Lynn Posluns
{{Short description|Canadian women's health entrepreneur}}
Lynn Posluns is the founder and president of Women’s Brain Health Initiative in Canada. In 2021, Posluns was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada for "her contributions to research on women’s cognitive health and aging through the founding of Women’s Brain Health Initiative."{{Cite web |last=General |first=Office of the Secretary to the Governor |date=2021-12-20 |title=Governor General announces 135 appointments to the Order of Canada |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/activities/2021/governor-general-announces-135-new-appointments-order-canada |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=The Governor General of Canada}}{{Cite news |date=2021-12-29 |title=Mac prof appointed to the Order of Canada for revolutionary telerobotic surgery research |language=en |work=The Hamilton Spectator |url=https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2021/12/29/order-of-canada-doctor-mehran-anvari.html |access-date=2022-04-02 |issn=1189-9417}}
Career
= Women’s Brain Health Initiative =
Posluns founded the Women’s Brain Health Initiative in 2012.{{Cite web |date=2019-11-29 |title=Q & A with Lynn Posluns: Standing up to research bias |url=https://thecjn.ca/news/canada/q-a-with-lynn-posluns-standing-up-to-research-bias/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=The Canadian Jewish News |language=en-US}} The Women’s Brain Health Initiative has led various efforts to champion the need to explore sex and gender differences in women’s brain-aging research, including creating the first Research Chair in Women’s Brain Health and Aging (which was awarded to Dr. Gillian Einstein at the University of Toronto), and in 2019, was one of the organizations involved in advocating for the Government of Canada to declare December 2 as Women's Brain Health Day.{{Cite web |last=Initiative (WBHI) |first=Women's Brain Health |title="The Other Hand Challenge" Launches to Improve Women's Brain Health |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/-the-other-hand-challenge-launches-to-improve-women-s-brain-health-866376304.html |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=www.newswire.ca |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Brain health is a lifelong endeavour, honorary doctorate recipient Lynn Posluns tells graduands – YFile |date=17 June 2019 |url=https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2019/06/17/brain-health-is-a-lifelong-endeavour-honorary-doctorate-recipient-lynn-posluns-tells-graduands/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |language=en-US}}
In January 2022, the Women’s Brain Health Initiative was awarded $716,000 from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Dementia Strategic Fund for a two-year brain health awareness campaign.{{Cite web |last=Initiative (WBHI) |first=Women's Brain Health |title=Grant Funds Groundbreaking Campaign to Help Prevent Alzeimer's Disease and other Dementias |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/grant-funds-groundbreaking-campaign-to-help-prevent-alzheimer-s-disease-and-other-dementias-807510225.html |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=www.newswire.ca |language=en}} In March 2022, Women’s Brain Health Initiative and Brain Canada announced the granting of $105,000 each to six research teams through the Brain Canada-WBHI Expansion Grants: Considering Sex and Gender Program.{{Cite news |date=2022-03-08 |title=Women's Brain Health Initiative and Brain Canada join forces to fund sex and gender considerations in brain research |language=en |work=Financial Post |url=https://financialpost.com/globe-newswire/womens-brain-health-initiative-and-brain-canada-join-forces-to-fund-sex-and-gender-considerations-in-brain-research |access-date=2022-04-02}} On April 1, 2022, Posluns' organization, Women’s Brain Health Initiative, received $150,000 from the provincial Government of Ontario, as a part of the government’s Priorities and Partnerships Funding COVID-19 Equity Supports, to deliver Brainable, a free bilingual brain health education program for students in Grades 5 to 8.{{Cite web |title=Ontario Newsroom |url=https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1001924/ontario-expanding-access-to-student-mental-health-supports |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=news.ontario.ca}}
Posluns has spoken about women’s cognitive health and aging for a number of media outlets, including Global News and CityNews.{{Cite web |title=Lifestyle changes can improve brain health outcomes, reduce chances of dementia: experts {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8419777/brain-health-alzheimers-dementia-lifestyle/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=CityNews |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/12/02/womens-brain-health-day-brain-aging-disorders-under-researched-in-women/ |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=toronto.citynews.ca|date=2 December 2021 }} In 2019, Posluns received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from York University.
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Category:21st-century Canadian scientists
Category:York University alumni
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