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Liisa Galea

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BrainMen's and Women's Health
Contact Info
liisa.galea@ubc.ca
604-822-6536
LiisaGalea

Biography

Dr. Liisa Galea is a professor in the Department of Psychology and a member of the Centre for Brain Health at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She is also health advisor to UBC’s Office of the Vice-President of Research and Innovation, lead of the Women’s Health Research Cluster and a scientific advisor for the Women’s Health Research Institute. 

Dr. Galea’s research investigates how sex hormones influence brain health and disease in both females and males. The main goal of her research is to improve brain health for women and men by examining the influence of sex and sex hormones on normal and diseased brain states such as depression and Alzheimer’s disease.

Publications

  • Frontiers in neuroendocrinology -

    Chasing red herrings and wild geese: Sex differences versus sex dimorphism.

    Galea LAM
  • Neuroendocrinology -

    Sex differences and estradiol effects in MAPK and Akt cell signalling across subregions of the hippocampus.

    Sheppard PAS, Puri TA, Galea LAM
  • Brain, behavior, and immunity -

    Maternal fluoxetine reduces hippocampal inflammation and neurogenesis in adult offspring with sex-specific effects of periadolescent oxytocin.

    Qiu W, Go KA, Wen Y, Duarte-Guterman P, Eid RS, Galea LAM
  • BMC public health -

    Intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: results from a population-based survey in Canada.

    Ogilvie GS, Gordon S, Smith LW, Albert A, Racey CS, Booth A, Gottschlich A, Goldfarb D, Murray MCM, Galea LAM, Kaida A, Brotto LA, Sadarangani M
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology -

    Postpartum corticosterone and fluoxetine shift the tryptophan-kynurenine pathway in dams.

    Qiu W, Go KA, Lamers Y, Galea LAM
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