Congratulations are in order! Former directed lab student (and current volunteer member of the team!) Jay Burns published a first-authored paper on hormone therapy, as part of his work with Dr. Sari van Anders at Queen's (van Anders lab website). Jay summarized his paper's contribution as follows:
“Hormone therapy (a.k.a. hormone replacement therapy) is one of the most commonly used forms of transition-related medical care. In this review, we synthesize the current literature. We find that the most well-established changes are initial changes to libido and increased sexual satisfaction, likely due to increased body satisfaction. However, we note that while hormone therapy is a medical process, to fully understand its impacts, research must incorporate a sociocultural lens.”