Archive Year

Northwestern University Professor Brian Mustanski, PhD, has been appointed to the Advisory Committee to the Director of National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dr. Monica Bertagnolli.

The PrEP4Teens sexual health initiative will bring artwork to public spaces across Chicago.

Former postdoctoral fellow alithia zamantakis, PhD, was promoted to research assistant professor at the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing on October 1.

Transgender women and Black gay and bisexual men in Chicago are nearly twice as likely to contract syphilis at some point in their lives as white gay men.

The second annual Summer Intensive Program in Intersectional BIPOC SGM-focused HIV Science was held at Northwestern University from July 31 to August 11, 2023.

Congratulations to Cindy Veldhuis, PhD, for winning the 2023 NIH Sexual & Gender Minority Early-Stage Investigator Award!

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) designated ISGMH’s SMART Sex Ed program as an evidence-informed intervention for HIV prevention.

A five-year, $3.2 million grant from National Institute of Mental Health will support a health communication and media strategy designed to lay the groundwork for an effective rollout of a future HIV vaccine among young people.

The Northwestern University Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) is thrilled to welcome Joshua Schrock, PhD, MPH, as a new research assistant professor.

Madison Shea Smith, PhD, joined Northwestern University's Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) and Department of Medical Social Sciences as a research assistant professor on July 1.

ISGMH convened scientists, policymakers, community organizations, and LGBTQ+ community members to discuss the inclusion and advancement of LGBTQ+ individuals in STEM fields on May 30 in Washington, DC.  

PrEP4Teens, a sexual health campaign for adolescents, recently received $310,000 in funding to increase awareness of PrEP in Chicago.

Scientists must move beyond documenting LGBTQ health disparities and work toward eliminating them, argue Brian Mustanski and Kathryn Macapagal in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology’s new Viewpoint column.

When legal systems choose to offer no protections to sexual minorities, even avid LGBTQ supporters would reject their gay neighbors, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

Chicago’s new Data Connection Hub brings together data scientists and community partners from across the city and surrounding areas to build relationships and bolster communications among individuals and organizations.

Twelve-month randomized controlled trial shows viral suppression is not achieved through increased case management alone.

Network Canvas will develop a new cloud-based version of their research tool with support of a $3.2 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

ISGMH staff member and graduate student Afiya Sajwani received three awards for their poster on medical mistrust among SGM youth.

Data from the RADAR study conducted at the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) is now available for public use through the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) website.