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Impact Institute at Northwestern University

@impactinstitute.bsky.social

Northwestern University institute conducting research on the health of LGBTQ populations. Formerly the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH). impact-institute.northwestern.edu

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Cindy Veldhuis, PhD@cbv.bsky.social · last yr.

🎨 Calling all health researchers! Tired of confusing graphs, chaotic slides, and posters no one reads? 📊📈📉 💡Join us for “Visualizing Health Research” — a hands-on workshop that will give you a toolbox 🧰 to level up your design game. 🧵👇 🧠 Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu to get on email list.

four half day workshop on design for academics and researchers. Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu to get on the list to be alerted when registration starts.
Dr. Brian Mustanski@mustanski.bsky.social · last yr.

The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case challenging local and state laws banning so-called “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ youth. Our new study in @JAMANetworkOpen is first to show these discredited practices increase risk for later heart disease. Free article: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Conversion Therapy Exposure and Elevated Cardiovascular Disease Risk

This cohort study assesses whether exposure to sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts is associated with cardiovascular disease risk in sexual and gender minority young adults assigned ...

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The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.

The Trump administration has scrapped more than $800 million worth of research into the health of LGBTQ people, abandoning studies of cancers and viruses that tend to affect members of sexual minority groups, according to an analysis of federal data by The New York Times.

Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health

Nearly half of the N.I.H. grants canceled through early May — together worth more than $800 million — addressed the health of sexual and gender minority groups, The Times found.

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Impact Institute at Northwestern University@impactinstitute.bsky.social · last yr.

ISGMH Prof. “Michelle Birkett’s $3.8 million grant was ended in the first of its five years. The funding was awarded to understand — and ultimately address — disparities in HIV transmission and substance use among gay men and transgender women,” reports @bloomberg.com.

NIH Grant Cuts Aren't Saving Money. They're Wasting It.

The Trump administration says the canceled funding is about cost efficiency, but data shows that the opposite is happening.

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Dr. Brian Mustanski@mustanski.bsky.social · last yr.

120 scientist working together to study how to effectively implement programs to end the HIV epidemic! That’s epic!

HIV Implementation Science Coordination Initiative@hivimpsci.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 New JAIDS supplemental issue published today! Coordinated by ISCI, this supplemental issue examines 120 NIH-funded projects aimed at ending the #HIV epidemic, sharing key findings and highlighting strategies for success. Read it now: tinyurl.com/4jb2fmbt

JAIDS supplemental issue now published: “State of US HIV Implementation Science: Progress and Priorities to End the Epidemic by 2030." Volume 98, supplement 5. HIV Implementation Science Coordination Initiative.
Impact Institute at Northwestern University@impactinstitute.bsky.social · last yr.

"We are on the precipice of being able to end HIV in our country," ISGMH's @mustanski.bsky.social tells @axios.com. "We have the tools to solve it, ... but if we back off that, if we take our foot off the pedal, we will have more #HIV cases in the United States." www.axios.com/local/chicag...

"We will have more HIV cases": Chicago researcher discusses NIH cuts

Leading LGBTQ+ researcher says Trump administration funding cuts could have widespread impact.

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Impact Institute at Northwestern University@impactinstitute.bsky.social · last yr.

Our new ADVOCATE Center improves healthcare and health equity for LGBTQIA+ people and people living with HIV through research, practice, and policy. “We’re gonna keep the lights on and keep doing good work,” center co-director Dr. Sumanas Jordan told @thedailynu.bsky.social. buff.ly/YJr3giK

ADVOCATE researches healthcare inequalities for LGBTQ+ people

Northwestern’s ADVOCATE Center, a learning health system for improving health equity for LGBTQ+ patients and people with HIV, first launched in March, expanding upon their program that began in 2022. ...

dailynorthwestern.com

Impact Institute at Northwestern University@impactinstitute.bsky.social · last yr.

In the past month, the NIH terminated many ISGMH grants focused on HIV prevention, LGBTQ health, and training early career scholars. The effect on our institute has been devastating. Director @mustanski.bsky.social spoke to @nbcnews.com about the impact. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

Trump administration axes more than $125M in LGBTQ health funding, upending research field

The administration’s cancellation of hundreds of grants is dismantling the LGBTQ-focused research field, built out of nothing over a quarter century.

nbcnews.com

Impact Institute at Northwestern University@impactinstitute.bsky.social · 2y ago

“Stigma against PrEP is shaped by homophobia, racism and transphobia, and a moral argument about who deserves to have sex and who does not,” ISGMH's alithia zamantakis tells @usatoday.com about the HIV prevention medication.

The Supreme Court may hinder access to this HIV prevention, gay sex drug. Why?

The only way to combat stigma around sex and HIV is to strive for common ground and understanding.

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CUNY Graduate Center@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 2y ago

Alumnus Jonathan López Matos explains how his Ph.D. in Psychology helped him reach his dreams of becoming a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing @isgmh.bsky.social www.gc.cuny.edu/news/grad-tu...

A Grad Turns Research Into Real Change for LGBTQ+ Health

Jonathan López Matos realizes a childhood ambition as an NIH-funded postdoctoral scholar at Northwestern University.

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Stefan Vogler@svogler.bsky.social · 2y ago

Come see me discuss some new work from Policing the Rainbow on January 16! You can join virtually or in person.

Impact Institute at Northwestern University@impactinstitute.bsky.social · 2y ago

Join ISGMH for our first Current Issues in LGBTQ Health lecture of the year! On January 16, @svogler.bsky.social will present exploratory findings on the relationship between police contact and #LGBTQ people’s health using data from a national sample. Register today: buff.ly/4h0ASEs

ISGMH presents Current Issues in LGBTQ Health. Policing the Rainbow: LGBTQ Experiences with and Attitudes Toward the Police. With Stefan Vogler. January 16, 12 - 1pm CT.