are currently investigating four main areas of research:

  1. The long and short term effects of pregnancy and mothering on memory and neuroplasticity;
  2. Estradiol and estrone’s effects on learning and memory and relation to neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus;
  3. Preclinical models of postpartum depression;
  4. Sex differences in behavioural and neural consequences of stress.

Find our publications on Pubmed and Google Scholar

We are located in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia in beautiful Vancouver, BC. Our laboratory is associated with the Neuroscience Program at UBC and the Djavad Mowafaghian Center for Brain Health. Students interested in graduate studies can apply through either Psychology or the Neuroscience Program.

 

 

 

Laboratory of Behavioural Neuroendocrinology
Vancouver Campus
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
2215 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z3
Tel 604 822 3941
Website galealab.psych.ubc.ca
Email liisa.galea@ubc.ca
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