Dr. Jerilynn Prior
Professor of Endocrinology/Scientific Director, CeMCOR, University of British Columbia
Menstruation, Ovulation, Osteoporosis, Perimenopause, Menopause, Hot flushes, Progesterone, Estrogen dominance, Women’s health, Menopause, Birth control pills, Breast health, Calcium, Vitamin D, Insulin resistance, Eating attitudes/eating restraint, Premenstrual symptoms, Anovulatory androgen excess (PCOS)
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The Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research -CeMCOR
The Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (CeMCOR) was founded by Dr. Jerilynn C. Prior in May 2002. The Centre studies the physical and psychological causes and effects of ovulation disturbances on women’s overall health.
CeMCOR publishes scientific results and disseminates information directly to women.
The Centre’s mission is to create and share a scientific, holistic body of knowledge focused on normal patterns of hormones in the population and changes in women’s menstrual cycles and ovulatory characteristics across the life cycle.
The Centre also performs studies, analyzes data, publishes and teaches about the science of menstrual cycle and ovulation physiology and the expressions of these in women’s experiences.
Please watch this video to learn more about the Centre’s incredible work – especially in relation to bone health.
http://www.cemcor.ubc.ca
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The myth of the menopause link
Heart SistersOnline
URL: https://myheartsisters.org/2013/01/31/the-myth-of-the-menopause-link/
Biography
Jerilynn C. Prior BA, MD, FRCPC, ABIM, ABEM is a Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of British Columbia. She has spent her career studying menstrual cycles and the effects of the cycle's estrogen and progesterone hormones on women's health. She is the founder (2002) and Scientific Director of the Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (CeMCOR), which actively researches women's health. She is also Director of the BC Centre of the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMOS) that is studying osteoporosis, fractures and bone density. Prior has studied women's menstrual cycles, perimenopause, and the causes for and treatment of osteoporosis. Prior is internationally known for her research showing that progesterone increases bone formation by stimulating osteoblasts. More recently, she has documented that estrogen levels, besides being unpredictable, are significantly higher than normal in the perimenopause, the 3-10 years of changes before menopause. She is widely sought as a speaker for professional and lay audiences and is the author of the award-winning book Estrogen's Storm Season: Stories of Perimenopause, an informative book about perimenopause told in story format. With Susan Baxter PhD, sociologist/medical journalist, Prior is author of Estrogen Errors - Why Progesterone Is Better For Women's Health (2009). She has authored scientific papers numbering over 200 and holds 6 patents. She is an Honourary Alumna of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine and was awarded its Distinguished Medical Research Lecturer Award (2002). She has numerous other honours including the Ann Voda Lifetime Achievement award of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research.