
Angela Hehir
@ange_hehir
Public health professional with a focus on CVD & gender equality
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01-06-2016 02:42:51
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Our work on sex differences led by Prof Mark Woodward is a key focus of our Global Women’s Health Program. Learn more: georgeinstitute.org/sex-and-gender… Sarah Berry The Sydney Morning Herald Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) MESSAGE (Medical Science Sex & Gender Equity) Robyn Norton Cheryl Carcel Angela Hehir

Reporting on first meta-analysis focussing on association between Mediterranean diet, CVD & death in women. Congrats A/Prof Sarah Zaman & all authors

🗓️ April 7 is #WorldHealthDay23 There can be no #HealthForAll if half the world’s population is left behind! We're challenging the assumption that medicine, and research behind medical interventions, is sex and gender neutral. George Institute UK The George Institute for Global Health India bit.ly/3KynZ6Z



👏👏👏Delighted to join this ongoing effort to address sex and gender inequities in research and medicine to enable more targeted, effective interventions which promote lifelong health for all! Robyn Norton A/Prof Clare Arnott Angela Hehir Cheryl Carcel Franklin Women Women's Agenda

A huge thanks to AAMRI The George Institute for Global Health Angela Hehir and to SCAD heart attack survivor Jen O'Neill for sharing your story of gender inequity in heart attack diagnosis and treatment. #AAMRISexandGenderPanel #medicalresearch #heartresearch #aushealth

Congratulations Dr Melina Georgousakis Dr Amy Vassallo and Franklin Women team! Great to see this investment by NSW Health

Congratulations Sultana Shajahan, MD, MPH So well deserved!

So proud to be involved in this important work with our friends AAMRI & UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute! Robyn Norton Cheryl Carcel Angela Hehir Franklin Women Women's Agenda

🚨 New from my team today at UNSW Medicine & Health in Sports Medicine Governing body resistance training guidelines exhibit sex bias. We need to stop routinely assuming that data from one sex apply to all! link.springer.com/article/10.100…


And a little piece I wrote for The Conversation about the paper I tweeted about earlier this morning.... New study: much of what we're told about gym exercises and resistance training is from studies of males, by men theconversation.com/new-study-much… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand




"Women are also believed to have a greater capacity to cope with pain because of the pain that accompanies menstruation and childbirth. These stereotypes mean women’s pain is viewed as “natural” and “normal”." Catch the latest in The Conversation series on women's health below ⬇️



