Sex & Gender Science: integrating the social with the biological

Abstract For decades, researchers have largely studied aspects of sex and gender separately; the former as a basic science and the latter as a social construct with real world consequences, including health inequities. In recent years, as our collective understanding of how the biological and social intersect has advanced, the realization that sex and gender are interactional and deeply interwoven has deepened. It is not either sex or gender but both, together. We are calling this ensemble, Sex and Gender Science, a transdisciplinary, integrative field, combining diverse methods to investigate how sex and gender dynamically interact and influence disease outcomes and illness insights. In this article, we propose Sex and Gender Science as an emerging bio-social-medical field and describe the need, its growth, and future directions.

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Biology of Sex Differences
Published
2026-09-12
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-026-00977-8
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Sex and Gender in Healthcare
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Abstract For decades, researchers have largely studied aspects of sex and gender separately; the former as a basic science and the latter as a social construct with real world consequences, including health inequities. In recent years, as our collective understanding of how the biological and social intersect has advanced, the realization that sex and gender are interactional and deeply interwoven has deepened. It is not either sex or gender but both, together. We are calling this ensemble, Sex and Gender Science, a transdisciplinary, integrative field, combining diverse methods to investigate how sex and gender dynamically interact and influence disease outcomes and illness insights. In this article, we propose Sex and Gender Science as an emerging bio-social-medical field and describe the need, its growth, and future directions.

Biology of Sex Differences
Memorial University of Newfoundland (CA), Harvard University (US), University of British Columbia (CA), University of Ottawa (CA), University of Alberta (CA), The University of Melbourne (AU), Georgia State University (US), University of Toronto (CA), Ottawa Hospital (CA), McGill University Health Centre (CA), Women's College Hospital (CA), Baycrest Hospital (CA), Maastricht University (NL), British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health (CA), University of Minnesota Medical Center (US), Impact (CA), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (CA), Baycrest Academy for Research and Education (CA), Rotman Research Institute (CA), McGill University (CA), Université de Montréal (CA)
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