Text Why Sex and Gender Equity Depend on Rigorous and Precise Science

Donna Maney, Ph.D.

Donna L. Maney is a professor and neuroscientist at Emory University. Most of her published scholarship is on the neurochemistry underlying social reward, the effects of hormones on sensory systems, and the evolution of social behavior. She recently became interested in the conceptualization of sex broadly in all species, including humans. Much of her current work focuses on how sex differences are discovered and reported in biomedical research and how these differences influence public policy and access to healthcare. After graduating from Cornell University, Maney earned a PhD in neurobiology and behavior from the University of Washington and conducted postdoctoral studies at Johns Hopkins University. Her work has been published in more than 50 different scientific journals spanning a wide variety of fields. She is a recipient of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellowship, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and was named a Kavli Frontiers Fellow by the US National Academy of Sciences.

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