Webinar objectives:
In this session, we will explore best practice guidelines for researchers to build more equitable, reflective, and inclusive research and clinical trials with respect to gender and sex. We will touch briefly on a variety of topics including, participant eligibility, recruitment, sampling plans and data analysis, measurement of genders and sexes, responsiveness across time, and working with validated scales. The objective is to stimulate critical thought about effective integration of sex and gender in research and clinical trials and to offer some key resources for continued learning.

Meet the speaker!
Dr. Natalie Rosen (she/her) is a Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience and Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her research focuses on understanding how couples cope with sexual dysfunction and changes to their sexual relationship —such as during pregnancy and the postpartum period. She is committed to translating her research findings into novel interventions and to sharing evidence-based information with service providers and the public. Dr. Rosen has authored over 150 peer-reviewed publications and she is the current Past-President of the Canadian Sex Research Forum. Dr. Rosen is the Sex and Gender Science Lead for the CIHR-funded Maritimes SPOR Support Unit and has developed several resources to support researchers’ consideration of sex and gender in their work.