Afshar K

No ORCID on file · 3 papers in corpus · active 2024-2026
2026
PNAS nexus ·doi:10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag118

Women make up half the world's population, yet have received relatively little clinical research funding or structural support from major research agencies. Consequently, we know far less about women's health than men's health, including ho…

2025
Open access journal of contraception ·doi:10.2147/oajc.s431365

Hormonal contraceptives have given women historic freedoms and control over their fertility. At the same time, the potential side effects and unintended consequences of hormonal contraceptive use remain unclear due to a severe lack of fundi…

2024
Journal of psychiatric research ·doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.04.016

Biological sex differences in Cannabis Use Disorder (CUD) progression, cannabis withdrawal severity, and pharmacotherapy response have been reported, suggesting that CUD mechanisms may differ by sex. Drug cue reactivity is an established pr…