Our Publications & News
Our Scientific Publications
A proposed framework for monitoring and evaluating progress at the intersection of women, power, and cancer
Elise M Garton, Gavin Allman, Hyo Sook Bae,Kalina Duncan, Ibithal Fadhil, Nazik Hammad, Shirin Heidari, Meritxell Mallafré-Larrosa, Jennifer Moodley, Rachel Nugent, Isabelle Soerjomataram, Carolyn D Taylor, Karla Unger-Saldaña, Verna Vanderpuye, Ophira Ginsburg.
The Lancet – April 15, 2025
Intersectional analysis for science and technology
Mathias Wullum Nielsen, Elena Gissi, Shirin Heidari, Richard Horton, Kari C. Nadeau, Dorothy Ngila, Safiya Umoja Noble, Hee Young Paik, Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, Eddy Y. Zeng, James Zou, Londa Schiebinger
Nature – April 9, 2025
Intersectionality and diversity, equity, and inclusion in the healthcare and scientific workforces
Trenell J. Mosley, Rachel A. Zajdel, Ethel Alderet, Janine A. Clayton, Shirin Heidari, Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, Karen Salt, Marie A. Bernard
The Lancet – January, 2025
Beyond COVID-19, the case for collecting, analysing and using sex-disaggregated data and gendered data to inform outbreak response: a scoping review
McKinzie Gales, Emelie Love Yonally Phillips, Leah Zilversmit Pao, Christine Dubray, Clara Rodriguez Ribas Elizalde, Shirin Heidari, Marie-Amelie Degail, Marie Meudec, M Ruby Siddiqui, Simone E Carter.
BMJ Global Health – January 19, 2025
Improving sex and gender equity in research protocols: the new SAGER-swissethics recommendations
Gayet-Ageron A, Clair C, Schwarz J, Heidari S, Bovet E, Bize R, Stute P, Nadal D, Magnin A, Kalberer N, Michaud P-A.
Swiss Medical Weekly – December 9, 2024
Book review – Unveiling the exploitation of women’s health
Shirin Heidari
The Lancet – September 14, 2024
A gender-responsive Pandemic Accord is needed for a healthier, equitable future
Shirin Heidari, Els Torreele, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu, Sharifah Sekalala, Naomi Burke-Shyne, Gabrielle Landry Chappuis
The Lancet – October 03, 2023
A Lancet comission report: Women, power and cancer
Ophira Ginsburg, Verna Vanderpuye, Ann Marie Beddoe, Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy, Freddie Bray, Carlo Caduff, Narjust Florez, Ibtihal Fadhil, Nazik Hammad, Shirin Heidari, Ishu Kataria, Somesh Kumar, Erica Liebermann, Jenna Moodley, Miriam Mutebi, Deborah Mukherji, Rachel Nugent, Winnie K W So, Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis, Karla Unger-Saldaña, Gavin Allman, Jennifer Bhimani, María T Bourlon, Michelle A B Eala, Peter S Hovmand, Yek-Ching Kong, Sonia Menon, Carolyn D Taylor, Isabelle Soerjomataram
The Lancet – September 26, 2023
Sex-disaggregated analysis of the injury patterns, outcome data and trapped status of major trauma pattents injured in motor vehicles collisions: a prespecified analysis of the UK trauma registry (TARN)
Tim Nutbeam, Lauren Weekes, Shirin Heidari, Rob Fenwick, Omar Bouamra, Jason Smith, Willem Stassen
BMJ Open – April 6, 2022
Press releases
Press release: GENDRO Raises Alarm Over Rollback of Diversity and Equity Initiatives in U.S. Research
27 January 2025 | GENDRO and 22 civil society and academic partners
Press release: Building back better – towards a gender-responsive international instrument for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response
13 June 2022 | GENDRO and 22 civil society and academic partners
Gendro in Media
Shirin Heidari: towards gender equity in health research
Aarathi Prasad The Lancet - March 15, 2025 Shirin Heidari, the Executive Director of GENDRO and Senior Researcher at the Gender Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland, was born in Tehran 6 years before the 1979 Iranian revolution. Coming from a family with...
Article: ELLE
7 March 2025 Pain & Prejudice: Inside The Rise (And Rise) Of Medical Misogyny We’re thrilled to share that GENDRO was recently featured in ELLE UK in an article on medical misogyny and the urgent need for equity in health research. Shirin Heidari, GENDRO’s...
Interview: Cell
14 March 2024 In this interview with Dr. Isabel Goldman at Cell, Dr. Shirin Heidari, founder and director of Gendro, and the lead author of the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) guidelines, discusses her research, GENDRO, the SAGER...
Interview – International Gender Champions
5 April 2023 On the occasion of World Health Day on 7 April 2023, the International Gender Champions Secretariat sat down with Dr. Shirin Heidari, founder and president of GENDRO, to discuss about GENDRO’s work in advancing sex and gender equity in research, and...
Interview: Genève Internationale
20 February 2023 Genève Internationale interviewed Dr. Shirin Heidari, founding president of GENDRO about her work. They asked her about GENDRO’s work, vision, and goals for the future. Interview recording : Interview with Dr. Shirin Heidari by Genève...
Article: National Geographic
24 July 2020 This insightful article in National Geographic sheds light on "Women on the Frontlines in the Fight Against COVID-19," and delves into the gender dimensions of the pandemic and its implications for women and girls. Dr. Shirin Heidari, the founding...
News: Le temps
13 June 2019 2019.06.13-LeTemps
Podcasts
Invent: Life Sciences
25 October 2023 Throughout almost all of medical history, it was assumed that the average white male response to drug trials could be extrapolated to all potential recipients. But when we look at the poorer health outcomes for women and minorities, could the...
Podcast: seX & whY
12 January 2022 The podcast discusses the often overlooked issue of gender representation in medical research, particularly focusing on HIV trials and pharmacological studies. Dr. Heidari, founding president of GENDRO, and her team conducted a systematic review...
Podcast: The Right On! Podcast
14 June 2020 How are inequality and discrimination shaping data about COVID-19, and who is being left invisible and uncounted? On the launch of her new book on data and human rights, Sara (Meg) Davis speaks to social worker and rights activist Jolovan Wham in...