A new R01 grant from the NIH’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) was awarded to Lauren Beach, Ph.D., J.D., faculty member at Northwestern University’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) and in the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Feinberg School of Medicine. Beach also serves as Associate Director of the Evaluation, Data Integration, and Technical Assistance (EDIT) Program at ISGMH. Continue Reading ▶︎

We sat down with the Evaluation, Data Integration and Technical Assistance (EDIT) Program Director Gregory Phillips II, Ph.D.; EDIT Associate Director Lauren Beach, J.D., Ph.D.; and Research Project Coordinator Dylan Felt, B.A., M.P.H. student, to discuss their new editorial in LGBT Health. The article lays out priorities for research, data collection, clinician training, disaster preparedness, and advocacy to support LGBTQ+ health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue Reading ▶︎

Director of ISGMH’s Evaluation, Data Integration and Technical Assistance (EDIT) research program, Dr. Gregory Phillips II, has published the paper “The Role of Messaging and Prevention Advocacy in PrEP Attitudes, Perceptions, and Uptake Among YMSM and Transgender Women” in The Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS). The paper’s co-authors include: EDIT team members Dylan Felt and David McCuskey; two former EDIT employees, Anand Raman and Peter Lindeman; Christina Hayford from the Third Coast Center for AIDS Research; Jim Pickett from AIDS Foundation of Chicago; and ISGMH Director Dr. Continue Reading ▶︎

The Evaluation, Data Integration and Technical Assistance (EDIT) Director, Dr. Gregory Phillips II, has received two new awards from the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) to extend his evaluation work in partnership with the City of Chicago.

As part of a new contract with CDPH established through these awards, Dr. Continue Reading ▶︎

The Evaluation, Data Integration, and Technical Assistance (EDIT) research program is thrilled to announce the recipient of this year’s Community Award for Research and Evaluation Services: Black and Pink!

Black and Pink is a national organization seeking to bring about prison abolition and liberation for LGBTQIA2S+ individuals who are impacted by incarceration or who are living with HIV/AIDS. Continue Reading ▶︎

Dr. Gregory Phillips II, Director of the Evaluation, Data Integration, and Technical Assistance (EDIT) research program, has been officially elected Co-Chair of the LGBT Issues Topical Interest Group (TIG) for the American Evaluation Association (AEA).

Dr. Phillips is an established leader in LGBTQ+ Evaluation methodology and practice. His work has earned him recognition as the sole Affiliate Researcher of the Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA) with an LGBTQ+ focus. Continue Reading ▶︎

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EDIT CARES is an annual award designed to support organizations and individuals serving the sexual and gender minority (SGM) community in innovative ways. Evaluation, data management, and technical assistance services can be costly, so we want to support your work by offering to provide these services to you free of charge, by funding up to $5,000 worth of EDIT staff time to work directly with you. Continue Reading ▶︎