With the recent Presidential Executive Orders on gender and diversity, equity, and inclusion, training the next generation of LGBTQ+ health leaders is more important than ever before. As such, we mark National Mentoring Month by celebrating our investment in that growth and development. Our work extends beyond the classroom. More than 100 faculty, fellows, and students have completed our evidence-based mentoring program tailored for LGBTQ+ health leaders. Beyond Harvard, we strive to expand access to inclusive mentorship by disseminating effective strategies to the broader public health community.

Alexis Miranda, Center-affiliated doctoral candidate and graduate teaching assistant 

Join us on February 11th for a discussion with Alejandra Caraballo, Harvard Law School Clinical Instructor, about the upcoming Supreme Court decision on access to gender-affirming healthcare for transgender people.

This in-person event is free and open to the public. Registration is required.

Designing Interventions with Community-Based Organizations

Dr. Shoba Ramanadhan, Center faculty, hosted a design workshop with practitioners from community-based organizations to create tobacco prevention campaigns for LGBTQ+ communities.  

This event was part of Project RESIST, led by Dr. Andy Tan at the University of Pennsylvania.

More than 175 news outlets—including this MSNBC video and NPR segment—featured new research published by Center postdoctoral fellow Dr. Landon Hughes, Dr. Brittany Charlton, and colleagues. Published in JAMA Pediatrics, they document puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones are rarely prescribed to U.S. adolescents.

"The politicization of gender-affirming care has been driven by a narrative that millions of children are using hormones and that this type of care is too freely given. Our findings reveal that is not the case," Dr. Hughes said.

Center faculty Dr. Julia Marcus spoke with POZ Magazine about new research published in JAMA Internal Medicine revealing doxyPEP is an effective STI intervention.

She commented, "Our study suggests that doxyPEP may be turning the rising tide on chlamydia and syphilis, which had been seemingly endless, while important questions remain about gonorrhea and antibiotic resistance." More than 50 other news outlets featured this work, and it was published alongside a commentary by the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Congratulations to Dr. Tonda Hughes, member of the Center’s External Academic Council, for receipt of the National Institutes of Health’s Sexual and Gender Minority Distinguished Investigator Award. She is an internationally recognized leader in sexual minority women’s mental health and alcohol use.

Center postdoctoral fellow Dr. Kodiak Soled and her mentor Dr. Charlton received a new grant from the National Institutes of Health. This research aims to improve the quality of health care provided to LGBTQ+ people forming families through medically-assisted reproduction. 

Grants and Conference Stipends

Funding is available for Harvard Chan School students and postdoctoral fellows to conduct research and attend conferences related to LGBTQ+ health.

Details are available on the Center's website.  

Upcoming Courses for Harvard Students

WGH220 Sexuality and Public Health with Dr. Bryn Austin. Gain knowledge, skills, and conceptual approaches to promote sexual health and conduct research in diverse contexts and populations. 

WGH207 Advanced Topics in Women, Gender, and Health with Dr. Sabra Katz-Wise. Learn how gender-related constructs (identity, expression, behavior) influence public health research and practice.