Archive Year
December
![Brian Mustanski](brian-mustanksi-2023-170x170.jpg)
December 15, 2023
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.
November
!["PrEP with pride" written on rainbow flag with people standing in front](../../images/project-pages/prep4teens-ad-170x170.png)
November 10, 2023
The PrEP4Teens sexual health initiative will bring artwork to public spaces across Chicago.
October
![alithia zamantakis](../../images/faculty-images/alithia-zamantakis-2023-170x170.png)
October 27, 2023
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.
![Brian Mustanski](../../images/faculty-images/mustanski-170x170.png)
October 10, 2023
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.
August
![person in black polo shirt](../../images/news-images/summer-intensive-170x170.png)
August 11, 2023
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.
![Cindy Veldhuis](../../images/faculty-images/velhuis-170x170.png)
August 7, 2023
Congratulations to Cindy Veldhuis, PhD, for winning the 2023 NIH Sexual & Gender Minority Early-Stage Investigator Award!
!["SMART" with a cartoon owl wearing a bowtie](../../images/research-images/smart-logo-170x170.jpg)
August 1, 2023
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) designated ISGMH’s SMART Sex Ed program as an evidence-informed intervention for HIV prevention.
July
![Kathryn Macapagal](../../images/faculty-images/kathryn_macapagal-170x170.png)
July 27, 2023
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.
![Joshua Schrock](../../images/faculty-images/joshua-schrock-170x170.png)
July 26, 2023
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](../../images/faculty-images/madison-smith-170x170.png)
July 25, 2023
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.
June
![two speakers behind table](../../about/stem-federal-policy-panel-170x170.png)
June 15, 2023
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.
May
!["Prep with Pride" with rainbow flag and group of people in background](../../images/project-pages/prep4teens-ad-170x170.png)
May 31, 2023
PrEP4Teens, a sexual health campaign for adolescents, recently received $310,000 in funding to increase awareness of PrEP in Chicago.
![two men holding hands](../../images/news-images/men-holding-hands.png)
May 10, 2023
March
![Kathryn Macapagal](../../images/faculty-images/kathryn_macapagal-170x170.png)
March 14, 2023
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.
![colorfully painted houses](../../images/news-images/colorful-houses-170x170.png)
March 6, 2023
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.
February
![laptop with bar graph on screen](../../images/news-images/data-connection-hub-170x170.png)
February 20, 2023
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.
![white pills on blue background](../../images/news-images/white-pills-170x170.png)
February 8, 2023
Twelve-month randomized controlled trial shows viral suppression is not achieved through increased case management alone.
April
![network canvas](../../images/news-images/network-canvas-170x170.png)
April 24, 2023
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.
![Afiya Sajwani wearing a suit and smiling in front of their award-winning poster](../../images/news-images/sajwaniposterphoto.png)
April 14, 2023
ISGMH staff member and graduate student Afiya Sajwani received three awards for their poster on medical mistrust among SGM youth.
![RADAR](../../images/project-pages/radar-logo-170x170.jpg)
April 16, 2020
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.