News and Announcements
![Leiszle Lapping-Carr, PhD](../../images/faculty-images/leiszle-lapping-carr-170x170.jpg)
March 28, 2024
Leiszle Lapping-Carr, PhD, joins the faculty at the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) at Northwestern University.
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February 15, 2024
The 2GETHER intervention developed at Northwestern University was designated a "best" evidence-based HIV prevention program by the CDC.
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January 5, 2024
The Sociostructural Implementation Science Coordination Initiative (SISCI) is a newly established coordination hub that works with five NIH-funded HIV prevention projects across the US.
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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.
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November 10, 2023
The PrEP4Teens sexual health initiative will bring artwork to public spaces across Chicago.
![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.
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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!
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August 1, 2023
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) designated ISGMH’s SMART Sex Ed program as an evidence-informed intervention for HIV prevention.
![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.
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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.
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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.
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May 31, 2023
PrEP4Teens, a sexual health campaign for adolescents, recently received $310,000 in funding to increase awareness of PrEP in Chicago.
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May 10, 2023
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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.