CIHR’S INSTITUTE OF GENDER AND HEALTH ADVANCES SEX AND GENDER EQUITY THROUGH THE INTENSIVE TRAINING EVENT
From May 26 to 30, UHN’s KITE Research Institute is bringing together 30 up-and-coming health researchers as the host of the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health’s Summer Institute in Sex and Gender+ Science. The transdisciplinary program will offer lectures and workshops to the exclusive group of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, who were selected for their commitment to exploring and advancing the integration of sex, gender, and intersectionality in health research.
“We are ecstatic that KITE will be hosting 2025 IGH Summer Institute,” says Dr. Angela Kaida, the Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health. “The 2025 session will build momentum in sex and gender science, and continue to expand the community of excellent trainees and researchers connected across Canada.”
The program was brought to the next generation of Canadian researchers thanks to KITE scientist Dr. Tatyana Mollayeva, Université Laval clinical teaching physician Dr. France Légaré, and Director of KITE Dr. Milos R. Popovic.
The Summer Institute program ensures a space to look at equity with high scientific rigour, says Tylinski Sant'Ana, KITE Research Analyst and Project Coordinator for the Summer Institute. “I hope [the program] can be a safe place for people to share knowledge and discuss how we can support each other in this work.”
The theme this year is Advancing Knowledge and Equity, and includes lecture topics that range from research frameworks that foster 2SLGBTQIA inclusivity, to sex and gender considerations in reproductive and neurobiological systems. Each day of the intensive program centres one of the four pillars of health as defined by the CIHR: Biomedical, Clinical, Health Services, and Population Health Research.
The event reflects both KITE and CIHR’s commitments to being on the forefront of inclusive and equitable science, and to supporting emerging talent in research.
“We are humbled to be able to support the next generation of sex and gender researchers to do the best health research possible,” says Dr. Kaida.