Clinical Advisory Board

The mission of the IAPMD Clinical Advisory Board (CAB) is to improve the lives of those affected by premenstrual disorders (PMDs) by educating and equipping healthcare professionals to provide high-quality, evidence-based, patient-centered care, while also empowering patients with tools and resources for education, self-assessment, symptom management, and access to informed, compassionate providers.

  • → Clinical Advisory Board Chair

    → Researcher and Clinical Psychologist, University of Regina

    Dr. Gordon is the Director of the Women’s Mental Health Research Unit at the University of Regina, Department of Psychology. Her research focuses on the impact of reproductive hormones on mood in women across the lifespan, with a particular focus on the late reproductive years and transition to menopause. As a Clinical Psychologist, she also has a particular interest in adapting established psychotherapy approaches for the treatment of reproductive mood disorders.

  • → Associate Director of Translational Research in Women’s Mental Health, University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Psychiatry

    As a Scientist, Dr. Eisenlohr-Moul uses clinical trials to clarify the biological causes of perimenstrual risk for suicide, substance abuse, and interpersonal conflict. She is also a psychologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of premenstrual disorders (PMDs) and runs a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic for treatment-resistant PMDs.


  • → Clinical Psychologist & Assistant Professor at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Dr. Hantsoo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the role of neuroactive steroids in stress response in premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). She also provides cognitive-behavioral treatment for premenstrual and perinatal mood concerns in the Johns Hopkins Women's Mood Disorders Center.

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  • → Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University

    Dr. Peters is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She studies processes underlying the development of maladaptive anger/irritability, risky behavior, and borderline personality disorder, including how the menstrual cycle exacerbates these symptoms. She is also a licensed clinical psychologist currently providing therapy to LGBTQ+ youth and young adults.

  • → Consultant Gynaecologist

    Dr. Nick Panay is a Consultant Gynaecologist specializing in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Menopause, PMS, contraception, and gynecological endocrinology.

    His affiliations include:

    → President of the International Menopause Society

    → Board Member and Secretary General Elect, International Menopause Society Trustee

    → Medical Advisory Committee Member, British Menopause Society

    → Chairman of The National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome

    → Patron of Daisy Network (Premature Menopause Society)

    → Past Honorary Director of Conferences RCOG

    → Past Chairman of The British Menopause Society

    → Past President and current Council Member, The Royal Society of Medicine (O & G Division)

    → Past Council Member of the British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy

  • Dr. Howard Li is a healthcare professional based in Washington, DC, specializing in Obstetrics & Gynecology with a subspecialty in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility.

    He completed his medical degree at Harvard Medical School in 2019, followed by a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Yale-New Haven Medical Center, finishing in 2023. He is currently undergoing a fellowship in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility at the Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Li has authored several publications, focusing on endometriosis, reproductive outcomes, and hormonal disorders, with some of his work being cited by other publications.


  • → Professor Arianna Di Florio is a leading expert in reproductive psychiatry, serving as Professor of Psychiatry at Cardiff University and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist with the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. She also holds an adjunct faculty position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

    As Director of the Reproductive Mental Health Programme at Cardiff University, Professor Di Florio investigates the complex interplay between sex hormones and psychiatric disorders across the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and menopause. Her research includes the European Research Council-funded project "Genetic Architecture Of Sex Steroid-related Psychiatric Disorders" (GASSP), the first molecular genetic study of psychiatric sensitivity to sex hormone changes.

    Professor Di Florio also leads the UK's only second-opinion clinic specializing in the differential diagnosis of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) and bipolar disorder. As a member of the IAPMD Clinical Advisory Board, she contributes to advancing clinical care and education in reproductive healthcare.


  • → Dr. Wagner earned her MD and PhD in Neuroscience through the Medical Scientist Training Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2012. She completed triple board residency training in pediatrics, general psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the University of Cincinnati.

    She began her career as an academic attending psychiatrist specializing in reproductive psychiatry, gaining expertise in treating mental illness during hormonal transitions—including pregnancy, PMDD, menopause, and fertility-related conditions. Her unique training helps bridge gaps between reproductive psychiatry and family mental health.

    Dr. Wagner collaborates with internists, OB/GYNs, psychiatrists, and psychologists at the University of Cincinnati and University of Illinois. Her academic work focuses on improving diagnosis and treatment models for hormone-related mental illness and research on PMDD, suicide risk, and neurosteroids.

    She remains clinically active in both psychiatry and pediatrics, serving as a supervising pediatrician at the University of Cincinnati and as a reproductive and child psychiatrist in a two-generation care clinic at the University of Illinois in Chicago.

  • → Dr. Zeitoun is a PhD-trained nutritional scientist and dedicated educator with a strong foundation in women’s health, nutritional epidemiology, and health education. She earned her Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences with a specialized collaboration in Women’s Health at the University of Toronto in 2023, where she also began developing her passion for teaching and mentoring in academic and community settings. Her research centres on bridging the gap between premenstrual disorders and nutrition, with a focus on micronutrient metabolism and the critical role diet plays across the reproductive lifespan.

  • → Dr. Katja Schmalenberger finished her Ph.D. program in clinical and cognitive psychology at Heidelberg University, Germany, in spring 2021.

    She is currently doing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Illinois, Chicago, funded by the German Research Foundation. Her research focuses on the reliable and valid assessment of PMS/PMDD and menstrual cycle-related variations in cognitive and affective functioning and associated changes in heart rate variability. Dr. Schmalenberger is currently undergoing clinical training in cognitive behavioral therapy.

  • → Dr. Ross is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in evaluating and treating premenstrual disorders in private practice. She also contributes to clinical research through the CLEAR Lab at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). As an IAPMD Clinical Advisory Board member, Dr. Ross helps forge partnerships with clinical psychology organizations and develops educational resources to support psychotherapists, psychiatrists, gynecologists, and other healthcare providers in delivering high-quality care to individuals with premenstrual disorders.