Experimenting with Estrogen: Towards inclusive science, medicine and policy. This project aims to investigate how biological scientists, medical clinicians and lay people are experimenting with the se

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Experimenting with Estrogen: Towards inclusive science, medicine and policy. This project aims to investigate how biological scientists, medical clinicians and lay people are experimenting with the sex hormone estrogen. Using ethnography, qualitative interviews and textual analysis, it will identify, analyse and evaluate these experimental understandings and practices, focusing on how they challenge discriminatory and out-dated models of sex and gender. Expected outcomes include more holistic and inclusive understandings of estrogen and its effects that are better aligned with contemporary lived experiences of sex and gender. Benefits include increased capacity of health professionals to provide effective and respectful services, and of Australians to make informed decisions about their bodies and health.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 4410 - Sociology. Lead: Prof Celia Roberts