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¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Biological Sciences professor Julian Christians has received $250,000 in funding from the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF).

NFRF supports world-leading interdisciplinary, international, high-risk / high-reward, transformative and rapid-response Canadian-led research.

Project summary: Epigenetic markers to distinguish gendered exposures from biological sex

Sex and gender must be taken into account in health research and the provision of care. While sex refers to biological differences and gender refers to sociocultural effects, these terms are often used interchangeably, and most studies only consider their combined effects in a binary framework comparing two sexes/genders.

We will develop a tool to assess variation in multiple types of gendered exposures (e.g., time spent providing care), distinct from sex. This will bring together researchers in basic sciences (sex differences and epigenetics), clinical sciences (how sex and gender affect health outcomes) and social sciences (what variables describe different aspects of gender, and how these intersect with other traits).

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