GenderSci Lab

Join The Intersectionality Training Institute on Thursday, March 12 from 5:00 to 6:30PM EDT for a salon hosted by Dr. Elle Lett featuring GenderSci Lab Director Sarah Richardson on Sex, Gender, Law, Policy & How We Got Here. Register here: https://lnkd.in/e8y-qFYD

Sex Based Medicine: Helpful or Harmful? Join The Moynihan Center at CCNY on Thursday, March 13 from 2:00 to 3:30PM EDT for a panel featuring Catherine Clune-Taylor, Anais Hausvater, Sarah Richardson, and Angela Saini. Register here: https://lnkd.in/dm4m_QXF

The Consortium will be welcoming Dr. Patrick Clarkin as the second speaker in our Spring 2025 Speaker Series! Dr. Clarkin is the Chair of the Anthropology Department at UMass Boston and has spent over two decades researching the impact of war on human health and development, particularly among Southeast Asian refugee populations.? In his upcoming talk, “Coming of Age in War: Puberty in Girls During Conflict,” Dr. Clarkin will explore how war-related stressors shape biological development, with a focus on their effects on puberty and menarche in girls. Drawing on historical and contemporary cases, he will discuss patterns of disrupted development, possible biological mechanisms, and the broader implications for human health. This talk is based on his collaborative research with Dr. Meredith Reiches, a biological anthropologist and founding member of Harvard University’s GenderSci Lab.? This event will be in person only. It will take place on Thursday, March 27 from 9:30 - 10:45 AM ET in Conference Room 3300, Integrated Sciences Complex, UMass Boston.? ? To attend in person, register using this link: https://bit.ly/ClarkinUMB #WarAndHealth #Gender #ReproductiveHealth #Event

The Consortium will be welcoming Dr. Patrick Clarkin as the second speaker in our Spring 2025 Speaker Series! Dr. Clarkin is the Chair of the Anthropology Department at UMass Boston and has spent over two decades researching the impact of war on human health and development, particularly among Southeast Asian refugee populations.? In his upcoming talk, “Coming of Age in War: Puberty in Girls During Conflict,” Dr. Clarkin will explore how war-related stressors shape biological development, with a focus on their effects on puberty and menarche in girls. Drawing on historical and contemporary cases, he will discuss patterns of disrupted development, possible biological mechanisms, and the broader implications for human health. This talk is based on his collaborative research with Dr. Meredith Reiches, a biological anthropologist and founding member of Harvard University’s GenderSci Lab.? This event will be in person only. It will take place on Thursday, March 27 from 9:30 - 10:45 AM ET in Conference Room 3300, Integrated Sciences Complex, UMass Boston.? ? To attend in person, register using this link: https://bit.ly/ClarkinUMB #WarAndHealth #Gender #ReproductiveHealth #Event

Sarah Richardson, the Director of the Harvard GenderSci Lab, is a historian and philosopher of science who specializes in scientific constructs of sex. She is available to speak with media, community groups, and legal advocates regarding the EO "DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT." Please email [email protected] with any inquiries. https://lnkd.in/g5jGq-57

Lab members Abigail Higgins, Ben Maldonado, Jamie Marsella, and Sarah Richardson spoke at Harvard Medical School about their recent piece in NEJM, titled "Malicious Midwives, Fruitful Vines, and Bearded Women — Sex, Gender, and Medical Expertise in the Journal." Sarah Richardson: "There are ethical and social conversations to have about the implications of targeting research to particular categories or groups.?It is necessary to reprise and recall these histories of the science of sex in order to have a fulsome conversation about the benefits and harms of policies designed to promote this research." ?? Access the transcript of the symposium here: https://lnkd.in/e682Xssx

Professor Sarah Richardson gave a virtual keynote on "Sex Contextualism in Practice" at the Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin colloquium titled "Gender/Sex | Body | Diversity: New Perspectives for Biology, Medicine & Psychology." View and share the recording below, which can be used as a companion to our teaching module on sex contextualism, also linked. ??? https://lnkd.in/eTjcwcpT ???? https://lnkd.in/e7-KJ64Q #SexContextualism #Teaching #ScienceEducation

Are women really more prone to ACL injuries than men? ?? Harvard Gazette reports on new GenderSci Lab research challenging the data and the biases behind it. https://lnkd.in/ebdikMGd

New paper about sex eliminativism in Biology and Philosophy from Aja Watkins and our very own Marina DiMarco ?? https://lnkd.in/e6NBxEaq

Are women really more prone to ACL injuries than men? ?? New GenderSci Lab research challenges the data and the biases behind it. Read more in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM). #SportsScience #ACLInjury https://lnkd.in/eiFkwh5Z