Public Health | Health Equity Data Specialist @VeteransHealth | LGBTQ+ Health Researcher @Stanford | pronouns: He/him | views don’t express the VA/VHA
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It’s #LGBT health awareness week, while there’s currently lots of uncertainty about LGBT research, I want to reshare some important studies that my colleagues and I have worked on below 👇🏾 #LGBTQhealth #VeteransHealth #SGM #Transgender #LGBTHealthAwarenessWeek
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Sexual and gender minority (#SGM) medical students strongly prefer to work in a state with higher SGM equality after their training, highlighting how policy environments may shape future physician workforce distribution. ja.ma/4bmFapg
NEW PUB ALERT🏳️🌈🚨🏳️🌈
Sharing another paper that we published this week in @AMJPublicHealth
We identified social needs among LGBQ+ Veterans, using national SDOH ICD codes to understand the issues affecting sexual minority Veterans!
Read the paper ⬇️
ajph.aphapublications.org/do…
New publication alert!! 🚨
We qualitatively examined mental health needs of LGBTQ+ adults with SCI/D in the US.
Participants want better provider cultural competency, LGBTQ mental health programming, and social support system to address lived exps.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Shane Lamba, MPH retweeted
🚨 New Study Alert! 🚨 Check out the latest #ThePRIDEStudyResearch led by David J. Kinitz, PhD and Nguyen K. Tran, PhD: Job loss, job gain, long-term unemployment, and depression among working LGBTQIA+ adults
Read more at pridestudy.org/research/#kin…
#employment #jobloss #depression
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The October issue is now available, featuring a special section on LGBTQ+ transgender health. Articles explore the sociopolitical landscape, gender-affirming care, mental health, trans-inclusive data and clinical trials, and community connectedness.
🔗: buff.ly/UvK2h7t
ALT The AJPH October issue cover shows an image of Evan, a transgender woman, in her high school ballet studio in Los Angeles, California.The issue title reads, "State of Transgender Health and Well-Being"
Sharing our paper that was a wonderful collaboration between our collaborating sites across VHA!
We found LGB+ Veterans needed greater support in health-related social needs of housing & managing experiences of discrimination, relative to straight vets.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Read our paper below!! We found that in sexual minority Veterans experienced higher need for support in housing and discrimination. We deepen the concept of “needing support” compared to solely identifying social risk. Because not all patients will want support for their needs.
In VA health care settings, LGB+ veterans were more likely than straight veterans to need support for housing issues and experiences of discrimination, according to this cross-sectional study. ja.ma/47wSPY3
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🚨NEW PAPER🚨We reflect on LGBTQ+ health, policy, and politics for @JHPPL 50th anniversary!!
"While many LGBTQ+ people remain afraid, the past 50 years teaches us that fear is not enough to silence the LGBTQ+ community."
So happy we have another publication coming out about health related social needs among LGB+ veterans, stay tuned!!
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Happy Sunday
Personal milestone. 500 citations.
I was once told I would never be a published author by a white professor in my first year of my PhD program. It was a good thing that I never let anyone define who I am.
Grateful for those that have supported me and considered my work.
#AcademicChatter #academia #scholar
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LGBTQIA+ Health Research Is Being Defunded — and the Consequences Are Devastating. We wrote about the termination of LGBTQIA+ health research grants and the ripple effects this is having on our communities’ lives and livelihoods. tinyurl.com/saveLGBTQIAresea…
Tomorrow I am heading to Minneapolis for the @AcademyHealth ARM. Excited to present my work on health-related social needs (#SDOH) in #LGB #Veterans (Mon AM) and qualitative assessment of health equity priorities from VHA stakeholders (Sun PM) Come say hi!! #arm2025
Attended the #ACSM2025 Research Meeting last week, I presented my work on lifestyle interventions in rural veterans. Had some great conversations about the impact of this data and health equity in sports medicine!!
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Read the latest research that our group published on health-related social needs among veterans ⬇️ we found the need for support varies by intersections of age, race/ethnicity and sex.
Health-related social needs among veterans vary by race, ethnicity, and sex, highlighting the need for intersectional approaches to ensure equitable social care interventions in @VeteransHealth.
ja.ma/42LmknK
NEW PUB ALERT 🚨
We found important racial and ethnic and sex differences in the prevalence of need for support across diverse patients receiving care from the VHA, the largest integrated health care system in the US.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
