A huge congrats to the Network Canvas team on receiving the 2025 Richards award 🎉 Their free and open-source program allows researchers to easily design, capture, and export network data. networkcanvas.com (photo by Network Canvas)

Visit the Impact Institute at Chicago Pride Fest this weekend! Stop by our table from 10am - 6pm on Saturday and Sunday to meet our fabulous staff, learn about health research on LGBTQ populations, and participate in some fun activities. northalsted.com/main-events/...

🎨 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 [email protected] to get on email list.

Introducing the Impact Institute, formerly known as the Institute for Sexual and General Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH)! The name Impact Institute is a nod to one of our first programs researching the health of #LGBTQ populations.

“We’re at this formative moment where there is now a community of scientists ready to apply their skills to the health of #LGBTQ Americans and are having their work decimated by NIH cuts. These cuts are unprecedented,” institute director @mustanski.bsky.social tells PBS. youtu.be/cKcRrcURqRU?...

Join ISGMH on May 22 for our annual Postdoctoral Fellow Showcase! This year’s event features exciting LGBTQ health research presentations from 5 postdocs: Emily Esposito, John Guigayoma, @tim-levengood.bsky.social, @jonathanlpzmts.bsky.social, and Mariajosé Paton. Register today: buff.ly/rUSA6Yh

Exposure to conversion therapy is associated with high blood pressure and increased systemic inflammation, according to a new paper from Northwestern researchers @jameskgibb.bsky.social, @mustanski.bsky.social, et al.

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...

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.

Cancer mortality rates have been dropping because of NIH and NCI funded research to Universities. Without it there would be no new cancer treatments that save lives.

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.

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

"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...

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

The NIH has canceled more than 270 grants, totaling at least $125 million, focused on LGBTQ health in recent weeks.

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-...

Join ISGMH as we celebrate the launch of our new ADVOCATE Center on Monday, March 31! RSVP today: buff.ly/cnLKzUW

Congrats to Joli Robinson, @centeronhalsted.bsky.social & alithia zamantakis, Ph.D. @nufeinbergmss.bsky.social @isgmh.bsky.social on ARCC Partnership Development Grant: Building Capacity for a Community Based Research Partnership for LGBTQ Health and Wellbeing!

The HIV Implementation Science Coordination Initiative (ISCI) at Northwestern is now hiring an experienced Project Director to help drive impactful implementation science research in a collaborative environment. Position details: buff.ly/3XcCgvX

“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.

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...

ISGMH’s alithia zamantakis will appear on @wttw.bsky.social this evening to discuss the impact of recent executive orders on transgender individuals. Tune in to "Chicago Tonight" at 5:30pm CT: news.wttw.com/content/chic...

TOMORROW, join the Northwestern Prison Education Program for a virtual panel on LGBTQIA+ populations and the criminal legal system featuring ISGMH’s Gregory Phillips II. The panel starts at 6pm CT here: bit.ly/npepjusticefellows

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

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

Happy 2025! Ready for my year of #LGBTQ research and work at @isgmh.bsky.social

#FUNDING: Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) 2025 #CommunityResearch #HealthEquity Seed Grants 👉 Community Research Capacity-Building $3K, 6 mos 👉 Partnership Development $8K, 12 mos 👉 Research Pilot $30K, 24 mos (info session 1/29) Deadline: 4/22/25 bit.ly/ARCCgrants

The HIV Implementation Science Coordination Initiative is now accepting applications for its Visiting Scholars Program, which aims to strengthen academic-community partnerships through implementation research to help end the #HIV epidemic. Learn more and apply by December 31: buff.ly/3P7YJ9q

I’m equally thrilled to have found an academic home @isgmh.bsky.social and to be working with @karmacap.bsky.social to design and implement sexual and mental health interventions for #LGBTQ youth!

Please join us in welcoming Ado Rivera, MD, PhD, to our faculty! Rivera is a quantitative methodologist who works as a team scientist across several research projects at ISGMH. Learn more about Rivera’s work: buff.ly/3Zzdvf7

We're thrilled to welcome Elizabeth Casline, PhD, to the ISGMH faculty! @lizcasline.bsky.social is a child/adolescent clinical psychologist and implementation scientist who specializes in #LGBTQ youth mental health care. Learn more about her research: buff.ly/49mKs1q

SOQIR is a study of relationships among queer, trans, and/or nonbinary folx. If you are in a relationship and you are transgender and/or nonbinary or if you are in a relationship with someone who is queer, trans, and/or nonbinary we want to hear from you! Stay tuned for more info 💖

Congratulations to ISGMH's Michelle Birkett and Patrick Janulis on establishing the Center for Computational and Social Sciences in Health at Northwestern! The center will bridge the fields of data science, social science, and population health. news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2024/11/21/m...

🌈 Exciting #LGBTQ research opportunity alert! 🏳️‍🌈 In collaboration with AARP, ISGMH invites early career scholars researching the experiences of LGBTQ+ older adults to apply for our inaugural LGBTQ+ and Aging Scholar’s Award. Apply by December 2. Learn more: buff.ly/4eLtTyf

November 18 is the International Day of LGBQTIA+ People in STEM! Today more than ever we want to stress the importance of communities, building connections, and raising each other up. Let's keep leaving our mark for the betterment of us all! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #QueerinSTEM prideinstem.org/lgbtstemday/

Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People in STEM! Earlier this year, we released a comprehensive report on the status of #LGBTQ+ people working and pursuing education in #STEM fields. Read “Inclusion and Advancement of LGBTQ+ People in STEM Fields”: isgmh.northwestern.edu/our-research...

APPLY NOW for our T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Translational Science, HIV, and Sexual and Gender Minority Health! Several two-year positions starting in summer/fall 2025 are available. Apply by December 1, 2024. Lear more: isgmh.northwestern.edu/join-our-tea...

The Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, or ISGMH, is the largest university institute dedicated to researching and improving the health of LGBTQ+ communities in the US. Follow us for #LGBTQ health news, funding opportunities, and institute updates!