Addressing women’s sexual function difficulties with a couples-based lens

Addressing women’s sexual function difficulties with a couples-based lens

By Partnership for Women's Health Research Canada
Online event

Overview

The 2025-2026 PWHR Research Seminars feature the winners of the 2025 Mid-Career Excellence in Women’s Health Research Award.

The Partnership for Women’s Health Research Canada (PWHR) is proud to celebrate rigorous, ground-breaking research that is improving the health of women, trans and non-binary people.

The 2025-2026 PWHR Research Seminars feature the winners of the 2025 Mid-Career Excellence in Women’s Health Research Award. Each winner represents one of PWHR’s partner institutions and is recognized for their significant contributions to cutting-edge science, transforming health systems and practices through research and mentoring the next generation of researchers.

Researchers, research funders, community members, healthcare providers and administrators, trainees, and policymakers are all invited to celebrate these outstanding researchers, and to join the conversation.

Meet all the winners.

Category: Health, Personal health

Good to know

Highlights

  • 1 hour
  • Online

Location

Online event

Agenda

Welcome & Land Acknowledgement

Dr. Tamil Kendall, PWHR

Addressing women’s sexual function difficulties with a couples-based lens

Dr. Natalie Rosen, IWK Health, Justin Shimizu, PhD Student, Grace Wang, PhD Student

A Full Professor at Dalhousie University in the Departments of Psychology/Neuroscience and Obstetrics/Gynaecology, Dr. Rosen is an internationally recognized leader in sexual health research. Her work focuses on sexual dysfunction and well-being during life transitions, including the perinatal period. A pioneer in couples-based approaches, she has translated her findings into evidence-based interventions that are changing lives and improving care. Justin completed an Honours degree in psychology with a minor in Sexuality Studies at Carleton University following a seven-year career as a paramedic. They are currently a PhD student in Clinical Psychology at Dalhousie University where their research focuses on couple-based psychological interventions for sexual dysfunctions.

Thanks and Close

Dr. Tamil Kendall, PWHR

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Apr 15 · 9:00 AM PDT