Dr. Alison Shea completed her medical degree at the University of Ottawa and her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Toronto. She then completed a clinical fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto in Menopause and Reproductive Mental Health. Dr. Shea is an Assistant Professor at McMaster University, cross-appointed to both the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Psychiatry. She is certified menopause practitioner through the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) and is a member of the NAMS education and examination committees. She also earned an MSc in Neuroscience and Behavioural Sciences at McMaster University in 2003 and a Ph.D. in Medical Sciences in 2007 from the University of Toronto, with a focus on women’s mental health.