Our Publications & News
Our Scientific Publications
Safeguarding research integrity: SAGER guidelines, research ethics, and the politics of evidence
Shirin Heidari, Roli Mathur, Angèle Gayet-Ageron, Ann Zeta George, Kristin Marie Bivens, Mantoa Mokhachane, Johannes J M van Delden, Jill Gardner, Thomas F Babor
The Lancet – November 28, 2025
Aligning SPIRIT and SAGER guidelines for equity in clinical trials
Shirin Heidari, Thomas F Babor, Joan Marsh, Bahar Mehmani, Roli Mathur
The Lancet – November 15, 2025
Guidelines for Intersectional Analysis in Science and Technology: Implementation and Checklist Development
Londa Schiebinger , Matthias Nielsen , Elena Gissi , Shirin Heidari , Richard Horton , Kari Nadeau , Dorothy Ngila , Safiya Noble , Hee Young Paik ,Girmaw Abebe Tadesse , Eddy Y Zheng , James Zou , Joan Marsh
European Science Editing (ESE) – September 3, 2025
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
Press releases
Press release: Gender bias in research is an ethical concern: Letter to The Lancet highlights launch of the SAGER-Ethics Working Group
29 November 2025 | GENDRO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Geneva, 29 November 2025 A Letter published today in the Correspondence section of The Lancet announces the launch of the SAGER-Ethics Working Group, established by GENDRO to strengthen ethical guidance on...
Press release: Aligning SAGER, SPIRIT, and CONSORT for More Inclusive Clinical Trials
13 November 2025 | GENDRO and the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Geneva, 13 November 2025 GENDRO and the European Association of Science Editors (EASE) welcome collaboration towards stronger, more inclusive clinical trial...
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
International Geneva: 12 faces of tomorrow
Geneva Solutions - January, 2026 This media report by Geneva Solutions mentions that these 12 personalities including Shirin Heidari from GENDRO are the ones that make the wheels of Geneva go round. In one way or another, these 12 directors, experts, advocates of...
Guidelines, Governance, and Gender
Maria Machado, PhD Scientia – October 8, 2025 What are sex and gender? While biologic or physiologic differences are tremendously important, so too are the ways that women and men experience their lives and their work differently. Women often have very different...
Shirin Heidari: towards gender equity in health research
Aarathi Prasad The Lancet - March 15, 2025 The Lancet featured a profile of GENDRO’s Director, recognising her long-standing contributions to advancing sex and gender considerations in research. The profile highlights her leadership in developing the SAGER...
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...