Everything I do — one centre.
Six surfaces, one through-line: women's brain health.
Why are women's brains vulnerable at midlife — and what can we actually do about it?
Professor of Medicine (Neurology), University of Toronto
Jay & Sari Sonshine Chair in Stroke Prevention & Cerebrovascular Brain Health
Founder, HER PRISM™
"Midlife is the window where vulnerability becomes wisdom."
— Aleksandra Pikula, MDSix surfaces, one through-line: women's brain health.
Midlife is the decisive, modifiable window for women's brain health — where vascular risk, the menopause transition, and lifestyle converge to shape lifelong stroke and dementia risk.
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Up to 80% of strokes and 45% of dementia are preventable.
The midlife years are our best chance to change that trajectory — for women most of all.
Working across institutions on women's brain health, stroke and dementia prevention.
Keynotes and workshops on women's brain health, the midlife transition, and physician burnout.
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Two engagements confirmed for Fall 2026.
Long-form essays and notes on women's brain health and the lived experience of being a woman in medicine — on Substack, with a companion newsletter on LinkedIn.
Speaking, media, and research collaboration. For coaching, visit herprism.co.
