The Department of Neuroscience is pleased to welcome Dr. Liisa Galea, a Professor from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Dr. Galea is the Treliving Chair in Women’s Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and a Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology and Toxicology at University of Toronto. She leads the Women’s Health Research Cluster (>500 members worldwide) and is a passionate advocate for research on women’s brain health. Dr. Galea is a world-renowned expert in sex hormone influences on brain and behaviour in both health and disease states, with a focus on dementia and stress-related psychiatric disorders. She developed the first rodent models for perinatal depression more than 20 years ago, and her research continues to reveal novel insight into the mechanisms by which pregnancy and motherhood impact risk for psychiatric disorders in the short term and the trajectory of cognitive ageing in the long term. Dr. Galea is also tireless advocate for women’s health research and for sex and gender-based analyses towards improved health for all people.