LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence

• Jarvis Chen, Senior Lecturer and Associate Director of the Population Health Sciences PhD Program, Harvard Chan School
• Christy Denckla, Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard Chan School
• Heather Eliassen, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard Chan School
• Sebastian Haneuse, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies of Biostatistics, Harvard Chan School
• Douglas Krakower, Associate Professor in the Division of Therapeutics Research and Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
• Julia Marcus, Associate Professor in the Division of Therapeutics Research and Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
• Margaret McConnell, Associate Professor of Global Health Economics, Harvard Chan School
• Alecia McGregor, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Politics, Harvard Chan School
• Vanessa McMahan, Assistant Professor in the Division of Therapeutics Research and Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
• Alon Peltz, Assistant Professor in the Division of Health Policy and Insurance Research, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
• Shoba Ramanadhan, Associate Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard Chan School
• Deepali Ravel, Lecturer and Director of Education for the HMS-HSPH Curricular Initiative on Racism in Health and Scientific Research, Harvard Chan School
• Natalie Slopen, Assistant Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard Chan School
• Jessica Young, Associate Professor in the Division of Biostatistics, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

• S. Bryn Austin, Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
• Elizabeth Boskey, Instructor of Surgery and Co-Director of Research in the Division of Gynecology, Boston Children’s Hospital
• Frances Grimstad, Gynecologist and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Boston Children’s Hospital
• OP Hamnvik, Associate Professor of Medicine and Program Director of Endocrinology Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Kenneth Mayer, Co-Director of The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health; Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Timothy McCarthy, Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Faculty Chair of the Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program, Harvard Kennedy School
• Shail Maingi, Hematologist, Medical Oncologist, and Palliative Care Physician, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Jennifer Potter, Co-Director of The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health; Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Sarah Richardson, Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University
• Meredith Rosenthal, Professor of Health Economics and Policy, Harvard Chan School; Director of the Health Policy Program PhD and Faculty Chair of Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard University
• Jennifer Siegel, Medical Director of the Transgender Health Program, Massachusetts General Hospital

• Kitt Carpenter, Professor and Founder of Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab, Vanderbilt University
• Tonda Hughes, Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research, Columbia University School of Nursing
• Mitchell Lunn, Associate Professor and Co-Director of The PRIDE Study, Stanford University School of Medicine
• Sarah McCarthy, Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health
• Brian Mustanski, Professor and Director of the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
• Stephen Russell, Professor and Chair of the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
• Scout, Executive Director, National LGBTQ Cancer Network
• Alex Sheldon, Executive Director, GLMA Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality

• Bill Bean, MPH ’ 11, Health Policy and Management
• Ivan Hsiao, MPH ’24, Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Alberto Inzulza Galdames, MPH ’24, Global Health and Population
• Gabriel Murchison, PhD ’21, Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Corey Prachniak, MPH ’ 16, Health Policy and Management
• Gabriel Schwartz, PhD ’20, Social and Behavioral Sciences

• Payal Chakraborty, Harvard Chan School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
• Aimee Huang, Harvard Chan School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
• Landon Hughes, Harvard Chan School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
• Sarah McKetta, Harvard Chan School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
• Colleen Reynolds, Harvard Chan School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
• Kodiak Soled, Harvard Chan School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
• Michelle Tam, Harvard Chan School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

• Nicholas Andrysiak, SM candidate, Epidemiology
• Jessica Broach, SM ’24, Epidemiology
• Mary-Frances Hall, MPH ’23, Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Victoria Kolbuck, MPH ’24, Epidemiology
• Alexis Miranda, PhD candidate, Epidemiology
• Chinelo Njubigbo, SM ’23, Epidemiology
• Jennifer Trebbin, MPH candidate
• Ana Warner, MPH candidate in Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Claire Wynne, MPH candidate in Health Policy and Management

• Isa Berzansky, Research Analyst, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
• Banapsha Rahman, Project Coordinator, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
• Denise Simon, Senior Project Manager, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

Tuition support for students focused on LGBTQ health. 

Tailored, evidence-based mentoring programs for faculty, emerging mentors, including fellows, and student mentees to support scholars and professionals focused on LGBTQ health.

Funding for student and postdoctoral fellows to conduct research projects related to LGBTQ health.

Funding for student field practice projects related to LGBTQ health, including a practicum, field immersion, or fieldwork.

Funding for community-engaged student service projects or innovation projects.

Training for LGBTQ public health leaders, including students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty to amplify their voices and shape the public discourse. Fellows learn to engage the public about LGBTQ health issues through op-eds, social media, and more.

Funding for students and postdoctoral fellows presenting, organizing, or moderating at professional conferences.

The LGBTQ Health Equity Awards are presented annually at the Harvard Chan School Commencement to recognize the work of School students, faculty, staff, or postdoctoral fellows who have demonstrated a commitment to improving health for LGBTQ people.

A working group of Harvard Chan School students, faculty, and staff supported by the Dean’s Office that aims to advise School leadership on fostering inclusivity and enhance training, research, and dissemination opportunities related to LGBTQ health.

Harvard Chan Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Harvard Medical School Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs
Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership

Harvard Chan School
Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School LGBTQ Societal Theme

Harvard Chan Student Sexuality and Gender Association
Harvard Chan Intersex and Trans Justice Student Society
Harvard Medical School LAHMS

Women, Gender, and Health Interdisciplinary Concentration