Sex & Gender Science: integrating the social with the biological
Abstract
Abstract For decades, researchers have largely studied aspects of sex and gender separately; the former as a basic science and the latter as a social construct with real world consequences, including health inequities. In recent years, as our collective understanding of how the biological and social intersect has advanced, the realization that sex and gender are interactional and deeply interwoven has deepened. It is not either sex or gender but both, together. We are calling this ensemble, Sex and Gender Science, a transdisciplinary, integrative field, combining diverse methods to investigate how sex and gender dynamically interact and influence disease outcomes and illness insights. In this article, we propose Sex and Gender Science as an emerging bio-social-medical field and describe the need, its growth, and future directions.
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Authors: Gillian Einstein, Louise Pilote, Geert De Vries, Sarah Richardson, Nancy Forger, Mateja Perović, Sofia Ahmed, Greta Bauer, Ian D. Graham, Lorraine Greaves, Ineke Klinge, Carmen H. Logie, Donald McKay, Michael S. McMurtry, John L. Oliffe, Cara Tannenbaum
Institutions: University of Alberta, University of British Columbia, Université de Montréal, The University of Melbourne, Harvard University, McGill University Health Centre, University of Toronto, Maastricht University, Georgia State University, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital, Women's College Hospital, McGill University, Memorial University of Newfoundland, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Impact, Baycrest Hospital, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Academy for Research and Education, British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health