Announcements

Second Annual Faculty Meeting Held July 30-31, 2009

Pop Center program scientists, collaborating researchers, guest speakers, and affiliated students came together on July 30-31 at the Fenway Health conference center in Boston for the second annual Center for Population Research in LGBT Health faculty meeting. The meeting featured a keynote scientific presentation, "Same Sex Couples and Their Families: A Demographic Perspective" by Gary Gates of the Williams Institute and a panel discussion on population research methods for the study of LGBT Health, with presentations by Dr. Kerith Conron and Stuart Landers, Dr. James McNally, and Dr. Gary Gates. Participants at the faculty meeting discussed the coming year's planned activities and reviewed the Center's accomplishments in the previous year. Center working groups met to generate new research collaborations and to follow up with plans developed at last year's meeting. Students in the Pop Center's National Mentoring and Fellowship Program met face to face with their mentors and discussed their plans for LGBT health research.

Keynote address by Dr. Gary Gates at the Fenway Health Auditorium & Conference Center.

Pictured above is the newly formed Transgender Health Research Group, one of several of the Pop Center's working groups. Back row, from left: Dr. Scout, Dr. Emilia Lombardi, Dr. Alicia Matthews, Sari Reisner, Zachary DuBois. Front row: Alex Solange, Dr. Kerith Conron.

2009-09-21

Need for LGBT expertise in Healthy People 2020

The Center has teamed up with the National Coalition for LGBT Health to advocate for the importance of LGBT scientific expertise in the Healthy People 2020 process. The Center is surveying scientists on the state of the evidence base in LGBT health disparities in order to prepare scientific briefs for HP2020 workgroups. Interested in learning more or participating in the survey? Email us at HP2020@lgbtpopcenter.org.

2009-04-17

Kudos to our Pop Center Interns

We hope you enjoy the featured findings section on our recently launched website. We thank the Pop Center interns who have contributed to their development: Daniel Kurowski, Jeremy Kidd, Rachel Hunter Mehta and Kami Power. Are you a student based in Boston and interested in interning with the Pop Center? Email Aimee Van Wagenen, Program Manager, at avanwagenen@fenwayhealth.org.

2009-04-17

New Report on Sampling Methodologies for LGBTs of Color from TReND and Dr. Scout

The Tobacco Research Network on Disparities (TReND) recently released "Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgenders of Color Sampling Methodology: Strategies for Collecting Data in Small, Hidden, or Hard-to-Reach Groups to Reduce Tobacco-Related Health Disparities." This final report draws from the discussions of leading experts at the 2006 LGBTs of Color Sampling Methodology Meeting and overviews the best practices for sampling hard-to-reach LGBT population groups. The Pop Center's Dr. Scout was the science writer for the report; Pop Center scientists George Ayala, Elisabeth Gruskin, and Alicia Matthews also contributed. The report is available for free.

2009-04-17

Mentorship Opportunities in LGBT Population Health Research

Are you a student or recent doctoral graduate interested in LGBT population health research? We invite you to apply to our Mentoring and Fellowship Program. The program matches you with a faculty mentor who can help guide you with a research project in the study of LGBT populations.

2009-04-17