Rebecca Shansky

Guess Which Sex Behaves More Erratically (at Least in Mice)

The new research is “tipping all of these assumptions about sex differences and the influence of hormones on their head,” said Rebecca Shansky, a behavioral neuroscientist at Northeastern University and a co-author of the new study.

Gender bias toward men in patent awards results in less biomedical innovation for women, study suggests

Women are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences and also face systemic barriers and a lack of support to commercialize their ideas. “There’s multiple levels at which the barriers need to be broken down in order to get real equity,” said Rebecca Shansky, a neuroscientist at Northeastern University who was not involved with the study.

The Cut

More! Female! Mice!

By skipping over females, researchers may be missing important information about how hormonal shifts could interact with our medicines, said Dr. Rebecca Shansky, a neuroscientist and associate professor at Northeastern University. “The excuse that I would hear over and over again is that the estrous cycle” — the mouse version of a menstrual cycle — […]

Scientific American

Biomedical Research Falls Short at Factoring in Sex and Gender

Rebecca M. Shansky, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Northeastern University.

Lab rats are overwhelmingly male, and that’s a problem

“It’s up to the journal and the scientists who (peer) review for the journals to start holding people accountable and say this doesn’t deserve to be a high profile paper because it only studied males. It can’t be that impactful if we don’t know the answer to the science question in females,” said Rebecca Shansky, […]

Five things you need to know today, and biotech’s ‘other’ problem with lack of women

The podcast cites the work of Northeastern University Rebecca Shanskey, who I found cited in a story on the university website from May 2019.

Gizmodo

A Promising Brain-Regenerating Drug May Only Work for Women and Babies, a Mouse Study Suggests

Earlier this May, scientist Rebecca Shansky of Northeastern University in the US city of Boston wrote about the ongoing need to stamp out sex bias in medical research, starting with lab animals, and the harm it can cause.

Gizmodo

A Promising Brain-Regenerating Drug May Only Work for Women and Babies, a Mouse Study Suggests

Earlier this May, scientist Rebecca Shansky of Northeastern University in Boston wrote about the ongoing need to stamp out sex bias in medical research, starting with lab animals, and the harm it can cause.

Women get Alzheimer’s way more than men—and stress could help explain why

Rebecca Shansky, a Northeastern University psychologist who studies stress in female rats, was struck by this as well.

Science News

Female rats face sex bias too

“The idea that women are primarily driven by ovarian hormones [was] a narrative put in place intentionally in the Victorian era,” says Rebecca Shansky, a neuroscientist at Northeastern University in Boston. “That has also infiltrated the way we think about female animals” in science.

Northeastern University researchers are mapping the brain signals of female rats to find more effective treatments for human women with PTSD

by Laura Castañón

July 25, 2019

Most biomedical research is done on male animals. That’s a public health problem.

by Laura Castañón

May 30, 2019

While many researchers and scholars examine trauma at the community or individual level, Rebecca Shansky investigates it a single neuron at a time. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University.

Northeastern neuroscientist joins Dalai Lama to explore spirituality and science

by Allie Nicodemo

August 15, 2017

Professor’s seminar on scientific literature paves the road to creative thinking

by Thea Singer

January 4, 2017

Researchers’ preclinical trial upends conventional wisdom about responses to fear

by Thea Singer

January 28, 2016

What lights their fire

by Greg St. Martin

November 3, 2014

3Qs: Gender balance in biomedical research

by Angela Herring

May 29, 2014

3Qs: Analyzing ‘Linsanity’

by Jason Kornwitz

February 27, 2012

Starfish are dying from a mysterious disease. She hunts for answers

Americans are rare on “Ninja Warrior.” He landed in the top three

Women’s hockey team begins quest for fourth consecutive Beanpot title

Does the US actually need Greenland for national security?

Rebecca Shansky in the Press

Guess Which Sex Behaves More Erratically (at Least in Mice)

Gender bias toward men in patent awards results in less biomedical innovation for women, study suggests

More! Female! Mice!

Biomedical Research Falls Short at Factoring in Sex and Gender

Lab rats are overwhelmingly male, and that’s a problem

Five things you need to know today, and biotech’s ‘other’ problem with lack of women

A Promising Brain-Regenerating Drug May Only Work for Women and Babies, a Mouse Study Suggests

A Promising Brain-Regenerating Drug May Only Work for Women and Babies, a Mouse Study Suggests

Women get Alzheimer’s way more than men—and stress could help explain why

Female rats face sex bias too

Rebecca Shansky for Northeastern Global News

Northeastern University researchers are mapping the brain signals of female rats to find more effective treatments for human women with PTSD

Most biomedical research is done on male animals. That’s a public health problem.

Northeastern neuroscientist joins Dalai Lama to explore spirituality and science

Professor’s seminar on scientific literature paves the road to creative thinking

Researchers’ preclinical trial upends conventional wisdom about responses to fear

What lights their fire

3Qs: Gender balance in biomedical research

3Qs: Analyzing ‘Linsanity’

Guess Which Sex Behaves More Erratically (at Least in Mice)

Gender bias toward men in patent awards results in less biomedical innovation for women, study suggests

More! Female! Mice!

Biomedical Research Falls Short at Factoring in Sex and Gender

Lab rats are overwhelmingly male, and that&#8217;s a problem

Five things you need to know today, and biotech&#8217;s &#8216;other&#8217; problem with lack of women

A Promising Brain-Regenerating Drug May Only Work for Women and Babies, a Mouse Study Suggests

A Promising Brain-Regenerating Drug May Only Work for Women and Babies, a Mouse Study Suggests

Women get Alzheimer’s way more than men—and stress could help explain why

Female rats face sex bias too

Northeastern University researchers are mapping the brain signals of female rats to find more effective treatments for human women with PTSD

Most biomedical research is done on male animals. That’s a public health problem.

Northeastern neuroscientist joins Dalai Lama to explore spirituality and science

Professor’s seminar on scientific literature paves the road to creative thinking

Researchers’ preclinical trial upends conventional wisdom about responses to fear

What lights their fire

3Qs: Gender balance in biomedical research

3Qs: Analyzing ‘Linsanity’

Lab rats are overwhelmingly male, and that’s a problem

Five things you need to know today, and biotech’s ‘other’ problem with lack of women