LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence—Harvard Chan School & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to serve as our Executive Director. This role will be responsible for our Center’s overall management, strategy, and growth. Responsibilities will include overseeing: day-to-day operations, strategic planning, supervision and mentorship of people, funding streams, grant proposals, and philanthropic funding. Job description 👉 https://lnkd.in/eARNgRiC

Our Center's inaugural event was in collaboration with #HarvardChanStudio featuring journalist Erin Reed 👇

Excited to welcome Ivan Hsiao back for this conversation with Erin Reed on engaging the public on LGBTQ health! I’m excited to attend and support this event later this week! Big thanks to LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence—Harvard Chan School & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute for helping to make this event happen! Friends and colleagues near and far can check out this event in-person or online with the following information: 📅 Date: Wednesday, July 24 🕐 Time: 1:00pm-1:30pm (hybrid segment); 1:30pm-1:50pm (in-person Q&A) 📍 Location: Zoom (register for link) and The Studio at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 🔗 [Registration Link] https://lnkd.in/ehDhx2Mj *Those interested in attending in-person at Harvard's Longwood campus without a Harvard ID can connect with Ivan Hsiao or Brittany Charlton on LinkedIn to get on the visitor list in advance of the event. Fortunate for exposure to excellent conversations that Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health helps to platform! See y’all there!

📢 Join us for an insightful conversation on the state of gender-affirming care and public engagement on LGBTQ health issues! 🌈 The LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence—Harvard Chan School & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute will host renowned LGBTQ health policy journalist Erin Reed. Erin will share her extensive knowledge and experience in advocating for gender-affirming care and discussing the current landscape of LGBTQ health. Trans Health HQ founder Ivan Hsiao will moderate this crucial discussion, providing a platform for in-depth conversation and audience engagement. 📅 Date: Wednesday, July 24 🕐 Time: 1:00pm-1:30pm (virtual); 1:30pm-1:50pm (in-person Q&A) 📍 Location: Zoom (registration required) and The Studio at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Those interested in attending in-person at Harvard's Longwood campus without a Harvard ID can connect with Ivan Hsiao or Brittany Charlton on LinkedIn to get on the visitor list. 🔗 [Registration Link] https://lnkd.in/ehDhx2Mj Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in a critical dialogue on LGBTQ health with Erin Reed! See you there!

Happy #Pride from The White House with Cody Rigsby, Kellan E. Baker, Samir Luther, Tim McCarthy, Mike Dillon, and so many more! First Lady Dr. Jill Biden closed her remarks by saying, "When you leave here, to go back into a place that still needs so much change, take that with you. Let it be a reminder that you don’t face these battles alone. You are never alone. I love you. Your President loves you." This echoed the closing of my address last week at the Society for Epidemiologic Research. My final call to action was: "Ensure that all of your colleagues belong. For those of you who have ever been told that you don’t belong in this field, in this society, or in your organization, know that you do belong."

Op-ed in today's Boston Globe from our Founding Director Brittany Charlton about the urgent need for advancing LGBTQ health equity through public health and medicine 👇 👇 👇 As she says, "Public health and medical professionals have critical roles in addressing the health crises facing LGBTQ communities. Yet even elite institutions aren’t giving future leaders the skills and understanding they need to do their part. For example, medical school students are not routinely trained to take a social history that’s inclusive of LGBTQ experiences. Public health students are not trained on how, or even why, they should collect sexual orientation and gender identity data along with other demographic data like age, race, ethnicity, and income. These gaps hamper our ability to document inequities, develop policies to address those inequities, and appropriately screen and treat patients who may be more vulnerable to certain health conditions due to minority stress."

Harvard Magazine spotlighted our launch including a note about Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey celebrating the opening, hailing its potential to lead to “new innovations and lifesaving treatments.” #LGBTQHealthExcellence

This #PrideMonth, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School have launched the LGBTQ Health Center of Excellence—Harvard Chan School & Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, a research center that seeks to train future LGBTQ+ health leaders, expand the knowledge base of LGBTQ+ health, and disseminate research to the public and key policymakers to advance health equity. Health data empowers us to craft responsive solutions to health challenges, from industry initiatives to community health programs to statewide policy measures. With a better understanding of the health disparities faced by LGBTQ+ communities, and how those intersect with longstanding racial health disparities, we can create lasting change. Read more from Isabel Tehan of the Boston Business Journal: https://lnkd.in/e9VBBBGF #HealthEquity

While there is a lot of work ahead to address LGBTQ inequities, we can do this work collectively. So glad to all be in this fight together! #LGBTQHealthExcellence #PrideMonth

Apply to work with our collaborators over at the Harvard Carr Center for Human Rights Policy’s Global LGBQTI+ Human Rights Program