Liisa Galea, PhD

Liisa Galea is the Treliving Family Chair in Women’s Mental Health and Senior Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Ontario and a Professor in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, a position she took up after 25 years as a Professor at the University of British Columbia. She leads the Women’s Health Research Cluster (>800 members worldwide). 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. Dr. Galea is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, International Behavioral Neuroscience Society (IBNS) and the Kavli Foundation. She has won multiple awards including the Mortyn Jones Prize (2022), NSERC Discovery Accelerator Award (2x), Vancouver YWCA Women of Distinction award winner and Top 25 Women of Influence in Canada (2025). She has outstanding metrics (H index=86 (google), >210 papers, >20000 citations). Dr. Galea is the Principal Editor of Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology (IF8.303), the Past President of Organization for the Study of Sex Differences (2024-2026) and co-Vice-President of Canadian Organisation for Sex and Gender Research. She serves/has served on advisory boards provincially (UBC (Centre for Brain Health, Institute of Mental Health, UBC Health), BC Support Unit), nationally (CIHR (University Delegates Advisory Committee, CAN – advocacy and EDI), and internationally (Steroids and Nervous System (Italy), Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD Association US), Women’s Brain Foundation (Swiss); IRTG (Germany), Ann Bowers Women’s Brain Health Initiative (US)). Liisa serves/served on editorial boards (Hormones and Behavior, Endocrinology, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Neuroendocrinology, Neurobiology of Stress, Neuroscience, eNeuro), committees (EDI, Awards, Advocacy for national and international societies) and peer review panels (NIH, Wellcome Trust, CIHR, Brain Canada, NSERC).