Women's Health Program

Local

• University of Toronto: women’s health curriculum development and policy
• University Health Network Women’s Health: electives, research, education, services
• Mount Sinai Hospital, St. Michael’s Hospital: women’s health policies
• City of Toronto: tobacco control strategies, postpartum disorders
• Policy on appropriate antenatal care (ALPHA)
• Hospital policies on violence against women

Provincial

• Ministry of Health and Long Term Care- Depression in Women Report
• Ministry of Health and Long Term Care- POWER study
• Ministry of Health and Long Term Care- Chair of Expert Panel Hysterectomy Report
• Ontario Women’s Health Council and Executive: developing women’s health policy related to tobacco control, cancer care, cardiovascular disease, access to medical care, violence, abortion access, emergency contraception, caesarean sections, musculoskeletal disease, mental health services, hysterectomy.
• Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Steering Committee for Hospital Report Card
• Chair of Expert Panel to Develop Women’s Health Indicators for Hospital Report Card
• Ontario Hospital Association Advisory Committee: developing women’s health policy and report card
• Council of Ontario Faculties of Medicine: women’s health policy curriculum development
• Ontario Medical Association Gender Issues Committee: development of new Ontario Antenatal Record
• Research contracts for development of women’s health policy for Ontario Ministry of Health
• Cancer Care Ontario: cancer screening policies for women

National

• E mergency Contraceptive classification to OTC
• Scientific Officer Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)
• Institutional Advisory Board for Institutes of Gender and Health CIHR
• Health Canada Therapeutic Products Program Expert Advisor
• Health Canada Advisory Committee on Women’s Health
• Co-Principal Investigator and Author-Women’s Health Surveillance Report
• Steering Committee for Women’s Health Surveillance Report Card
• Gender representation in research populations and clinical trials
• Development of gender specific analysis of federal databases
• Development of Surveillance Strategy for Mental Health and Illness
• Development of CIHR Women’s Health Policy and Institution
• Policy related to testing of new drugs in women, Health Protection Branch
• Policy related to self-care in women
• Women abuse associated with reproductive events education/ policy

International

• President. International Association for Women’s Mental Health
• World Health Organization Committee on Women’s Mental Health
• Special consultant to United Nations Economic and Social Council
• Co-Chair of World Psychiatric Association Review Committee on Abuses of Psychiatry
• Chair of World Psychiatric Association Section on Women’s Mental Health: development of international women’s mental health policy. Consultations throughout North, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Australia, Iceland, Malta, Mallorca
• Chair of World Federation of Mental Health Women’s Health Collaborating Centre: development of women’s mental health policy for diagnosis, services, treatment and research
• Chair of American Psychiatric Association Committee on Women: development of policy on women’s mental health, services and treatment
• Society for Advancement of Women’s Health Research. Vice Chair of Medical Advisory Board: development of policy on women’s health research. Washington DC
• Vice Chair Medical Advisory Board Society for the Advancement of Women’s Health Research, Washington DC
• Depression Summit-National Institutes of Health, Washington DC
• Psychosocial Women’s Health Education: Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington DC
• Centers for Disease Control Expert Advisory Committee on Policy on Violence Against Women Related to Reproductive Events
• US National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Research on Women’s Health and Centers for Disease Control, various health policy advisory committees
• US National Association of Women’s Health and Medical Education: development of women’s health education policy and curriculum in medical schools