IGWA Women International

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Maryam En-Nosse, a gynecologist and gynecologic oncologist at the University Hospital Giessen in Germany, with additional training in plastic reconstructive surgery focused on the vulva and clitoris. We trace her path from global health and oncology into one of the most neglected areas of women's health — and what it meant to step off a conventional university...

In this episode, we speak with Gabrielle Paquette, a women’s health researcher and consultant based in the UK, about the structural gaps in women’s healthcare and the realities of building in Femtech. We explore her journey from neuroscience to reproductive health, and her mixed-methods research on heavy menstrual bleeding—highlighting how patient voices reveal barriers in accessing care within th...

This episode is part 2 of the interview with Dr. Luigi Gresele. Here, we discuss academic life in machine learning, such as: • Machine learning conference culture (NeurIPS, ICML),  • The scale of global AI research • Supervision and mentorship

In this episode, I speak with Dr. Luigi Gresele , a postdoctoral researcher at the Copenhagen Causality Lab.  We discuss Dr. Gresele’s research topic including • What “representation” really means in deep neural networks • Why neural networks are powerful — and still largely opaque • The cocktail party problem and how ICA differs from PCA

In this episode, I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Stephanie Both , sexologist at Amsterdam UMC. Our conversation covered many topics, including: • The vicious cycle behind sexual pain disorders • How cognitive behavioral therapy can break that cycle • Why clitoral education is essential in clinical practice • And why sex education should start earlier — and include pleasure, not only risk

In this episode, I speak with Anastasia Spirina, a medical doctor turned health-tech product manager, about what it really means to bridge medicine, technology, and business in today’s healthcare landscape. Drawing on her experience across clinical practice, telemedicine, digital health startups, and product management, Anastasia reflects on how COVID-19 reshaped healthcare delivery and accelerate...

A German professor living in Korea. A Korean postdoc living in the Netherlands. A story of a 10-year-long mentorship. I met Christian during my undergraduate studies in Korea . Over the next ten years, our paths crossed only occasionally—in different countries, at different career stages. There was no formal supervision. No regular meetings. Just someone who, every few years, reminded me: 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘯...

When I first entered the field, I worried that new research might unintentionally repeat old mistakes—like the 19th-century claims that women’s “smaller brains” proved inferior intellect, or more recent arguments from evolutionary biologists suggesting men are “naturally” more likely to become geniuses. So how do we talk about sex differences responsibly? How do we build better science without giv...

“The clitoris is always considered a miniature penis.  𝗜 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆.” When I started preparing for my research on the neuroanatomy of the clitoris, I felt a need for guidance. So I reached out to people who have already done the work I admire. That’s how I found 𝗗𝗿. 𝗘𝗹𝗰𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗸𝗼𝗹. Her PhD is one of the few comparative studies examining the nerves of the clitoris and the penis. I i...

A warm welcome to the IGWA Women International Podcast. This is your host, Ju Young.