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Integrating Sex & Gender in Health Research NEW Online Training Modules Visit CIHR at bit.ly/sgbatraining1 to learn more about integrating sex and gender into health research. Did you know? • Chronic pain hypersensitivity is mediated by microglial cells in male mice but not in female mice. 1 • Self-reported data in studies may change depending on whether interviews are conducted by male or female researchers. 2 • New research suggests that gender, independent of sex, predicts poor outcomes of early heart disease. 3,4,5 Sex and Gender in Biomedical Research Sex and Gender in Primary Data Collection with Humans Sex and Gender in the Analysis of Data from Human Participants 1 Sorge RE, Mapplebeck JCS, Rosen S, et al. Different immune cells mediate mechanical pain hypersensitivity in male and female mice. Nature neuroscience. 2015;18(8):1081-1083. doi:10.1038/nn.4053. 2 Levine, Fredric M., and Laura Lee De Simone. "The effects of experimenter gender on pain report in male and female subjects." Pain 44.1 (1991): 69-72. 3 Pelletier R, Khan NA, Cox J, et al. Sex Versus Gender-Related Characteristics: Which Predicts Outcome After Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Young?. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67(2):127-135. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.10.067. 4 Spence JD, Pilote L. Importance of sex and gender in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerosis. 2015;241(1):208-10. doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.04.806. 5 Pelletier R, Ditto B, Pilote L. A composite measure of gender and its association with risk factors in patients with premature acute coronary syndrome. Psychosom Med. 2015;77(5):517-26. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000186. CIHR Institute of Gender and Health Take these learning modules to learn how to: • Distinguish between and define sex and gender in health research; • Identify sex and gender differences in the mechanism, disease or treatment under study; • Identify methods for integrating sex and gender variables in health research contexts; and • Assess a research protocol or publication based on the integration or omission of sex and/or gender .

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Page 1: Integrating Sex & Gender in Health Research NEW Online ... Module... · Integrating Sex & Gender in Health Research NEW Online Training Modules Visit CIHR at bit.ly/sgbatraining1

Integrating Sex & Gender in Health ResearchNEW Online Training Modules

Visit CIHR at bit.ly/sgbatraining1to learn more about integrating sex and gender into health research.

Did you know?• Chronic pain hypersensitivity is mediated by microglial cells in male mice but not in female mice.1 • Self-reported data in studies may change depending on whether interviews are conducted by male or female researchers.2 • New research suggests that gender, independent of sex, predicts poor outcomes of early heart disease.3,4,5

Sex and Gender in Biomedical Research

Sex and Gender in Primary Data Collection with Humans

Sex and Gender in the Analysis of Data from Human Participants

1 Sorge RE, Mapplebeck JCS, Rosen S, et al. Di�erent immune cells mediate mechanical pain hypersensitivity in male and female mice. Nature neuroscience. 2015;18(8):1081-1083. doi:10.1038/nn.4053.2Levine, Fredric M., and Laura Lee De Simone. "The e�ects of experimenter gender on pain report in male and female subjects." Pain 44.1 (1991): 69-72. 3Pelletier R, Khan NA, Cox J, et al. Sex Versus Gender-Related Characteristics: Which Predicts Outcome After Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Young?. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67(2):127-135. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.10.067.4 Spence JD, Pilote L. Importance of sex and gender in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerosis. 2015;241(1):208-10. doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.04.806. 5Pelletier R, Ditto B, Pilote L. A composite measure of gender and its association with risk factors in patients with premature acute coronary syndrome. Psychosom Med. 2015;77(5):517-26. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000186.

CIHR Institute of Gender and Health

Take these learning modules to learn how to:• Distinguish between and de�ne sex and gender in health research;

• Identify sex and gender di�erences in the mechanism, disease or treatment under study;

• Identify methods for integrating sex and gender variables in health research contexts; and

• Assess a research protocol or publication based on the integration or omission of sex and/or gender.

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Intégrer le sexe et le genre dans la recherche en santéNOUVEAU modules de formation en ligne

Consultez le site web de CIHR à bit.ly/sexandgender2 pour en apprendre davantage sur l’intégration du sexe et du genre dans la recherche en santé.

Saviez-vous que?• L’hypersensibilité liée à la douleur chronique est médiée par des cellules microgliales chez les souris mâles mais non chez les

souris femelles.1 • Les données de recherche autodéclarées peuvent di�érer en fonction du sexe (homme, femme) du chercheur réalisant les

entrevues.2

• De nouveaux travaux de recherche suggèrent que le genre, indépendamment du sexe, peut prédire les problèmes de santé suivant une maladie cardiaque précoce.3,4,5

Le sexe et le genre dans la recherche biomédicale

Le sexe et le genre dans les collectes de données primaires chez l’humain

Le sexe et le genre dans les analyses de données provenants des sujets humains

1 Sorge RE, Mapplebeck JCS, Rosen S, et al. Di�erent immune cells mediate mechanical pain hypersensitivity in male and female mice. Nature neuroscience. 2015;18(8):1081-1083. doi:10.1038/nn.4053.2 Levine, Fredric M., et Laura Lee De Simone. "The e�ects of experimenter gender on pain report in male and female subjects." Pain 44.1 (1991): 69-72.

3 Pelletier R, Khan NA, Cox J, et al. Sex Versus Gender-Related Characteristics: Which Predicts Outcome After Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Young?. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67(2):127-135. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2015.10.067.4 Spence JD, Pilote L. Importance of sex and gender in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerosis. 2015;241(1):208-10. doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.04.806.5 Pelletier R, Ditto B, Pilote L. A composite measure of gender and its association with risk factors in patients with premature acute coronary syndrome. Psychosom Med. 2015;77(5):517-26. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000186.

IRSC Institut de la santé des femmes et des hommes

Suivez ces formations afin d’apprendre comment :• Dé�nir le sexe et le genre et les distinguer

dans la recherche en santé ;• Identi�er les di�érences liées au sexe et au

genre dans les mécanismes, les maladies ou les traitements à l’étude ;

• Déterminer les méthodes permettant d’intégrer des variables liées au sexe et au genre dans di�érents contextes de recherche en santé ; et

• Évaluer un protocole de recherche ou une publication en fonction de l’intégration ou de l’omission des aspects liés au sexe ou au genre.

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