{"id":518,"date":"2025-05-27T12:49:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/?page_id=518"},"modified":"2025-05-27T12:51:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:51:27","slug":"jennifer-chan-de-avila","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/menopausing-network\/people\/jennifer-chan-de-avila\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Chan de Avila"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/535\/2025\/05\/Author-Foto-Chan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-520\" style=\"width:237px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/535\/2025\/05\/Author-Foto-Chan.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/535\/2025\/05\/Author-Foto-Chan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/535\/2025\/05\/Author-Foto-Chan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/menopausing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/535\/2025\/05\/Author-Foto-Chan-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Jennifer Chan de Avila<\/strong>&nbsp;is a political scientist, menopause doula, and researcher specializing in gender, intersectionality, and body politics. She holds a PhD from Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin and has conducted postdoctoral research on diversity in organizations. After being diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) in her late 30s, she turned her personal experience into a source of embodied knowledge and professional transformation. This led her to train as a certified menopause doula and to found&nbsp;<strong>La Menodoula<\/strong>, a project that bridges research, advocacy, and holistic support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jennifer was a research associate in the MenoSupport project at HTW Berlin, where she co-developed the MenoMATRIX and MenoMAPP frameworks to support menopause-inclusive workplace health strategies. She is the co-author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.transcript-verlag.de%2F978-3-8376-7450-7%2Fwechseljahre-am-arbeitsplatz%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmeeri.ott%40uef.fi%7C09db13635b1646b42c8d08dd9c313f0c%7C87879f2e73044bf2baf263e7f83f3c34%7C0%7C0%7C638838457534868319%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=i0r02N6IG2W1siL1RhnhDrfK4fMDc9fkuzJYt9h3xy4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Wechseljahre am Arbeitsplatz: Handlungskonzept f\u00fcr ein innovatives betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement\u00a0<\/a>(&#8220;<em>Menopause at Work: An Action Framework for Innovative Workplace Health Management&#8221;<\/em>, Transcript, 2025), and serves as Germany\u2019s expert in the international ISO 45010 working group on menstruation, menstrual health, and menopause. Her work is grounded in a feminist, embodied approach that understands menopause as a multidimensional and transformative life stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"links-block\">\n\n    \n    <ul class=\"link-list\">\n        \n            \n            <li class=\"link-list-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/lamenodoula.com\/\" class=\"link-reset link hover-scale-down\">\n                    <svg\n        width=\"43\" height=\"25\"\n        viewBox=\"0 0 43 25\"\n        xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n    <path\n        d=\"M30.027 0 43 12.5 30.027 25 27 22.083 34.351 15H0v-5h34.351L27 2.917z\"\n        fill=\"currentColor\"\n        fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg>                    <div>La Menodoula website <\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                <div class=\"link-info\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n\n                <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div id=\"accordion-block_a99cc4576c89fdf83df3db770536c9ca\" class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-5810\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-5810\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChan de Avila, A., &amp; Nitsche, S. (2025): Wechseljahre am Arbeitsplatz. Handlungskonzept f\u00fcr ein innovatives betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement. \t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-5810\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-5810\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Das Thema Wechseljahre am Arbeitsplatz wird in Deutschland noch h\u00e4ufig tabuisiert. Jennifer Chan de Avila und Sabine Nitsche schaffen Abhilfe und bieten neben einem theoretischen Denkmodell auch ein konkretes Handlungskonzept f\u00fcr ein innovatives betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement. Basierend auf umfangreichen Recherchen und Expert*inneninterviews betrachten sie die physische, psychische und sozio-affektive Ebene der Menopause, erm\u00f6glichen eine \u00dcberpr\u00fcfung bzw. 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