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News and Announcements
October 22, 2024
Associate Director Jagadīśa-devaśrī Dācus received the Outstanding Commitment in Education award from Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs during LGBTQ+ History Month.
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ISGMH trainee Will Liem was awarded the Ethics and Artificial Intelligence Research Grant to develop generative AI tools for sex education geared towards LGBTQ+ teens.
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Original works by four local Chicago LGBTQ+ artists are now on display at ISGMH, which commissioned the works as part of its ARTGASM mini residency program.
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The SILOS Project will examine the social and structural factors leading to racial/ethnic differences in HIV transmission and substance use among young men who have sex with men and transgender
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Northwestern’s Institute for Sexual and Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) came out to support the LGBTQ+ community at the 2024 Chicago Pride Fest on June 22-June 23.
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ISGMH in the Media
October 17, 2024 – from WTTW
October 11, 2024 – from Windy City Times
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Press Releases and Media Advisories
Northwestern professor Brian Mustanski appointed advisor to director of the NIH
December 20, 2023
Northwestern University professor Brian Mustanski has been appointed to the Advisory Committee to the Director of National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Monica Bertagnolli. Mustanski was invited to join the committee by Xavier Becerra, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Mustanski’s appointment begins immediately and extends through 2027.
Patients can choose “X” as sex designation at Northwestern Medicine starting Dec. 18
December 11, 2023
Patients will soon be able to choose “X” as a sex designation at Northwestern Medicine’s 11 hospitals and more than 200 outpatient locations throughout Illinois. “X” is a sex designation on government identification documents that represents a legal sex other than male or female. Most commonly, people who are nonbinary, intersex or transgender may opt to use “X” instead of male “M” or female “F” as a sex designation on identification documents. The designation will be available as part of the health system’s electronic medical record beginning Dec. 18.
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