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Video: The Perimenopausal Power of Progesterone-Interview with Eliza Riley
Think your estrogen is low in perimenopause? Think again! In this video interview with Eliza Riley, Professor of Endocrinology Dr. Jerilynn Prior, founder of the Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (CeMCOR), reveals the surprising truth about your hormones –and why your sleep and mood are all over the place! Discover why progesterone might…
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Dr. Prior’s Interviews: Growing Older Living Younger Podcast
In 2023, Dr. Prior was interviewed twice by Dr. Gillian Lockitch, host of the Growing Older Living Younger podcast.
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Dr. Prior’s Interviews on Fempower Health-The Podcast
From 2021 to 2025, Dr. Jerilynn Prior was featured in five insightful podcast interviews conducted by Georgie Kovacs from Fempower Health. These episodes delve into crucial topics concerning women’s health, providing valuable information and expert perspectives.
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Video: Dr. Jerilynn Prior’s Personal and Scientific Reflections for Women’s Health Trainees on a Difficult Perimenopause
At the 9th Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium on March 8, 2024, Dr. Jerilynn Prior delivered a trainee-focused presentation titled, Perseverance in the Pursuit of Truth in the Field of Women’s Health Research. Dr. Prior shared her personal and scientific reflections on the challenging phase of perimenopause, emphasizing the importance in research for being puzzled, doing prospective studies…
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Video: Navigating Perimenopause and Menopause through Established Facts and Emerging Discoveries
Although we cannot change the transitional perimenopausal processes, understanding of them helps, as does social/occupation/emotional support. Controlled trial evidence showed that daily progesterone significantly improved night sweats, sleep problems and the “interference of perimenopause with daily activities”. In this video presentation, we explore the established scientific understanding of perimenopause and menopause, along with emerging research…
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Conscious Fertility Podcast Ep. 89 – Decoding Hormonal Balance: The Power of Progesterone with Dr. Jerilynn Prior
In this episode of Conscious Fertility, host Dr. Lorne Brown engages in an enlightening conversation with Dr. Jerilynn Prior, a trailblazing endocrinologist and professor at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Prior shares her 40+ years of research on the importance of progesterone in women’s reproductive health, the reality of hormonal fluctuations during perimenopause, and how…
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Stride to Wellness: A Community Movement and Knowledge Exchange
On November 8, 2023, the CeMCOR team hosted a community event at the Mountain Equipment Company (MEC) store in Vancouver. The event included a run/walk led by Filsan Abdiaman, founder of Project Love Run, followed by a participatory design workshop involving community members, researchers, and facilitators. This workshop, a unique initiative by CeMCOR to strengthen…
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Naming Women’s Midlife
For many decades, the language around women’s midlife has been confusing. Without clear names, treatments cannot be scientific. Some call “menopause” everything changing and negative for women in their 40s, or the “final menstrual flow” (which can’t be considered final without a no-period year). This confusion means Perimenopause, often women+’s most difficult time, gets lost.…
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Video: Older Women’s Fracture Prevention-The Importance of Bone Formation
Women’s bone health is closely related to the ovarian hormones, estrogen and progesterone. We have known for decades that estrogen prevents bone loss (called resorption). Our current osteoporosis medicines primarily work like estrogen and prevent bone loss—that includes all the bisphosphonates and the antibody drug called Denosumab. But bone remodeling (or renovation) involves both removing…
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Does Taking Progesterone (alone or with estrogen) Increase Women’s Risk for Breast Cancer?
QUESTION “I am using Prometrium® (oral micronized progesterone) 300 mg before bed, as it is the only intervention I have tried (pharmaceutical and naturopathic) that has worked. I am in perimenopause and have skipped one period but I am very concerned about breast cancer, and can’t seem to find any reliable information about how bio-identical…