Jennifer Gunter is a Canadian-American gynecologist, a New York Times columnist covering women's health, an author, and a specialist in chronic pain medicine and vulvovaginal disorders.
20 Facts About Jen Gunter
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From 1984 to 1986, Gunter studied at the University of Winnipeg until being accepted into medical school in 1986.
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In 1990, Jen Gunter graduated from the University of Manitoba College of Medicine.
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In 1995, Jen Gunter moved to the United States for a fellowship in infectious diseases and women's health at the University of Kansas Medical Center, where she developed an interest in pain management.
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From 1996 to 2001, Jen Gunter worked at the University of Kansas Medical Center for an additional five years after the one-year fellowship ended.
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In 2001, Jen Gunter worked as a lecturer at the University of Colorado Hospital in Denver, Colorado.
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Jen Gunter's approach is based on evidence-based medicine integrated with a focus on empathy and the patient experience, which Gunter said she learned from the University of Western Ontario and the adjacency to McMaster University Medical School, which is a center of evidence-based medicine.
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Since 2011, Jen Gunter has written a blog that has reached 15 million views and has generated controversies in the mainstream media.
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Jen Gunter has been critical of health claims made by celebrities and the careless way that media outlets report on matters such as reproductive health and vaccination.
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In June 2019, The Lancet published an opinion piece by Jen Gunter calling for "a better medical internet" by having more medical experts involved in disseminating adequate medical information to the public.
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In 2019 to 2020, Jen Gunter wrote two columns on women's health at The New York Times: a monthly column called "The Cycle" and a weekly column called "You Asked".
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Jen Gunter is known by the nickname "Twitter's Resident Gynecologist" and has used X to share information about pain management and debunk myths about women's health.
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Jen Gunter stated that she wrote the book to counter what she considers a large amount of dangerous false information on the web about female health.
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Jen Gunter aims to correct misconceptions about women's health through her books, newspaper column and online discussions.
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In 2021 to 2023, Gunter hosted a TED Audio Collective podcast called Body Stuff with Dr Jen Gunter, which aimed to combat common health myths.
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Jen Gunter is a long-time critic of products sold by Goop, the company owned by actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
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Jen Gunter explained that vulvas and vaginas take care of themselves and that wipes can be irritating and cause inflammation.
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Jen Gunter is divorced from her second husband and father of her sons.
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Jen Gunter has spoken about her struggles with a lifelong binge eating disorder and said she has considered writing a book about weight loss.
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In 2025, Jen Gunter announced that she would be moving back to Canada after three decades in the US.