2022 News
December
![alithia zamantakis](../../images/postdocs-images/alithia-170x170.png)
December 1, 2022
Postdoctoral scholar alithia zamantakis, PhD, reflects on her personal experience accessing HIV prevention care and how to improve HIV care moving forward.
November
![Lauren Beach](../../images/faculty-images/beach-170x170.png)
November 28, 2022
The ADVOCATE research program is dedicated to clinical and translational health equity for sexual and gender minorities. Drs. Lauren Beach and Sumanas Jordan lead the program as director and associate director.
October
![doctor in green scrubs reading a tablet](../../images/news-images/doctor-tablet-170x170.png)
October 18, 2022
The Lurie Cancer Center at Northwestern will begin scaling up its collection and use of data related to patient sex assigned at birth, gender identity, and sexual orientation (SSOGI).
September
![Cindy Veldhuis](../../images/faculty-images/velhuis-170x170.png)
September 1, 2022
Cindy Veldhuis, PhD, joined the ISGMH faculty. Veldhuis studies the health of sexual minority women, an underresearched population that experiences stark health disparities.
![Maria Pyra](../../images/faculty-images/pyra-170x170.png)
September 1, 2022
Maria Pyra, PhD, joins ISGMH and the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Feinberg School of Medicine as an assistant professor.
May
![Photo of Kathryn Macapagal](../../images/faculty-images/kathryn_macapagal-170x170.png)
May 31, 2022
Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) faculty member Kathryn Macapagal, Ph.D., was awarded a prestigious R01 grant from the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health to increase HIV testing rates and sexual health knowledge among sexual and gender minority teenagers.
![Poster for film BLACK AS U R](../../images/news-images/170x170_blackasur.png)
May 26, 2022
On Saturday, May 14, 2022, Director Micheal Rice joined ISGMH for a special virtual screening of his new documentary, BLACK AS U R.
April
![Ricky Hill](../../images/faculty-images/ricky-hill-outside-170.png)
April 29, 2022
Ricky Hill, PhD, and Elissa Sarno, PhD, won pilot grants from the Third Coast Center for AIDS Research to conduct preliminary studies that will lead to new NIH grant submissions.
April 18, 2022
The Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) will offer a robust new postdoctoral training program in sexual and gender minority health and HIV beginning Fall 2022.
March
![Photo of Johnny Berona](../../images/faculty-images/johnny-170x170.png)
March 29, 2022
The Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) at Northwestern University is thrilled to welcome Johnny Berona, Ph.D., to its faculty as a research assistant professor.
![Infographic with summarized study results](../../images/news-images/170x170-beronaarticlegraphic.png)
March 29, 2022
Computer adaptive testing can be used to predict the risk of transitioning from suicidal thoughts to suicide attempts for sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth, according to a new study by Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) researchers.
February
![Photo of three BIPOC students studying and smiling](../../images/news-images/170x170-cdeipi_snip.jpg)
February 24, 2022
Northwestern University will host a new pipeline program that aims to increase the representation of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals working in HIV research this summer.