Search Results < Dean’s Advisory Council on LGBTQI+ Affairs

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$4 Million Grant Will Help YSPH Team Implement New LGBTQ Mental Health Therapy
Professor John Pachankis has received a nearly $4 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to implement LGBTQ-affirmative cognitive behavioral therapy in 90 LGBTQ community centers nationwide.
29 Aug 2023
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How CT’s Gender-Affirming Care Changed the Lives of These Trans Individuals
Christy Olezeski, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and director and co-founder of the Yale Pediatric Gender Program, spoke to CT Insider for a story about gender-affirming care in Connecticut.
Source: CT Insider
6 Jul 2023
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Mandy Cohen: From Yale Medical Student to CDC Director
From the time she was a student at Yale School of Medicine, graduating in 2005, Cohen has been determined to make a mark on health care policy. She has said, “I always knew I wanted to have an impact at scale.”
20 Jun 2023
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Changing the Lives of Patients With Alopecia and Vitiligo
Progress was slow for several years, but a Yale physician-scientist finally saw the FDA approve drugs for which he had advocated to treat the debilitating conditions alopecia and vitiligo.
17 May 2023
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‘We’re failing to make progress’: Studies show ongoing toll of premature Black deaths
Black Americans have suffered 1.63 million excess deaths and lost more than 80 million years of life compared to white Americans, according to a new analysis.
Source: STAT
16 May 2023
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Yale Gender Program hosts “Gender Joy Community Day”
Thanks to area volunteers and Yale Pediatric Gender Program (YPGP) healthcare providers, several families joined together in community for an afternoon of gender joy on the Yale campus on April 23, 2023.
1 May 2023
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"It was life-changing for me." Three Yale faculty share how ISFS supported them in their career paths
Yale School of Medicine will host the virtual Intersections Science Fellows Symposium from October 4-6, 2023. With 56 fellows over two cohorts, 64% identified as minoritized individuals, and 60% identified as women. 43 went on to become faculty, four in industry and private sector positions, and nine are currently on the job market, signifying an over 75% faculty placement. In this article, three ISFS fellows share how ISFS supported them in achieving their Yale faculty positions.
27 Apr 2023
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Dwyane Wade talks moving family out of Florida over anti-LGBTQ legislation
Former NBA star Dwyane Wade is opening up about why he and his family moved out of Florida, listing the state's anti-LGBTQ laws as part of the reason for their move. His daughter Zaya, who turns 16 in May, came out as transgender in 2020.
Source: ABC News
27 Apr 2023
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How ‘Weathering’ Contributes to Racial Health Disparities
Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD, MHS, associate dean for health equity research and C.N.H. Long Professor of Internal Medicine (General Medicine), talks about how weathering, a form of chronic stress, provides a framework for understanding health inequities.
Source: The New York Times
12 Apr 2023
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A Year of Breastfeeding Costs Families As Much As $11,000, Study Finds
The direct and indirect costs of breastfeeding are far higher than people might assume, making the choice to breastfeed rather than bottle feed less automatic for many families.
4 Apr 2023
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What Does it Mean to be 'Nonbinary?'
Christy Olezeski, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and director and co-founder of the Yale Pediatric Gender Program, told Yahoo! Life the biggest misconception people have about nonbinary people is that they’re “going through a phase,” which she explains is far from true.
Source: Yahoo! Life
14 Mar 2023
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Responding to pandemic: Yale professors reflect on COVID-19 public service
As the third anniversary of the pandemic approaches, Abbe R. Gluck and Marcella Nunez-Smith reflect on the roles of a lifetime — creating a national response.
Source: Yale News
9 Feb 2023
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How to Increase Testosterone
Yale Urology's Stanton Honig, MD, weighs in on the importance of testosterone, it's limitations, and how many things it impacts.
Source: Forbes Health
24 Jan 2023
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Incarcerated LGBTQ Americans find little to no support system upon release
LGBTQ people are incarcerated at a rate three times higher than the general population. But when they are released from prison, experts say many reentry programs fail to meet their unique needs. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports for our series, Searching for Justice.
Source: PBS News Hour
29 Nov 2022
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Inequities in Medical School Research Could Hinder Workforce Diversity
Yale investigators examined factors that can shape biomedical career paths — research experiences, publications, and funding rates — among medical students in the United States. They found disparities across race, ethnicity, and sex that may contribute to underrepresentation in the field.
Source: YaleNews
26 Oct 2022
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Improving DEI Through "Mission Mapping"
Yale Urology has started a new “mission mapping” technique that could be a game-changing tool in reducing unconscious bias when screening new faculty candidates.
21 Oct 2022
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SGIM Position Statement in Support of the LGBTQIA+ Community
SGIM recognizes that the disparities and gaps in the provision of high quality healthcare for the LGBTQIA+ community is a health justice issue. The organization supports and recommends the following concrete steps in advancing health justice and protecting the rights of this marginalized and oppressed population.
Source: Society of General Internal Medicine
12 Oct 2022
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Marginalized Students Less Likely to Place in Graduate Medical Education
Researchers sought to predict the likelihood of graduate medical education placement by race and ethnicity, sex, and socioeconomic status.
30 Sep 2022
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To set transgender policy, look to the evidence
Policy debates concerning transgender people are embroiled in the culture wars. Let data and science — not politicians — guide laws.
Source: Nature
27 Sep 2022
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Ensuring Bone Health for Adolescents Identifying as Transgender
With a grant from Women's Health Research at Yale, Dr. Stuart Weinzimer, in collaboration with Drs. Thomas Carpenter and Christy Olezeski, is using sophisticated methods to obtain a picture of the dynamic process of bone development in adolescents undergoing gender-affirming hormone therapy.
26 Sep 2022