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Final week of the summer institute

by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 For the final week of the institute, we had another great line up of guest speakers. We started the week off with Phoenix Matthews, an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who indulged us with a great discussion on tobacco interventionsContinue reading “Final week of the summer institute”

Introducing Summer Institute Participants (Final Batch)

by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 I have introduced Summer Institute participants last week and the week before. This week, I present to you the rest of the Summer Institute participants: Tristan Guarini is a doctoral candidate in Suffolk University’s Clinical Psychology program. Tristan’s current work examines transgender identity formationContinue reading “Introducing Summer Institute Participants (Final Batch)”

Week three guest lecturers

by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 In addition to a very busy Monday, it has been a frenetic week here at the Summer Institute. On Tuesday, Deb Bowen returned and discussed designing interventions for sexual minority populations. She was followed by Heather Corliss, from Harvard University, who talked about herContinue reading “Week three guest lecturers”

Introducing Summer Institute Participants (Batch 2)

by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 Last week, I introduced six of the Summer Institute participants. This week, I present to you another five of the Summer Institute participants: Luis Gutierrez-Mock is the Senior Technology Exchange Specialist at the Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, through the Center for AIDSContinue reading “Introducing Summer Institute Participants (Batch 2)”

Week three of the Summer Institute begins

by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 This week starts with a long Monday. Institute participants, Mieke Thomeer and Mark Williams, joined Aimee Van Wagenen (one of the co-directors of the institute) in a seminar on LGBT elders this morning. This seminar was followed by a presentation from Melissa Clark, anContinue reading “Week three of the Summer Institute begins”

Statistick-ing…

by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 On Wednesday and Thursday afternoons this week there were optional advanced statistics sessions that several participants attended. These advanced sessions were led by Katherine Masyn, an Assistant Professor at Harvard University, who did an amazing job covering the statistical method of latent variable modelingContinue reading “Statistick-ing…”

Introducing Summer Institute Participants (Batch 1)

by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 I wanted to use this opportunity to introduce participants of this year’s Summer Institute. As I have mentioned before, a variety of academic disciplines are represented and all the participants are doing great work in improving our understanding of LGBT health. Here are (inContinue reading “Introducing Summer Institute Participants (Batch 1)”

Week Two of the Summer Institute: Data Analysis Course

by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 Our very own Dr. Scout finished off the first week of seminars with a talk on the landscape of federal policy around LGBT health research. This week of the Summer Institute is the Intermediate Data Analysis Course. Led by Saundra Schneider and Niccole PamphilisContinue reading “Week Two of the Summer Institute: Data Analysis Course”

Powering through the first week of the Summer Institute

by Nicole VanKim Guest Blogger, Reporting from the Summer Institute 2011 The first week of the Summer Institute has been an amazing jumping off point for the upcoming three weeks. In the past few days, we have covered numerous topics in the seminars including identifying populations, conceptual frameworks, research methods, research ethics, and how toContinue reading “Powering through the first week of the Summer Institute”