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Sex and gender research and methods

Meet the Methods series

The goal of the Meet the Methods series is to equip researchers and trainees with practical tips and tools from prominent researchers on integrating sex, gender and other identity factors into various fields of health research.

Measuring and manipulating sex hormones in laboratory animals

“What and who is Two-Spirit?” in health research

Quantitative intersectional study design and primary data collection

Questions to guide quantitative intersectional analyses

Incorporating gender-related variables in clinical research

Arts-Based Methods for Illuminating Gender in Community-Based Research

Science factsheets

These factsheets highlight the importance of integrating sex and gender into various areas of health research and feature findings from IGH-funded researchers.

Why sex and gender need to be considered in COVID-19 research

Things you might not know about boys’ and men’s health

Are medications and medical devices more dangerous for women?

If I include female animals, do I need to double my sample size?

Does sex and gender matter in post-traumatic stress injury?

Do men know enough about their own fertility?

Do sex and gender matter in cannabis use?

Sex, gender and the microbiome

Do sex and gender influence smoking cessation?

Opioid education: sex and gender matter

Can medicine be personalized without sex and gender?

Does sex make a difference in preclinical research?

Traumatic brain injury: does gender matter?

Does PMS exist?

Is depression in men overlooked?

Is gender nonconformity a mental disorder?

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